The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-12
Goes a Fast Local
Snow Horse.
BUSTER is SOLD.
And is Now Being Driven
on the Hub Speedway.

The chestnut gelding Buster (2:21s4)
will be driven no more upon Worces-
ter's roads, nor speeded upon Woroes-
ter's snow path.
One afternoon last week, the little
gelding changed hands, and he is now
owned by g. welI-known Boston road
driver. He was driven two or three
times last week on the Boston speed
way, and the roadites of the Hub are
still specializing upon the identity of
the new conner.
Buster has been driven in Worcester
this winter. and was occasionally
brushed upon the avenue by his own
er, Richard j. Healey. MI HeaIey
purchased him at the Fasig sale in New
others, was consigned TO the sale by
c. W. LaZell of Whitiasville, who
makes d practice of dlsposlng Of sew
eral of his animals each season.
Mr.. Healey had long desired to own
Buster, and went TO New York with
the express determination of bring
ing back the gelding or having the
pleasure of knowing that he had made
somebody else bid up into the four
20 "a 80 ~ was ldlCI QlSCONGEGQ Dy
Mr.. Healey that there was one other
gentleman equally anxious to pur-
chase Buster but he did not happen
to be in the building when the animal
was offered for sale.
Mr.. Healey himself came within an
ace of finding Buster had been sold
and. that ne had not been one of the
bidders. 1t was not until the third
day of the sale that buster was Of
THTTd Most nf tI1a l,O
occupied in disposing of quite a number
of the Bitter Root farm young stock
by Prodigal These fashionably bred
animals were bringing good prices, and
the auctioneer was going SLOW. As
1t was about lunch time, and there
were several numbers ahead of Dus-
ter, Mr.. Healey had about made UP his
mind to go out to lunch, intending to
return in the afternoon in time to bid
on the horse.
Then it occurred to him that posi-
bly, few of the horses might be passed
and 1t would be up to Buster bafNre
he had returned. Therefore. the Wor-
cester man concluded to sacrifice his
lunch and stay it through 1t was
fortunate that he did, for Mr.. Healev
had hardly made up his mind to stav
before Buster was led out, and soon
a lively bidding was in progress. Mr.
Healey bought the horse and then went
out to lunch
Meanwhile, as bids We're being ac-
cepted on Duster the other gentleman
who had his eye set on Buster. bur NOT
quite so wise as the Worcester road
drlVer, was dining, supposlng, as had
M. Healey, that they would not reach
buster until later in the day When
he returned to the sales ring, he was
informed that Buster had been sold.
lie then instituted a search obtained
from the auctioneer a description of the
purchaser and went about the garden
trying 60 locate his man From the de-
scl1pton he hit upon Allie Trout
and approaching him, asked if he was
the purchaser of buster. Trout in
formed the stranger that he was not, but
pointed out Mr. Healey. The stranger
made MI Healey good offer, consider
ABLY over the purchase price Mr.
Healey, however, declined and the
horse came to Worcester.
buster was not in condition for fast
work on the snow and then, in addi-
ton, he caught a little cold, so Mr..
Heaiey had brushed him comparatively
little upon the avenue. During the
past few weeks he had been worked
on the ice at the lake and had come to
his speed rapidly
A week ago yesterday the Boston
gentleman, who purchased the horse
on the condition that his name should
not be announced for the present,
came to Worcester and went to drive
behind the gelding. He was more
than favorably impressed, and before
Mt Healey had returned to the city
the horse had changed hands, the price
being stated as $500.
buster was shipped to Boston Mon
day and Tuesday Mr.. Healey went
down to drive him ON the speedway
with his new owner The horse more
than came up to the Boston drivers
expectations, and today one of the
fast horses on the course at Boston
IS nicely-turned chestnut gelding who
mas speed and lots of it, has trialied in
10 out whose identity is not known
even to his owners most Intimate
f..ic L.. "