The sun., 1900-11-29
FAIR PRICE FOR AXTELL.
,tsy 10 mr., .IUr JiNhiHp iN"'
rms HRiNSs sU0W
,l.,., ,ea. AGO the FAMOUS stallion W
unusm h, s,ndlsa'r Tor s'"S 90" "'
~, O.n.r ,iEnf usaufactuT't 81 mos
t,p,top Robert . no,k ed D"Nn i"f t"1'

... l,teu 2i2 eleven years ago Tor flno,UNl
.,dW T. Lame. tho man Who lcadod the syn
t,at. ~ capitalists that bought hlin' t""d
ada by sIdo NJ the Auotiorccis box when ths
famous stallion Nas Grlycn i''n tho ilhg a'
vadison Squnre Garden 'c-iotdni hj ~
rhomas Tho old horse logged wen ana
showed no signs ~ lameness Mr. Jams en-
tered the Dor and dense mass crowded ahou''
anxious To ,ec and hear everything Tor
se~ks, horsemen In every rnrt of tho country
have been guessing "a tie price ANt"l W"H'i
br,ns, and many In the crowd made small bets
on the amount In the eleven years nat ANlel
ha. been owned by the syndicate. he has earned
.boys $4,000 1T the stud and IL considered
TO have several useful years before him
George Balm gave a short history OF tho hois".
He hs,d the worlds three yesr-old colt record
70 high wheels 2i? and at IL years Of age WIS
the sire Of hity-hve standard performers ari
sIrs OF tvsnty-one In the 2:2o list When ''"
call for bids WAS made, short man w"1Ii
spectacles who stood in the track, started 4. '
bali rolling with bid OF 5000 Samuel
MCMILLAN and George Barlow OF Bnghain'on
sntsrsd the contest and ran the amount UP to
nearly $500. when Mstt Dwyer set tho price
as e,oyooo Mr. Mcmillan and the man who
made the nrst bid dropped out leaving Dwyer
and Barlow to nsht II out Dwyer stopped
At ~. 900 and Barlow went 500 better You
can have him. said Mr. Dwyer, and take him
hack TO Indiana lie appeared suspicious
that Mr.. Barlow was not bidding FOR himself.
Mr.. Barlow Is a cigar manufacturer OF BIns-
hannton. n. Y, and stated positively that lac
had purchased the horse for himself,
IL was thought that X. {. Estill o' Kentucky
would bid on the horse and It was noiscd about
nft li..t
ono Of the latter stated that they had no idea
Of entering tho lists for Axtell, as they could
not get a stud license for him In Europe on
about the Garden was that the horse fetched
as much or more than was expected.
When the consignment from Congressman
j. W. Bailey of Texas was reached, tina, gentle
man entered the auctioueer's box and told
something Of the merits Of Electric Bel. The
Congressman wore huge, black slouch hat
which gave him the appearance Of ". ). Bryan.
The horse went to Eu4ich 4 Morgenstein OF
Vienna, Austria. for $500. The Electric Bel
vearllngs In the Bailey collection sold well
and In all pro bab!iity would have sold better
Gad the stallion hoel reserved Tor the msI.
me Of them brought $50. within go ot the prlye
r.aliI.d Tor liz sire, aud tIr thrcc-y ycar-Old
Nomento brought the top price OF the cOl.cc-
Ion, 81 'io. ,
one n t0e Sen~illNNdi IIoTS.- SOFA CllIlLS III"
ftarno on was the PAGER Robert j, 20lI
assi Inst the watch ana 2O-I, in a race, the
NorL!.s ghampi9n raGirys geld.ns p, He Was
old PAGER viii go 10 Kent .cty. ~ be was pr
chasei by J Il. McGowsn Of Mount Sterling for
1925 Levi, :. Tewksbnry was familiar n9Ir.
.pring and summer. Mr TewksSury bought
Robert J. from c J Hamlin about four years
ago, The price Vas never made EubliG. hat
paid q, 900 for Robert j. and his dam Geraldine
L d. Pendeton's trotter, stranger jTmie "a
the average gp at the BEGINNING OF the even
MNiuire for s2.o5o presumably for pittSbarg
road driver Stranger Is m, not a only a., ,aat bGt
Inston I track, fo trott d tn" if,' heat Of Win
ing race in 2.l?l .. and .ye dd"s later D." won
a long drawn out race, going the seventh and
John Bradburn arrived from Village Farm
Yesterday afternoon with tn" last Of the lllulin
string TO be sod at this sale. The Abbot -
looking fine and will create a sensation when
shown, The other horses are also IN excellent
Before J. R. MCGOWAN had chance 10 ship
offered 1890 for the horse and II was accepted
Claus Almont. 2:l2'S, which has been sold
1an ,s ,st nrb IN ths g2 GT T1y nn,
~ Mount sterling. Ky. for s2si m advance
~ ass over the price lie was sold for during the
Tho great. WAGON horse. Pravtell, goa did
not arouse the enthusiasm Wher, he was driven
into the ring last night thar he did when lie
years ago; for $500, nor whcn he again ap-
peared In the ring at the closing out Of the
bonner estate. when Emerson I McL,argo Of
knocked down to David Shaw. Of Pittshurc
Tor $4,000. Joe Carroll. Dr, David Randell an
one or two others were the contending bid
Il ers.
The sale will be held today rs usual. when
Moth Miller and several other fast ones viii
"a n la ri bot
Total for tho DAVIS sales. s5i, $50: average
FOR seventv-slx head, s727. The sales yester-
dav follow:
PROM I. C. MASLEY. rHrLApEr-
S'.a ,ae Y a.. TSiRf ia8 b. H. '6o s. 5 sS ve sa
rfs S.,2si. 10 q sssa f.s ey g,a naG
Gould yr-Ncllle NJ; Matt DNycr Gra,cs-
ioial ior three head. 1880 average, s45s Ia ''V
CONSIGNMENT FROM p. poNAGHuE HARTFORD
rli~ W ,pamr, br. /. 1897, by wntnu,.-Csrne
Ssn.ie g., To,,si, b. T.. iss7, By Advertiser '''
LADY Nu,wood. Gen, y. !, Tracey. New
Total for two head, ,i.s,s average. .o7,so. '''
FROM l. BRILL. STEVENS POINT.
n. p. P. s:os,.. to,,lng. b. :, 1891. by. PHO,
Mcdlum-saly Coifaz. p, W. CLARK. MlTau- 49,.
CONSIGNMENT PROM J. l. TARLToN, LEXISo-
ton. kY.
Adual, 22s y, uoitin-, b. m. 1906, by Alfred
G.-Pearl, r. h. Brown, New York ......... 1850
ga, trotter, b. T., lsBs, by Dexter PEnce-llS-
"a Daniel Nugent Waterford. " \ ........ $40
Total for two head. $3.50, average. $3.50.
roSsI0SNEST PROM I. {. ASGiIS son. LEX.
INGTON, Ky.
Nlrsctum BOY, 2l7s., trottng h. C., 1897. BY
D.rcctum-Nalle wilkes II. C. MHpcs.
New York. ..... ..... 5000
FROM EDWARD wILLErs a sov,
RoSLNN, I. l.
lyand wilkes ci3s., trottng, gE e. 1855 by
Red Wlkes-Mnnie Pa,chen. l. q. Blake,
Folly Taylor. trotter. gr. NJ, 1896. by Island
Wilkes-Jet John 4. kerr. Perm, Or'g.lo s4O
Total for head. si,075 average. SSa7.5O
CONSIGNMENT FROM JAMES M'CLE$AHNN. NEW
YORK.
Marion, 222,., iro,iing. br. m. 1891. by VII
,on-MoseAa; William H. CoYlhe. Three
hndgts. \. ',,,,,,..,.' t. =. ,ss,..,. $40
sable Wilkes -iilnda Wilkes; y. A. wilson.
New Haven. Conn .......,...... ........'. 500
Brown stldlng. trot,cr, 1890. by Rumor-
Nehushta. William u. Fasg. New York k.,... :lO
Too soon, :2i'. irottlng, Blk =, lsg2. by
Direct Midget; j. 7, King. Arlington.
Ray mis-, ,ro,,rr. 1897. by Stranger Mag
noa: Z. y. Gsin,ey. New o-b... .'.. l.o
Pair bay g.ld!ng., tr'itf. ''.a. hy Stranger
and1Al So Edward "ipr. $685.. r't... $40
Orwood- 220i tnttcr. c.. e.. IsJl Ly Arrow
good-hitiy Wilson ". 2. Hopkins, New
Total for head s.. 1000: average, s.575o. -''
CONSIGNMENT FROM W. = HAMS wAETrN PARK
STOCK Farm, 1IRRE HhrTE, ND.