The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-26
SPORTING NEWS.
Greatest Sale of Trotters and
PAGERS Ever Held.
Forecast of the Coming New
York Horse Auction.
''THE ABBOTT THE STAR
Some Speculation as to His
Probable Purchaser.
sTHE ABBOT'' THE STAR
The Speedy AxtelI Will Be
Much Sought After.

EUROPE as Well as from all parts OF JIllS
country Nothing to compare with 1t
in the history of horse auctions would
even have been dreamed of a year ago,
and 1t is due to peculiar com bination
of circumstances that SO many animals
of worldwide fame are to go to the
highest bidder.
OF course The Abbot, champion trotter
of the world, with his harness record of
2:03H. wagon record of 2:0514, and pub
lie trial to wagon in 2:031z, will be the
star but there are many other cham
pionS and ex-champions to be offered,
so that if the holder of the worlds rec
ord was not included in the sale 1t
would still be the most notable affair
of its kind on record.
Mr.. Billings said not long ago that he
had made a resolve never to pay more
than $4,000 for a horse, and that he
should not break that resolve. The
Abbot was under discussion at the time,
it not then being known that he was
to be put up at auction, and Mr.. Bill
hngS said he could not own the horse
because his top price was SO, 900, and,
of course, that amount would not buy
him. AS to what the Hamlin horse will
bring, one mans guess IS as good as
another's, but it will be over $25, 600, as
there is one man who is prepared to bid
that amount, and doubtless there will
be others who will go further in the
game. In fact, $4,000 would not be any
too high for the horse, holding the rec
ord as he does
Dexter. a gelding. sold for $4,000 when
he was worlds champion with 2;17A
to his credit. Robert Bonner, who
bought the brown gelding, once said that
he authorized his agent to pay as much
as $35, 900 for the horse, and that he (the
AGENT could have all he could save out
of that sum. George F'awcett- who
owned Dexter, took So, 600 for him, and
Mr. Bonner's man got the other $1,000
for his work. Mr.. Bonner paid $50. 500
for Rarus, also gelding, when he was
champion with a record of 2:1314, and
a few years later he gave w. H. Van
derbilt $40. 900 for Maud S. These figures
came from Mr.. Bonner himself. In view
of these facts it would, therefore, be no
surprise should The Abbot go to $35, 900
If three or four rich men have a notion
they would like to own the fastest one
in the world.
Next to the Hamlin horses Axtell will
probably be the one in which the pub
lie will have the most interest He was
a champion when on the turf, sold for
S106, 900 when three years old, and now
the syndicate that bought him is put
ting him on the market again to close
the partnership Axten is a successful
sire, and the fact that he is still in
the prime of life will help him when he
is led into the ring
Contralto, 2:1O, the champion 4-year-
old mare of this year, is also to be Of
fered- A. W. Paxton one of the richest
men in Omaha, owns her in company
with his trainer, Scott Mccoy. AS the
latter is not wealthy enough to afford
the luxury of such a valuable one she
by birth but until last month had not
been in his native state for more than
half a century. He went to Lexington
to see Contralto trOt, and after she had
stepped to the half-naile pole in 1:O3A
and then logged home in 2:10 the old
gentleman lighted his coFncob pipe and
walked around the lawn, evidently Well
pleased with his visit to the bluegrass
country.
The champion year old stallion or
1900 will also be sold This is Major
Greer one Of the best gated and best
hammered ones seen during the cam
Daign He took q record of 2:14 in a
winning race, and Wallace. the Denver
trainer who brought the Major out said
the 80 days training was all he had He
is well bred and sound. Ed Gaylord of
Denver owns Major Greer, and is SELL
ing him because he does not in future
propose to campaign any horses Alice
Mapes is the best 2 year old PAGER in the
world. She went a public mile in 2:09A
during the Lexington meeting, and her
speed is so sensational that her owners
decided the public would pay big price
for her, which is why she goes to the
auction.
The champion green PAGER OF 1900 is
the Boston mare Sally Hook. Her mark
is 2:O9A, and there will be lot of bid
ding for her. Then there is the Califor-
MIA mare Neretta, 2;091z. She is not a
mare of great substance, but she is dou-
ble-gaited, and good many horsemen
like that feature in a eaTnpaignef. B. r. |
P was the sensational year old few
seasons ago. and as he is a stallion
should sell pretty well. His trotting
mark is 2:09%, and has record better |
than 2:2O pacing. At all events he was
trained at that way of going and could
show we'll. Heir-at-Law, 2:05A pacing |
and PIP trotting, has the fastest COM
he is young and has sired some real
cracks in the way of speed he will go |
high, as will also his companion, Rex |
Americus This is a stallion that Mr. |
al in GFn inc
2:1534 as a year old. When Battleton |
beat 2:10 it made Rex Americas the |
youngest sire OF 2.10 trotting speed, and |
this will count in his favor with buy |
ers.
Two other champions Of the past are |
the geldings Robert j., 2.0155 pacing, and |
Azote, 2:04A trotting. They are now |
more or less in the sere and yellow, but /
somebody viii buy them. Azote started /
as one OF a work team on the Vina ranch /
Of Senator Stanford of California, but 1
Orrin HiclzOk picked him out as a. trot- /
ter and started him on the championship |
road, although Andy Mcdowell gave the /
big gelding his best mark. Others in the /
sale whose names are well known are 1
Dan O.. Querist, Onward Silver. Derby |
Princess, Louis Victor. Luxon. Claus Al !
mont, Pilot, Evans. -Sirock, Teto. Lati- /
tude, Paul Flirt, Miss Edith, Be Sure, /
Merriment, Tudor. Chimes, Dolly Mar /
chutz. Brightlight, Jersey Mac, Aggie |
Medium, Walter s. Lady Thisbe, Moth /
1AAASE. oO4S4Atr 4AdESlOu ~ &ZaIl4as anu !
Daylight. Some of this last bunch are /
pretty old and have been to the auctions
before, but there is always market for /
well bred horses, and the trotting horse
contingent prefers the public sale plan /
to any other.
1t is now announced that Mr. Hamlin /
has Withdrawn from the New York sale
the sensational trotter Lord Derby. that |
came out green last spring and trot-
ted to a mark of 2:07 in his first cam
paign, besides which he went three con-
EacutiNe heals in a race in 201- .07