New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-27

sale by Harry and William Hamlin of Village
Farm, Aurora. y. Y. foaled in 1893 and was
sired BY Chimes dam Nertie King His first ap-
pearance was as four-year- oid at Detroit in 1897
when he won the second heat in the fast time of
2JIls. He made nine Starts that year and won six
Of them Starting times in the following wear
he Won seven races. which Melted his owner $500.
The Abbot lowered his record 20Sl& the same
year In lSSs he swept through the Grand Circuit
winning all in straight heats, save one at Glen
Falls where Bingen. another great horse snatched
heat from him in the fast time Of 66I. Out
Of the twenty-seven heats that The Abbot trot-
ted that year he won twenty-five Of them in 2IO
or better His winnings for the season Melted So
80 II the season Just The Abbot spent his
tine smashing records. and the marvellous manner
IL which ne did stamps him as the greatest trot-
Ter that lived.
Among the other celebrated horses that will he
sold is the stallion AxtelI. whose earnings have
netted nearly $-5o0ol Contralto and Merito
The owners who have Consigned stock 10 this
sale are among the best known horsernen and
breed ers in the country. The late Marcus Dalv
was among them. and his consignment of two and
three year ol6s from Bitter Root Farm Hamilton.
Mon. was sold yesterday.
The Bitter Root Farm trotters and colts were
mostly the get Of the famous ProdigaI and they
brought big prices z rule. They numbered
rhirty-rline head. and realized SOS 265. an average
Of nearly s725. The six TOP horses brought SIS 900
Among the DAILY horses were the fine young mare
Lady Thsbe with three-y ear-old record Of 2:l6l.
There spirited bidding for this beautiful ami
ma. there for almost all the young per-
formers of the famous Bitter Root stud The pur-
chaser Il Lady Thisbe was A. NJ. Hamilton Of
Wheeling, ". Va. Spantula, two-year-oId FLY by
the same sire. Mroi was purchased by Henry
Gray OF Boston, for 500
Eriranee. two-year-old bay flly brought the
TOP price Il The DAILY consignment. She the
Lexington Stakes. Americas oldest classic for
tWo-year-olds- Her engagements for 1901 include
the Kentucky Futurity. Lexington. Ky, $4,000;
Louisville Prize $1,000; Dubuque Preparation
Dubuque, Iowa. s. 90, and Kentucky Stock Farm
Expectation, :5orp. The bidding Erirange
started 500 and additional bids at hundreds
were offered fast that the auctioneer couldn't
catch them. It continued until $500, pretty
steep figure for two-year-old FLY with record
Of Only %. was reached. The buyer was John E.
Turner q Amber Park, Penn. one Of the
Oldest horsemen in America II rumored that
the General had purchased the flly for another
person, but he declared that he was going 10 take
her home Z pIaything for his children.
Priola, another OF the Bitter Root FLIES was
sold 70 Thomas ". Lawson Of Boston. for $3.50
Like Er1range. Priola IS by ProdigaL IIssadi.
another FLY by the same sire. brought $3.50. the
purchaser being Joseph Rochester. Of Philadelphia
lie sale OF the DAILY animals was finished in the
e-'eEhoon' ana some OF those consigned by John
n shults O. Parkville. Long Island. also found
ne" owners In Mr. Shults's consignment was the
worldwide known rrotting mare BERTHE R.. alias
n this country q 2l21z. and is the holder OF the
Nor4c Your mile record of S:5S which she made in
Iietsno She viii lee best remembered by the
seAefsi public. perhaps. by her career In Europe.
DAe was taken several years ago and campaigned
ringer. Under the cover Of her aliases she
Ie@oeo everything in the horse world Of France
eno Germany until the exposure brought
Scout Her buyer yesterday DIT. II. D. Gill.
- l-ls CITY. who Will use her on the Speedway.
another fine animal sold yesterday Gamin
bred nv he lat Marcus
Jay he vas consigned by Hugh McCanerty and
NAs purchased by c. W. Park for 500. Gamin is
sh years old. and has record Of 2I4A, He was
oIlA4aereo one OF the bargains OF the days sales.
ne star Of the sale IN the evening Lamp
5LF4' me trotting bred in 1888 by William c.
rest OF onacock. Va. Lamp Girl has record Of
-, nat ana Is beautiful mare throughout The
= was lively. The happy purchaser was
y. q Lorlng, Of Worcester Mass
me gathering in the Garden larger in the
: sFefihg than in the day. and among the well
Known horsemen and admirers of the trotters