The St. Louis Republic., 1900-03-09
Edmond Elancn, of Monte Carlo
Fame, Paid SlaG.9Dn for
the Great IIOrS-.
WHITNEY CONTENDlEG BIDDER.
This l. ia" biggest Price Ever
Paid for Il liorse-Flying FUx's
Wonderful Achievements
Oh the English Turf.

London. March s.--At tar sl.= u the late
DgT" Of N"StIgIus'-T's z,.iIg OF race
horses. which took place iv-,:ss. al Kings
"i"rc. f;yiug Fox. WHINE: ~ 1873 " the.
Ib"rby. tn" :.'.V EUIr.Is. the +. lips. stakes.
and tiI- D"Ecastrr -. L-Ter rss purchased
by Edmond Blame fYr =1.Jp guln,as t.Juut
5!sj.py'. Blanc T.. the sofa Vi the founder
" the Monte CARO- aud brVthcr-in -in-law OF
Roland BUnaparc-.
Flying iJN - - 4-y-aT-Ol! col; by Orrns-
NtTpirr. OrTnOH.i-. TIE g,aIGsl:a OF Fly
ing Fox. Was spid for ;gLuy ,sIJy r,Ji. ~
Marlborough Of Ssu Francisco. about SIX
years ago. Flying Fox. therefore. brought
abuu; SEQ mole than his EraEJ-!re.
Al the commencement OF the s,rie a re-
serve price OF 5p."VJ siIH-as was place! on
Flying fsN- This Was .;um-G!Its.y G!I amt
bids jumped 80 gJ!neIS al = time until the
racer Was knocked down - " Blanc af.i!I
great er.it-H"nt. Ellnc'- competitor Ia
tho biiIIHg was man named 1;!!pll. who
WAS acting for au AEt-ri..In. probably VIII
Ham Z. wHitu-y. The representatives, of
the elite sporting world NJ ia attendance
at the Sa.r, amUns 'hrm being the Prince
VI Wales. Prince christian @. Syhleswig-
iIulSt-IH. LORD Coventry and Lady JeIu.
Among the best price. Ia addition To
that paid for Flying Fox. were ..-y guiH-as
for '.Llveley- J...-' for GyBlsg. i.py for Man
chur!a. buGshJ by wuIr joel. yhrw Ot
the late Barney HIrngi". a.I =.I'y z !i'.eas
FOR Good Luck The PE!acs " Wales bought
NUn- fST +.aJ guIne4s.
J. B joel lid 20 1850 fO- Flying Fox
aud then leit the contest TO Mr. Gi:Pin. wIo
represented William =. Whitney. and 10 II.
blanc MIR. GiIpIu bought AI,i-Tusy I.T Mr.
Whitney for =Ip suils"s-. G'!p!n also tJIgn y
Mai. Tor Nr. Nh!incs. The total nineteen
lots n-:s sold Isr ~. 10 gUiueas The sale
was the greatest Uf It's kind ON record.
Flying Fox Is i-year-Old horse By Orme,
dam Vampire. size By Gaivp:n. and Mas bred
at the Duke Or NesJfI!ust-T'- famous rStaO-
Eshm.ut. Eaton Hail Fly Ing Fox iisttu-
sJIish-d himself as s-ysaT-u4I D. winning
TE- English ilsTDv II I.T-r Two Thou
ssui Guin-as and several other highly val
VaDIe 5-y-aT-OI! classics Uf the English tuJf.
FIy !ng Fox has long line OF iliTslrIOUs
CesiuTS. his blood lines combining she very
lest 10 be found ia the English stud.
His ~iT". CErns, wa- - sOn -: UTmCnds.
who Was by Zen dor. Ih- latter Won the
luke OF Wes;miEst.G's rTst derby and hts
aOU, OTmUEd-. also carried the Dukes Cui-
UEs 10 victory !r the LlGc ribbon 3-y.a:-Oii
C;usSi. Ci the English tIIi- p!Ine Mas the
iayIrItr for lE. i'Tuy UT tiIIs year. bat had
~ b- wlthdTL%n from Ia: Ta"" Uu account
" sickness. Ills owner always Thought the
horse had been poisoned. hGt others claimed
tGe colt was S';r'Tinr from blood poisoning.
said tu have BEEN Gs..sDri Gy bad teeth.
FIXING FVx J. the E!suvst-rIlard luE-s ever
sold. His g.Hud>!Fv. prtnuD't", has heb! that
honor heretofore. william DBT;-u Mo
borough. a wealthy Young Californian. ra'i
$Ij'."" iUT DTIE"ua' s.Y-rti vars ago The
parties In the Argentine R-p-blis. ami Mr..
NsBu!uIEh imported ih- animal TO Ar!-t-
la and :IaC'rI him al she head 0t his IA
mTus MrU!D Park slGd az California. tn
fortunately FOR the American turf. Orm0uds
has not had much success IN the stud In this
country. TIL, best al his get In this country
+, the mare RDsvrmcUds. out Uf iIap. Fairy
RuS- dam OF Racine and Fairy. OrnONdo IL
now under lease To J. H. Iiagsin. Who has
him at Rancho lie! iasO III California.
The highest price ever paid fIr harness
horse was sI-ju''. whI"iI J. Malcolm Forbes.
the Boston millionaire. gave. the late ssus-
tyT Leland stamford tor the tTOtter Ar!.n-
". n. FOfb-s. II brother "i j Malcolm
F"rbHs, paid 5000 for the impaired English
thoroughbred M-ddi.T by 81. GatiEn. Med
d:er i th,. horse the late Squire Abingdon
BAIRD expected to win the English Derby
with. Baird. II will be T-;nemb"r"d. died
simmons defeated jim Hail The Sguire's
racing stable was then sold, aud Mr.. Forbes
segu.rlIy bought MrIdler for .Ie.vp. and
placed the hOrSr Al the head VI his La Er!i.
stud IN Kentucky.
Th- l!sL.<: price realized for thor
oughbTet in this cnuntry was sl"'.n'p " hi:h
Charles Reed. master Of the famous Fair
yi"y. stud ~ IsnnS.se. pait for Imp. -,
imported {" this cuuTtry by the late August
Belmont. the millionaire New York banker
and t;rfmaU. when Mr. Belmont PASSED
away the hurSe -a- pu; up et AUCTION and
a great crowd OF wealthy tuTfIn-. N!s
pTesrnt to bid tl.e horse. When the
auctIoHs.r asked fOr al offer Mr. Rcd
on ih. reel. Before III" crowd could re-
cover from ita establishment the great son
ul Hermit was knocked down tg the pro
prieiur Uf F.irvi-w. who received enormous
prizes fox ;l:- iITSt and second crop " -.
ElIisr ysaF.inss bred at his farm.
ANIcIl. = jTrtt'T. NaS sg.! fcF SlgJ.vl" by
=. ". Williams. the iamous Iowa breeder.
\ -yEli..at- Of indiana hntssrHsn. headed by
". p Iitm4. paid tU3S enormous rGi"- tDr
ANtcIl who has sine mad" u htE name Tor
h!u~.f - q SUCCESSFUL stallion
Marcus IaIy. Jhr Montana 'rpp"r king.
Ln'tgHs the thoroughbred Hamburg Han
overs gr-a1 SU: !ur Sip.Nc two vsaTS ago
ard pi,t. -. ths. horse at the h'-Id Dt his
IIttrT-R Root stud. Ca MOntIuL.
The. late S.r.ltur 'i"Crg- Hearst ~ Tall
fnTrIa paid SFp,r- for King Thomas. who
proved tu bs the GiEg'St Kind Uf q gold
l.i.k Nr. Hearst bought tHe horse - -
yeaTIiuc. aUd Ues-r sJ.c-ci"t! in winning a
race. with rim.
tiaIf-.. More. the great Irish ihHruUEh-
hrr.F 'la- captured the English Derby two
y-arS ugS was sold tn Australian parties
Tor an .-uuIlU"rgS {.Tir". said ~ have brsa
con =ii..rlGiy over Sle9.JV,.