Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-05
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In genel Gus terms the San Francisco
Bulletin declares that the auction of the
Marcus DAILY Bitter Root stud. to be
held IN New York city on January 80
ana 81 and February 1, to be the great
est sale OF thOroughbreds that has ever
been offered in America The article
IS OF such nature that it will cause
Montanans generally to feel a thrill of
pride. 1t reads as follows:
ON the cover page opposite is the ad-
Vertlsement of the create sale of thor
oushbreds that has ever been offered in
America 1t comprises the entire Bitter
Root stud, owned by the late Marcus
DAILY headed by the Incompatible Ham
purg. When this colt, the best son of
Hanover, Won the Great Eastern handi-
cap with l3o pounds on his back, after
delay of three-quarters Of an hour at
the post. and making all the running.
covered the distance in ITO Is. he
stamped himself one of the greatest .
year-olds that ever lived
No 2-year-old has ever euualed his
performances in the Congress Hall
stakes at Saratoga, at five furlongs,
which he won in 1:011a, carrying 1874
pounds; the Electric handicap at
Brighton Beach, at six furlongs, in
1:I12, carrying 1872 pounds; and his
great victory in the Great Eastern
handicap, with 135 pounds in the saddle
1t was greatly regretted that Hamburg,
like many another high-class 2-year-
old, was not eligible for the Futurity.
which would have been a certainty fo,
him, but his 2-year-old performances.
numbering 16, including II wins, three
seconds and one third, are sufficient
glory.
PURCHASED by the late Marcus DAILY
| during the following winter, Hamburg
carried his colors to victory as a 3-year-
old number of times, at a mile and
! ve-eighths, and the Brighton cup, at
two miles and quarter, being the most
notable. The latter event brought his
great turf career to a close, Mr.. Daily
retiring him to his stud in Montana
| when yet in his prime and free from the
possibility of having been over-raced
The wisdom of this course is shown in
his remarkable vitality as a sire, II of
the Is mares sent to him having pro-
duced foals, and that they will prove
factors in future turf events seems an
assured fact when the statement is
made that no stallion in this country
ever had such superior advantages of
| mating with broodmares of the highest
| class.
Hamburg, by Hanover, America, S
! greatest sire out of Lady Reel by Eel
I loWcraft second dam Mamie Grey
| dam of Domino, Correction, etc), COM
/ bines the best blood of the American
/ thoroughbred. Judging from the fact
| that Handball, son of Hanover thar
/ could not de mentioned in the same
| breath as Hamburg has recently been
shipped to England, i, would not be
| GU. ~,
! for the great horse at the coming sale.
! Other sires to be sold are Tammany,
by loquois-Tullahoma who has al
! ready made a creditable record in the
| stud; Rathampton, coming sire of the
first class, whose pedigree cannot be
| surpassed, from the most fashionable
English blood line point of View; Ogden,
! the Futurlty winner, Inverness ISidor
/ The Pepper, Butte and Scottish Chief
| tain.
"Thirty-one brood mares that have
! been bred to Hamburg Will also be Of
fered, and a higher class lot has never
been sold at public auction in this coun-
try. Without going into details, the list
includes Isis. by Bend Or, a Derby win
ner, out of Shotover Derby winner
by Hermit, also a Derby winner. Isis is
the dam of lniShfree, who won -four
straight races in England in 1900 ant
also of Isdor. one of the speediest ami
mails this country has ever seen. Other
choice brood mares are Letitia, dam O.
the Futurity winner Chacornac: Ella
Gregg, dam of Motley, Meriden, hal
sister to the Futurity mare, The But
tertly, and stake winner herself: Mint
cake, by Marcian- Mint Sauce dam o
Minting). and fully a dozen others of tn
very first class.
} Among the broodmares bred to Og