Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-01-11
High-Priced Horses.


According to statlstician on a Bos- !
ton paper, there are just fifty horses that
have been sold, public and private, for
SIC. 900 and over each, ranging from
Sl25 900 down. The list as given is as
follows:
Arion 2:073, bay stallion. ...... $l25, 900
Axtell 2 :12, bay stallion. 105, 900
Director 2:l7, black stallion.... $4,000
Anteeo 2:l64, bay stallion...... $4,000
Bell Boy 2 :l04, brown stallion. 900
STEAMBOAT 2:079, bay stalliOn.... $4,000
Suno :0S1 bay mare .......... II 900
Acolyte 2:2l, bay stallion. 10000 !
Maud 5. 2:0Sf, chestnut mare... 10000 /
Smuggler :l54, brown stallion. 10000 !
! Nancy Hanks = :04, bay mare... $500
Rarus 2:13i, bay gelding ........ 10000
Antevolo 2; 1913, brown stallion $4,000
Goldsmith Maid III, bay mare. $4,000
Jay Gould 2:2l9, bay stallion... 10000
Ralph Wilkes :06i, CHI. stallion. 10000
Lady Thorn 2:lS4, bay mare.... 10000
Blackwood 81, black stallion. 10000
Prince Wilkes ,: l4f, oh. geld. 10000
Pancoast 2:2la, bay stalliOn.... $4,000
Gov. Sprague :204, blk. stallion 27,500
Patron 2 :l45, bay stalliOn...... 27.5O0
Constantine 2:l21, bay stallion. p 200 |
The Abbot :034, bay geding... 2G,5O0 ,
Mascot :25i, bay stalion...... 10000 /
Alcazar , pol, bay stalhOn...... 25S00 .
Athol bay stallion. 25,OOO
Baron Wilkes : rs, br. st9llion. 25,0O0
Happy Medium :32b, bay stall. 25,0O0
Jerome Eddy , :lG%. BAY stallion 25000
Wedgewood 2:l9, brown stallion $4,000
George NJ. Patchen 2:234, b. S.. $4,000
Fearnaught :23i ch. stallon... 2500O
Voodoo :27!, bay stalion...... $4,000
Epaulet 10, bay stallion. ...... 22,500
Sam Purdy , :204, bay stallion. 22000
Rhode Island :234, br. stallion. - 600
Nutwood , ISL, ch. stallion..... $4,000
Clingstone , is, bay geiding.... 10000 .
Edward 2:19, chestnut gelding.. 10000 ,
Edward Everett rs, bay stall. 10000 .
Lady Maude :lS1, brown mare. 10000 .
Lulu 2l5, bay mare. ........... 10000 7
RIOS hind :2li, bay mare....... 10000 .
st. Julien 2:lli, brown geding. 10000
st. Vincent , :l34, bay stallion. 10000
Startle $50, bay stailion........ 10000
Socrates2 ;3l4, bay ,tallion..... 10000
Tommy Britton :0Gd, br. stall. 10000
Commenting upon the above the Bos-
ton writer says:
or the above-named horses volume
of history might be written. The high
price geldings were all sold after their
racing days were over. Arion, the rec
ord holder, is still owned by the man,
j. Malcolm Forbes, who gave a fortune
for him. As he was the most marvellous
colt trotter we have ever seen. and as u
sire he has given Mr.. Forbes the salts
faction of having bred Nico, the master
of Ponkapog has never regretted his
purchase.
Axtell has earned over 500, 900 more
than his cost since he was sold for six
figures. Last week he changed hands
for Sl4 700. Director never earned a dol
lar over his keep for A. H. Moore, and
was sold for less than $4,000 within half
a dozen years of the time he cost S15,-
600 Anteeo did not prove good in
vestment, as his owner soon became a
financial wreck. a fire, which caused
his death. made Bell Boy an expensive
investment. Had he lived he would
have more than paid for himself. SIAM
boul was well sold at $4,000. Nancy
Hanks, Maud S, Rarus, Dexter and
Sunol were bought because they were
champions, and with no idea of ever
realizing interest on the money. In the
above list the prize package for no.
account horse is Atho. brother to .
Aron. who brought $4,000 under the
hammer during the boom days of the
early nnetes NoodoO and Mascot are
about stand-off for the second lea her
medal. Times considered, Tommy Brit
ton is about the best. sold horse of the
lot He went at auction last winter,
and if 100000 was "a fair price for HIM
stations will be selling for 100000
again before long.