The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-13
HIGH PRICES PAID FOR YEARLINGs.
Runuymede stud Averaged BeSt-EI-
Second and Racelaud Third

\ compilation by a noted turf statistician
develops some startling figures on The year
| public auction As have already passed under
the hammer for a total OF Sl2.G0. or an
average of Sl.11S; Estimates place the year
ling crop at fully leo head. and II Is SAFE
TO say that the total valuation is hot less
tina SleQ.O0.
This can be asserted with a great degree
Of assurance from the fact that the tightly
bred youngsters the produce Of the Castle
ton stud OF James r. Keene, the La Belle
stud OF w. G Whitney and the pick OF the
produce OF August Belmont's Nursery stDd
are included in the list OF horses that are
not offered and will not be offered Tor pri-
vate sales. As these gentlemen have some
Of the most mighty priced collections or
brood mares in America. their yeari1g pro-
duce II placed on the market would bring
Besides these yearlinEs. it Is asserted that
at his Rancho del PasO stud In CALIFORNIA
and at his Elmendorf stud near Lexington,
James Il. Haggiu has nearly - Nearnngs
which he has reserved for his own raclrS
string or for breeding purposes
The statistics show that the Rinnynnedo
stud Of CateSby WOOifoTd has the highest
average of am other breeding stud. IL sent
only ten yearlings to the market out re.
$3.50. James r. Haggin was ootn second
and third in point of average. Inc ntCy-
Two head from his ElmendCrf stud broughr
a total of So. 80. or an average or kLSI.
while Rancho del PaSO. with its .lS mead
soid. reached the enormous IotaI Oh s- iSn
RaceIand stud Of O.. r. Clay with eleven
head sold for Ii.900. an average = Sl.SD.
while the SprinCland stud Of VI. z: Ilch-
ardsou averaged 800 fOr Tne two head tC
offered. These five studs were all CT the
total OF twenty-five establishments when
sold yearliugs that averaged over Sigyo- IN
polnt Of numbers Of yeSrinSS sofa, ar.
Haggin leads with Rancno ucl Faso' anu u
second with Elmencorf.
Thc Relic Meade stud OF General W.. H.
Jackson and the RancocdS stud OF MIS- Al,
lien offered tOrty-Cne Iead. +ietSourhe StuU
twenty-five and the otherS IN eaCh instance
raaE than twenty.
total OF I2 sires was represented. and
Of these in the GENERAL average OF price OBJ
tanned for hts yearlings Mr.. Hagglns imp
Watercress IS far in the lead FOR -FOUR
,.oIts and six FLIES IN average or So.oO was
Hastings is next with an average
OF 1,S)O fer two head sold. Hambdrg fol-
lows with S.O6S as an average ON six head.
HImyar averaged 500 for two head. SAL
vat0r averaged $3.50 for two head. imp
while imp. Sir MOdred averages 500 for
five head. Twenty-siN S.res averaged $1,000.
or the ES yearlinEs sold just seventeen
averaged $500 or better. The record price
u the season was paid Tor the imp. Water
colt. which brought 2l.Oc0- A
wctcrcrcss colt stands second in the list, a
brown colt by him and out Cf Pansy bring
ing $1,000, while a third son OF this great
sire. out OF Sekanet. brought Sl0.oop, thus in
three Instances placing him at the head OF
the list. Next comes the Hamburg-tmp.
Rose OF Hampton colt that sold for $500.
A bay colt by imp. knigh OF the Thistle
OF SOngstress sold for S.O00. a chestnut
colt by SalvatOT-BigEonct brought $500.
less. or the seventeen youngsters whose
urice was as cool as 5000 but two are. fl
lies. A bay hily by ST Modred-imp. Queen
Bess. a half-sister to Old England. brought
a chestnut hily by imp. ST. G~atien-Fleur-
cite sold for an even S0J0.