The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-20
Deal Closed that viii Bring to In
diana the Greatest Animal of His
Kind in America.
PURCHASED OF C. A. DURFEE
TIE STALLION WILL BE BROUGHT
TO THIS STATE AUG. L.
A Valuable Addition to Mr.. Gentry's
bloomington stock Farm A
High-Priccd Cow.

Henry B. Gentry. OF Bloomington. lnd.,
principal owner OF the Gentry Brothers
dog and pony shows and who has become
prominently identified with the horse world
in the past few months through purchases
OF fine stations and brood mares. has Just
completed a deal for the purchase from
Charles y Durfee. Of san Jose, Cal, OF the
famous trotting stallion and sensational
speed sire Mckinney for $4,000 cash. This
is said to be the highest price ever paid by
any one man of Indiana for horse and
the highest known price paid for a sire
since 1898.
The deal has been in progress since the
midwinter horse sale in New York. and
was closed BY wire this week. Mr.. Gentry
has never seen Mckinney. but he has for
warded $1,000 10 Mr.. Durfee and agrees TO
pay the remaining $4,000 In cash on Aug.
i, when Mckinney shall be delivered TO
Mr.. Gentry IN sound condition and free
from disease Mr.. Gentry will send a repre-
sentative 20 California at once TO take care
OF his interests. although by the terms OF
the sale Mr.. Durfee will ill the engage
ments booked for Mckinney until Aug. l.
Mr. Gentry will go TO California the latter
part of July. accompanied by DR.. p. o.
ORear. Of Indianapolis. veterinary sur
geon, who will examine the horse before
the remainder of the purchase price is
paid. The horse will be delivered TO Mr.
Gentry on Aug. /. and will be brought
East at once in a special car. accompanied
by Mr.. Gentry. DR.. O'Rear and a trainer,
and will arrive at Mr.. Gentry's Blooming
ton stock farm about Aug. H.
BEST SPEED SIRE.
When Mr. Gentry went 10 New York last
winter to purchase some high-clsss horses
70 ship to his stock farm he made the state
nent that he going to purchase none
but the best, and desired TO secure the best
speed sire IN the country. regardless of
price. DR. O'Rear suggested Mckinney,
the wonderful California speed sire, and
negotiations in quiet way were opened.
Mr.. Gentry intended 10 make a trip to
California and spend some weeks there in
order 10 make an offer TO Mr.. Durfee, but
short time ago il was learned that Bud
aJoDie VAS coming TO the indianapolis
track, ard Mr. Gentry gave up his intended
trip. When Mr.. DODIe arrived here he was
seen BY Mr.. Gentry and DIR. O'Rear, and
Mr. DUble suggested that Mr. Gentry buy
Alckinney II lie could. regardless of the
The deal was placed in the hands of Do
bic 10 engineer and he telegraphed Mr..
DGTfee for a price on the great sire and
now long an option would given. An
answer WAS received last week that SIS O0O
no less would purchase the horse and
only a week optiOn would be given. The
tcal was closed three days before the Op-
ton expired, and the greatest sire, living
or dead, or extreme speed is now the prop
srty OF the Bloomington man.
Mckinney has a trotting record OF 2:II1z
mace when fOur-year-Old. He is by
AicyOne, z:2i, an extreme speed sire Of
great prominence, dam Rosa Sprague also
giaaddam or FsTeno CD, 2:l0as. the double
Kentucky Futurity winner, by Governor
Sprague, 2:aJix. stallion for whom j. j.
Sase paid 5000 many years ago. At
fourteen years of age Mckinney is the sire
OF four In the 2:I0 list. including the sensa-
tiOnal Coney. POP. nineteen in the 2:i5 list
and twenty-eight in the 2:2O list. The 23O
list IS too large 10 mention. During his
racing career. the year he made his record.
he started in twenty-eight races, winning
twenty-five first, two seconds and one
third. never finishing outside the money
After being taken from the track he was
used for breeding purposes and last year
alone he cleared Slt.a00 for his owner. Nc
Kinney was owned when a colt by w. H
Wilson. one of the prominent Kentucky
breeders. and was sold when two-year-
old 10 Mr. Durfee.
MKINNEY's RECORD.
Mckinney's record stamps him the best
of the speed sires Nearly all of the go
performers from him are trotters His
sire, Alcyone, was out of Alma Mater. the
greatest daughter OF Mambrino Patchen
In addition to Coney. Mckinney is the sire
OF such race horses as Jenny Nc, 200;
Hazel Kinney. 20914: DIR. Book, 21O;
zaloch, 2:lO1z: zombro, 2:11; You Bet,
2:11A; Charley Mac 2:11A. and scores Of
other good ones
The bringing OF Mckinney to Indiana
means more for the breeding interests of
= FhfaR kf~ar er.aN i
In the horse world in Indiana. The pur-
chase o. Mckinney is as important as that
OF AxteH several years ago. Mckinney will
Doom the breeding interests of the State
and central West and valuable horses from
New York and the East that have been
shipped heretofore to California will be
shipped TO Bloomington TO be bred TO Nc
Kinney. Indianapolis and Indiana horse
men appreciate the efforts of Mr.. Gentry to
bring additional advertising TO this State,
and he Will be rendered n dinner by prom
tnent horsemen during the week of the July
races at the fair grounds.
In connection with the purchasing OF Nc
Kinney IL might be said that Mr. Gentry
tried 10 secure suitable land near Indian
apolis last winter 20 establish an immense
stock farm. but as the owner OF the land
he had In view asked him $1,000 for four
hundred acres, an exorbitant price Mr.
Gentry decided TO purchase another farm
AZ Bloomington. where he viii take care of
his horse interests.
Abiding TO the purchase of Mckinney.
the Western Horseman will say in this
weeks issue.
THE significance OF the coming OF Nc
Kinney To the trOtting horse center of
gravity Is readily appreciated. 1t adds
additional weight 10 the proposition that
the Central West-surrounding Indiana
and Illinois as the central points essen
TALLY the tr0tting horse breeding section
and that we have gentlemen in this central
region who do not think the very best *
Too good nor too expensive. This section
was the first To pay 100000 for a trOtter !:
was the last 70 give up trOtting horse
breeding during the late slump and was
the hrst 70 fall actively I'm line again when
the early dawn OF returning prosperity TO
the country at large made its appearance.
with Mckinney added 10 our already great
galaxy OF renowned stations including
HighwOOd. Red Heart. AllertOn. sphinx
Axtell. Grattan. Rex Americas. Advertiser
Nuthurst, Atlantic King, Cresceus Hal
Dillard. Directum. Online. Tommy Britton
and a hundred others worthy or special
mention "a this connection. we can hardly
be open 10 the charge Of Boosting when we
say the California king IL coming to the
trotting horse center Of gravity-and right
velSome he W.T. be-
Higa Price for n Cow.
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