The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-01-07
TEXAS HORSES IN NEW YORK
Col. Henry ExaIPs Successful Sale
in iae Fine Horse Center.

Garden some days ago and saw,
with satisfaction, that a consign-
ment Of Electric colt, from his
Lomo Alto stock farm near Dallas,
the first sent east from Texas, sell
Tor a good round sum. He believes
that Texas horses will command rec
ignition anywhere.
son Dec. l." he said, 81 sold at
auction in New York City test
arload of Electric cots--cight
earrings, four 2-year-olds, four g.
icar-olds and one i-year-old.
"Some of them had been trained
md were very fast for their ages and
omc of them were entirely untrain-
cd.
as | said, it was an experiment,
icing the first carload of high class
horses ever shipped from Texas to
he New York auction market. The
great Village farm, owned by Mr..
liamlin of Buffalo, n. Y, in the
same sale received an average of less
han 1885 for their consignment
Over 100 other well-known breeders,
rom all over the most noted horse
,ections of Kentucky, New York and
Ohio we're represented, but my aver
gc of SALT was a good deal higher
han that Of any other consignment
# like numbers and ages. Still, |
lid not get anything like real value
or my horses, as is evidenced By the
act that $500 was offered and re-
used for Ruby Electric befor: she
If the Garden $1,000 1000 for Rod a'i-
.cr, $3.50 Tor Blaiichs and smaller
advances for several Others.
81 made some mistakes and had
come mishaps. In the first place, ]
should not have forced upon the
auction market, at this inclemcnt
cason Of the year, lot of imma-
ure and unfinished stock 1t hap
Dened that my horses were sold on
he first day of the week and month,
bad time for business men to at
end sale. The heavy rains in
Texas. and consequent bad condi-
ions of the railroad tracks, caused
/ delay of three days in the snip
ncnt of the horses. They were three
days and night closely stalled IN the
'ars, with no chance to even change
positions, and had only two days,
,rter reaching New Yor, in which
. rest. They were, therefore.
'hown at great disadvantage, going
INTO the sale ring tired, sleepy and
sore.
despite these unfavorabe condi-
ions, the New York Sun Of Dec.
" says:
"'The first real awakening Of the
Law came when the consignment OF
Col. Exall's Lomo Alto farm, Dallas,
lex, was reached. The fame of the
Electrites has spread wherever the
ight harness horse is popular, for
,peed seems to be a legacy to the
youngsters in Texas. Ruby Flee
trite, a 2-year-old PAGER, was the first
ofFering. She had shown a mile in
ZIG 1-2, = half in 1904 1-2 and .
quarter in 30 seconds. Such speed
in a youngster was bound to bring
recognition and there was credit TO
the farm of $500 when Ruby Elcc-
'rite left he ring
"rhe New York Telegram Of same
date in very complimentary write
rp Of the consignment, used the fol-
lowing large-typed hcading: Flee
trites saved day at the Garden Sale
dragged until the Texas consign-
ment was offered, but the quality
shown woke up the buyers and the
bidding was spirited
"While, from monetary stand
point, | do not consider this sale
success, from every other point OF
view it was. What any one man
might gain or lose by such an expert
ment is Of small import, The val
liable fact established is, that we can
raise in Texas horses that will COM