The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-24
MILLIONAIRE
BUYS MCKINNEY
FOR $4,000

The sale Of the ex-California trotting
stallion Mckinney, 2:11A. last week for
$4,000 is the sensation Of the year in
harness horse circles. 1t was a surprise
to all horsemen, as it has not been
known he was for sale. When H. B.
Gentry Of Bloomington, Ind, paid
Charles A. Durfee of San Jose SIS. 900
for the champion sire two years ago.
he had just established the Gentry
stock farm. and now it is announced
that falling health has compelled him
to retire from all business. William
Simpson. a New York millionaire mer-
chant and prominent horse breeder, is
the new owner. All the brood mares on
the Gentry farm are to be sold at auc-
ton. 1t is reported Mr.. Gentry viii
come to California in search Of health
+ The rich $1,000 Futurity offered by the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders
Association, and which closed on the
18th inst, has received nearly 400
entries. AS the list of individual nom
inators is larger than ever before in
the history of the stake, no further
evidence is needed to show that the
breeding of trotting horses in California
Is carried on more extensively than
ever before. Many Of the larger stock
farms have gone out Of existence, and
none OF the stakes for trotters that
closed in recent years has received a
long list Of entries from any one farm.
as was formerly the case. Small breed
ers, were rather shy Of making entries
in former years, as they did not con-
slider they had a fair chance with-one
or two nominations against farm that
nominated thirty OF forty and started
the best one.
One hundred trotters and PAGERS are
being trained at the famous Pleasan-
ton track Applications for stalls are
becoming so numerous that many new
ones will have to be built IL all that
want to train at the horse center" are
to be accommodated
The demand for good roadsters and
track horses was never better than II
is Just now in California. Ordinary
horses that have nothing to commend
them except that they are standard
are slow sale, unless consigned to the
auction rings frequented by express
men and milkmen. These are having
hard time to get sufficient horses to
draw their wagons. They viii pay
from 500 to $3.50 for horses that will
answer their purposes. Hundreds OF
standard bred horses that cannot trot
or pace fast enough to do for road
purposes are sent to these auctions and
meet ready sale. Horses with enough
speed to compete in races on the cir
cult are. in good demand at $1,000 and
upward. and the supply falls far short
Of the demand
Before the close of the Cincinnati
meeting, j. A. Richardson Of Boise
City, Idaho. owner Of the PAGER Ore
gon Maid, filed a protest with the
Judges against the payment Of the
winnings of the PAGER King Direct,
which won first money in the 2-09
pace. The grounds for the protest
are that both King Direct and Ben +,
who started in the event named. are
owned by the same man. James But
Ter of New York King Direct Is in
the string of Mr.. Geers and is entered
in the name of E. F. Geers. Ben r Is
entered By East View Farm. New
York. and is in the string Of Monroe
I Salisbury.
The heaviest money winning PAGER
this year is Morning Star, 2:04H. by
Star Pointer, 1894. He has won
more than $4,000.