The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-04
LkWSON'S HORSES Attic SALE
BOSTONIAN DISrOSES OF MANY
TROTTERS AND SHOW STOCK.
Dare Dcvn Brlngs SO, 200 and Is bought
Back HISh Prices for Weanllngs and
TearIIngS - Deman for nrOodmares
Major DeImar's Dam Brings 81. $50.

HIgh Prices for WeanllnEs and
YearIIngs - DE for DrOodmares
Major DcImar's Dam brings 81, $50.
A dispersal sale Of all the horses at the
DrcamwOld Farm OF Thomas W. Lawson,
Boston. was the special Offering yesterday
afternoon and eVc.,ing AZ the ~trOtting horse
sale in Madison square Garden. In a printed
statement lawson has put the cost of raising
a III n class yearling at 400 and by this
test his sale did not break records. But
weanlngs. yearlings and their dams sold for
good prices in the present state of the market.
Dare Devil, 2,Tl. by MamGrino King Mercedes,
the head of The stud. sold for 81, 200. to w. n.
Reid Of this city. This was deemed a low
price for one of the handsomeSt horses IN the
country. Later Lawson bought back Dare
Devil for sII 900.
The condition in which the horses were
shown was superb. Manager McSweeny
represented Lawson. Al Thomas exhibited
the trottcrs and Glorious Kelly drove the
heavy harness horses sold after the ~trotters.
which included many blue ribbon winners
Lawson sold eighty-two trOtters for SEALS.
an average of $3.50.
A. b. Scott of Port Huron. Mich, paid
1850 for the fourtecn-year-old mare Expecta-
tion, dam of Major Delmar. $50. tho worlds
champion ~trOtting gelding. Prince Mckin-
ney, the bay weanling colt by Mckinney
Lady Acacia, brought 81 900 and will 20 to
Nebraska. The Western horsemen were
liberal purchasers, but New York stock
breeders paid out the most money. Harry
Langs of ~ Thomas. ont was a buyer OF
young stock, but the Europeans. contrary TO
snticipations, did not appear as bidders on
the trotting stock.
Dare Devil will 90 back to Dreamwold.
Lawson telegraphed his son, Arnold Lawson
TO buy back the stallion at any fair price,
W. II. Reid. who * n New Yorker. with a
farm in Kentucky. sold back Dare DeVll
through +. 4. Upton at an advance OF el,lOO.
Last week Reid bought Lord Roberts for
s2,i 100 and sold him before he had signed the
receipt 70 Judge Bennett Of West Virginia
for 50. 500. Reid has made s. 100 on the two
transactions without having had to buy a
peck of oats for either horse. Lawson paid
$50. 600 for Dare Devil when he bought the
stallion from G.. J. and Harry Hamlin.
The brood mares were in firm demand.
Lady Wilton, NJ, and Is years old. brought
500. Welcome Home. a daughter of Lady
Wilton and u years old. brought $500, Vance
Nuckols, the Cleveland driver. paid $500 for
the " eanling colt DrCamwo!d wilton, while
Anne Wilton, the Nthteen,year-old dam
Of the yOungster, W ent 10 W. >. sim psOn
John ii. Shuts was a buyer. paying 1900
for the three-year-old ttlly Dreamwoll
Priest ess and SIOJ for the full sister. a yelrllng
hIly. Both are by Ponce de Leon, 2:l3, dam
Irelscy., Prelacy, nov is Years 9la' ne
the Champion of her age in 1901, as bought
for 81 80 by T.. j. 1Tanter OF THIS city, VINO
purchased several lots as the agent OF parties
not stated. A two-year-old and a weaving
from lmpetuous. sired by Dare DeNll, proughI
$500. lhe dam Impetuous, II years old ana
went to 4. b. Scott of Port Huron, Mich.
for 81, 300. Tom Sharkey was a oldder on
imPeSu0gs VINO Mor "a q a r seIlT3 'f ior pacing sS nA tiI,ss;
al Two years and with a three year Old trottlng
Tecordo OF 2;ll> and also half-slster to Ecstatlc
2.tla. and Etheis Pride, 2Ob+.
Regarding the Dare Devil sale and repur-
chase Lawson made the following statement
over the telephone to his secretary. h, A.
Dare Devil sold to-day for 80. 700. and as
room aS they wired II TO me | authorized the
au.tloneer TO repurchase hlm at any reason
able profit. They wired me they had done 50;
| have but a word to say to the horse world
in regard to the sale oil Dare Deyil, the great
est trottIn : stallion in the world to-day:
He sold for but IA small traction OF his
cost The greatest ~trottlns horse breeder
America has ever had, the elder hamlln.
who bred him. told me- when bought him hls
cost was hut a fraction OF his worth. My
two years investigation before bought nm
and all my experience sinCc leads me 10 agree
with Hamlin. lie is better to-day than when
] bought him.
Il therefore got him back from his pur-
chaser as soon as | learned the price he brought
and If necessary will now devote his orlgl-
nal lost 10 demonstrating what his breeder
as well as myself believe hln TO oe-the best
trotting stallion in the world. .
" men / pought Dare Devil It was TO breed
a beautiful as well as a speedy racer; \
Goteric Of horse magna!es had declded that
OF my stud. they agreeing TO sell nm 20 me
for one-half what / paid fol-. Dare Devil, and
make the horse world think ! had paid more
than | had paid for Dare Devil. | didn't see 1t
their way, and they got out their hammers.
The perusnl Of the horse journals Will prove
thew have mad them out ever since.
Il will admit they have succeeded in knock
ing on Is per cent. Of Dare Devils selling
price bgt am stu runppinS my own ahalrs'
""Wbether / shall present Dare Devil to the
Government breeding station or send him 70
how | viii use the beauty I have not decided
but one thing | think l. a sale gamble: ! VIII
horse stallion in the wOrld-dem INST rate 1t so
sharp !" magnates. That he has no equal,
Trotters famous at the national and minor
horse shows as blue ribbon winners to gigs
or a pairs. tandens OF teams ATTRACTED, many
noted amateur Whips 10 the TaTden IN 1ne
Cloud and Glorious Nhirling Cloud were dis
piaved to n tandem cart by Kelly, and despite
The narrow track they made a superb, round
lcnnie and Glorious Gladys, often winners
with the ether two IA a par team; were also
Rel Cloud we're represented also by young
ami well broken harness stock, which WINS also
true Of GLORIOUS Bonnie net at the sale and
ton e the heavy harness horses suggested
the DCmp OF n Hnrse show night, yet most of
them had peligreeS on as firm trotting lines
as the light harness horses on sale earlier.
A batch oi saddle ponies suitable for children
wore also sent rom Dream void.
G. oriOus Wiring Cloud, after being shown
on the wheel OF the tandem. sold separately
for s. $50 to the TiCheuor-tirand Company,
while the leader Glorious Red Cloud. a former
winntr OF the Waldorf Astoria cup for W. J..
Elkins. brought $3.50 from q Kentucky
breC der. Glorious Ionnie brought 81 900. 60
ing TO Chicago. and Milady Glory brought
sn25. There we're some low prices for the
Youngsters, for "a heavy harness stock is
nor uually offered until developed the sale
10 this extent was an experiment and high
prices were NOT expected for the colts and
Miles. TIE best prices:
Dare Devil, bTy. s., 200, ia. By Mln5rino King
Nj rcrdcs, b. Chimes; W. n. Reid, city. 5000
LADY Wilton. br. m, 2:lli5, IL, by Wilton,
2l9lI-Lemonade. y. J. Tranten, agent, 49,
welcome Home b. m, u, T~rodiGsl, ais
LadyWllton, ana: William hoerieln. MI 49,
DrsSmwoid Win o the Wisp. b. m, I, by
prOd'gal, l6-Lady Wilton, 21ll2: +, z.
Hudson, Gnalt tree. Nc. ............, $50
First Love, b. m. 10. By Wlldnut Mamie:
a. !. FinbusA. brighton, Mass. ........... 200
BOralmas SISTER, en-, m, ], by Borcal (0,
2l57-Enrlima; Samuel Walton, Falls
Priola. b. m. 90. ,.Oi,. by Pr1dIyal. eis-
GlOr A Pryor. Al Thomas, Benson, Neb..... $50