Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-10
KELLY BOUGHT
BY ALOCAL MAN
An important Purchase at the
Recent New York Horse
Sale.
Death of Charles Marvin, One of
the Noted ReinSmen and
Trainers of the Country.
By L. D. Sale.

By L. D. Sale.
Returns from the recent Madison Square
Garden sale are now all in, and they en-
phasize the statement recently made in
these columns that the breeding of the
light harness horse whenever intelligently
conducted, is on a sound and paying basis.
When horse that had demonstrated speed
and racing ability brought into the
ring the auctioneer did not have to cry him
self hoarse in order to obtain bidders. The
Montgomery county bred mare Kinstress,
2.U92. was quickly snapped up at the hand
some figure of 81, 1oo-just 81 100 more than
was paid for her two years ago, when her
breeder. Charles C. Waters of Germantown,
parted with her. Kinstress had raced con-
sistently for four seasons, had lowered her
record every season she raced sound,
and her purchaser had every reason to feel
assured that in spite of her low record, she
was not all in.
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Untried youngsters by tried sires and out
of producing dams also sold for high fig
ures, the Mokos being especially popular
with men looking after prospective speed
because they race young and come to their
speed at an early age. Anything by Nc
Kinney C2.1114), Axworthy C21514) or Bingen
t2O6l4) brought top figures, all of which be-
long to the house of Wilkes except Bingen,
who is member of the ilustrious family
founded by Electioneer. Quite number of
buyers plunged on the Baronmores because
of the Futurity winners sired by Baron
more (2.1f4) in the past. Baron Wilkes,
2lS, sire of Moko and Baronmore, shares
with Mckinney and Wilkes Boy the honor
of being among the greatest speed-pro-
ducing sons of George Wilkes Moko, al
though comparatively young horse, is al
ready the sire of FerenO, 2.O512; Susie N. 90.
2.GH4, and Brenda Yorke (3), 2.osa4, pacing.
Mckinney IS the sire OF ten in the 2.1O list
among the lot being Sweet Marie, 2.O2
Axworthy has two in the 30 list-Tom AK
worthy, POI, and Guy AXworthy a., 2.0SA.
Bingen has three-Admiral Dewey, 204A;
Totara, 2.6eaa, and Owaissa, PAGER, 2.06a4.
Baronmore has only one-kelly C), 30 at
the pace.
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And. speaking of Kelly 1t is worthy Of re-
mark at this point to state that he is now
owned in Washington, having been pur-
chased at the recent New York sale by Mr.
Charles McDermott. Kelly is pronounced
by men who have seen him race as the
greatest piece of horse flesh for his inches
and age that has yet been seen. He stands
only l4l9 hands and was bred by Mr.. De
Witt c. Palmeter of Riverside Park farm,
Berlin, Wis, who also bred the champion
three-year-old gelding Peter Sterling, 21.-s
winner of the Kentucky Futurity in 1900
a,
Don Wilkes As a two-yearold Kelly took
record of 2.l912. the seasons fastest rec
ord for an unsexed PAGER OF the age.
The past season, at three, he was raced
in the futurities and a few other events
He could have been given the worlds rec
ord for three-year-old pacing geldings in
1905, for he forced Brenda Yorke out In
2uSs., and when his record made he
finished we'll within himself. When he
beat Brenda Yorkc at Cleveland Cthe only
race In which the great daughter of Moko
met defeaU Kelly paced the last quarter
of one heat in thirty seconds, while at
Columbus ne was timed two halves in 101A
and l6l. His manners are as perfect as his
gait. his disposition of the very best, and
IL is not too much to say that he is not
only the fastest youngster ever brought to
Washington, but the greatest racing pros
pect ever owned by an actual citizen OF the
national capital. Mr.. McDermott paid for
Kelly under the hammer s1,1J0.
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Another important purchase made by Mr..
M"Dermott at the same sale was the seal
brown stallion The Envoy CD. 2.254, by
Senator Joseph w. Baileys Prodigal, PIG,
dam Of the great brood mare Rachel, by
Baron Wilkes: second dam Willie Wilkes
22s, by George Wilkes 222: third dam
SalIio Southworth, by Mambrino Patchen;
fourth dam the celebrated Puss Prall by
Mark Time and fifth dam Thoroughbred.
Tho Envoy stands 1913. IS eight years old
and bred by the late Marcus Daily of
Bitter Root Ranch. Mont Although he has
only a mark of 2.25l4. he has been driven
miles several seconds faster. is a horse of
high finish great gamencss and goes on
the trOt.
Mr. Charles McDermott has now got to-
gether the largest and most costly string
Of horses ever owned by a resident at this
point. He expects to race. in addition to
the horses already mentioned, Rex Leader
a very fast stallion, by Rex Americus,
21ti4; The Dean. 2.194. by Baronmore;
Florence c., an unmarked fast green PAGER
by The Director General, and perhaps two
or three others that he has at present in his
stables near the War Department. Ii all
goes well with his string in the prelimi-
narles OF training, ii is more than prob
able that Mr.. McDcrmott Will try his for
tunes on the grand circuit the coming
season. As at present arranged Robert
BROMLEY Will do his training and driving
Mr.. BROMLEY IL no tyro at the game. He
began his career in this city upward Of
twenty years ago working his way IN from
the ranks OF rubber and caretaker to the
proud position of driver on the grand cir
cult In the early nineties he won the
much-coveted NJ. K NJ. at Detroit with the
untraced gelding j. NJ. D., a most unex-
pected victory on the part of the public,
and is the only purely local driver who ever
drove for or won that stake. His last ex-
perence down the big line was in 1905 with
the roam gelding Bedford Boy. 2.l3A, now
the property of Javins Bros,
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In making critical estimate of the abili-
ties OF the men living and dead II is within
the limits of truth to say that as a develop
er OF raw material not one OF the sextet,
skilled as he unquestionably was in the
trainers art, was the equal of Marvin. As