New-York tribune., 1909-02-03
TROTTERS IN DEMAND
YOUNGSTERS SELL YELL.
Get of Walnut Hall and M0ko Bring
Good Prices at Garden.

EJorxer1en and breeders interested In the HSil1
harness turf gathered in force at Madls9h 0quaie
Garden Yesterday for the second day of the MO
winter sale Of light harness horses by the tasl6-
Upton Company. The biggest single consignment
of two-year-old trotters ever offered at auc'lo"
passed under the hammer sixty-four head the
propertv OF Walnut Hall Farm, brought total ol
81, ,71o an average of a shade under So" heau-
Most Of the horses offered were the get OF Ihd'
great Young sire Walnut Hall and Moko' whicn Is
said to be the greatest sire of Futurity winners III
the history OF the turf
fIorsernen were jubilant when the total ana aver
age were figured up as no better proof could De
asked Of the remarkable strength OF the maFke'
for trotters and PAGERS when good stock Is otete'
year ago sixty-six head from the same arm arm
brought a total Of s27125 average of about $4Io
g baed and st that time a number of three-year-
olds were in the lot including The Harvester "li'c"
sold for $4,000. In comparison this years SAFE was
inmeasurablv better. -,
Manv buyers were attracted no doubt by llle
hone that they could secure another morse inc
rIor,-aste- which It will be remembefed, won three
Futurifies last year, took mark or Zoa74 anu "'
a total of $3.50 Many good JUDGES nave p'C
nounced The Harvester. the winner OK the uIpie
crown of the light harness turf as the sIe3'es
.o1+ t,otter ever developed, and his owner A
T-ibuen of Milwaukee. evidently thinks the same
thing as he refused offer OF $4O0o 1or MIN ias'
Noven Der, when approached by ouyer uoHi
abroad AS said before. the hope OF securing an
other morse of the same class made the oloolus
,ostlrdsv for the get Of Walnut Hall particularly
brisk and spirited -,
l. V Hardness of this city, who owns the wal
nut Hall Farm, abolished his training department
four wears ago and now sends the product OF MS
ztud to the sale ring to sold outright with their
engagements Almost every youngsteT onered yes
terday Is eligible for stakes worth soC0Vl or more
and this. perhaps. another reason why they
were in such great demand and brought such high
average
one hundred and twenty-five horses were sold
during the day for total Of $685. an average Of
s442 head The grand total for the Two Gays
reached ssl 100 for 243 head, an average OF 80"
head. =
The consignment from the Walnut Han farm was
sold during the afternoon session. Edward ana
Joseph Madden. the Of John f Madden one
Of the most successful breeders of thoroughOre'9
in the country and the man who brought OUT OH
Martin last year the champion two-year-od OF the
season paid the top price yesterday When 'hes Sc
orra7 Roval Hall we'll furnished. tne-look'ng
colt by Walnut HaII-Fereno (2-05s) for 500" FROM
r,is r-tc. the Youngsters off 10 500. foT FIa'o
Fereno. the dam Of Royal HaH. was the hTS' n'' 80
=, win both the fwo-year-cid am tlTee-Ee -''N
Eentuekv Futurity. and the youngster, "Ach IS
bred in the purple. was declared to be bargain
a. tho rri.e paid by many Of those pres, nj
some surprise was expressed that Harvest Giri
a fu,. sister 10 The Harvester by walnut fia''-
Notalet did not bring a bigger price. She was
knocked down 20 William Bradley the present
owner of Major Denar, for $3.50 In looks anu
conformation she resembles closely her famous
brother. and appeared TO be quite as wei gated
Thomas " Murphy. Of Poughkeepsie' paid $40
for Native Belle. compact and rugged IooAlhs
All,- 5y Moko She is q full eIster 10 The Native
2.l75.; and IS quite likely to make name for her
self Edward and Joseph Madden secured Lentala,
"A good gated nIy by Walnut Hall, Cor $3.50. while
Charles E Bedford of Brooklyn, paid Sl.7oe for
Tenara a nne looking hlly by Moko-
Michael Murphy, of Philadelphia, who at one
time r1uutained a stable Of thoroughbreds. was an
active bidder for the Walnut Hall youngsters and
bought eight Or ten 1t prices ranging from $50 for
AIorine, IA dny by the young stallion Nobel. down
TO SEQ Waiter r. Cox Of Manchester, n H. was
another who bid most Of the horses offered, and
he secured quite number.
Fiorluo y. Bain Of Poughkeepse, who sent his
first consignment to TIE New York market was
rather disappointed at the prices secured for his
lot Il was not surprising. however inasmuch as
the demand at present appears to be for horses
while most Of those offered by Mr.. Balm were bet
ter adapted for show purposes
Charley Robbins. a winner at the National Horse
Show in Madison Square Garden, and horse that
has been shown five times and won four blue rib
bons and one red, knocked down to Warner
Delano, IT, OF this city for 500. The only other
one of this lot TO bring than 1900 was Thelma
Baron, a fve-year-od daughter of Oakland Baron
and a PAGER which has never been trained for
ing She sold to A. l. Martin. Of Rockville,
Conn, for 1886
There was q strong demand for Empress Eu-
doxia & yearling dlly by Peter the Great She was
consigned by W. A. Bacon, of Paris. Ky. and
besides being royalty bred of such size and
conformation that the bids advanced quickly S975.
at which price she knocked down Hunter
Mooney, OF Lexington, Ky.
Ora Margrave, a ve-year-old mare by Mar
grave-Ora o. the star OF the evening session.
She was sold H. J. Leigh. of this city. for $500
ora Margrave started in. fifteen races last year
over haIf-mie tracks and only twice finished out
side the money. She has troted trial in 2l2. but.
as her mark Is 2161s. she is considered an excellent
prospect.
The summary of those bringing $500 fol-
lows:
PROPERTY OF WALNUT HALL FARM.
"fqiaa% GdF (coltS colsa n B S s5
La Fanche Qrotler. b, +. 2. by Moko-Alpha Red:
Bs6 66 DIT ft. 2g % ShssT Sh e. SarsosS sy waHa n Hall
Msycire etratter, b. H. > by Walnut fialLMay
rosa; E. b Phillips. swar.Vscott Mass SO
iereno: Edward Joseph Madden. Lexington, ..
Noteiet: ArdmeTe Farm. IaTi.an. n 1000
Belle: 7 ". Murphy: PoushSecpsie, y. ". 227O
Charles E Bedford brooklyn. I7oO
Leniala tTotterl' bT; f. 2 by Walnut Walnut HallEsister
La tesna ttrotterJ br f. . by Moko.ozalia W --0'
ozelle ltf tier, br. 4. .. BY ozono-Annettemore:
ws,s Sterling r9ier n9 C. 5y Walnut Hail
Patue sterlhs' NJ du1phy, falddeIphla. 40
Murphy. Philadelphia s25
N Murphy Philadelphia 725
BelfG.f GrottsEl b e; 2 by MSko-IFmEard Girls
RaadsmsTs 5sfot,ss y Moao-osanam; 900
Ans Hail 55T9tesTi. By walnut Hall '0O
TrussoTa urotterj. b, +. ., b. MoSo-Trusetta: W.
r Cox. Manchester. y. H...................... $50
ton: ". R Cox. Manchester, \. H........,.... go
LefsWiSh CrotteP, b. & p by Moko-Aliss Topic;