The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-30

registration Of every trotting bred
animal within a certain time after il
was foaled Under such conditions no
pedigree would be lost
1t will be to the midwinter auction az
Madison Square Garden this week for
men who are in the market for something
well-bred and that promises to go some.
The sale commences tomorrow, and will
continue for three DAYS only. Many
Washingtonians have indicated an In
tention Of being present. and express
the hope of being able 10 bring back
/ something extra fast and well-bred.
/ Some forty-fve head OF Walnut Halls
are 10 be put under the hammer and
every man the writer has conversed with
on the subject seems anxious 10 buy one.
/ c. c. Waters, Of Germantown Nd,
/ proprietor Of the Pleasant Fields Stock
/ Farm has shipped 10 the Garden a fine
! consignment of Rinsters. headed by the
handsome and fast Kinsterette, 2:254,
| full sister Of Kinstress, 2:0924. and Sena-
| tor J. W. Bailey. Of Texas. has sent on
I from his Kentucky farm a number Of
baby trotters by Prodigal. 2:l6 There
/ will be some Admiral DeWeys. also,
on the market for buyers 10 pick from
and Washington buyers can pay their
money and take their choice. With their
nerve with them and the necessary money
I in their pockets, they may. perhaps
/ Certain il is, that sound as is the
basis OF the breeding interests Of the
/ country. prices will not fly as high for
/ gilt-edged bred youngsters and aged
/ horses as prevailed in 1856 when Pancoast
/ sold for $2S.0J0 under the hammer. and
I Nutwood brought 81 COO Nor when the
brood mare Reina Victoria brought $500,
and Bell Boy, in 1889, a. Lexington, went
under the hammer in his three-year-old
/ form for 81 600. And what an ovation
! greeted the magnificent son OF EIec-
/ tiOneer and Beautiful Bells as he was
/ Jed into the sales ring. and faced the
! audience of millionaire breeders and
I4lorse fanciers from every state i'm the
/ Union, Loud and prolonged cheers
/ greeted his coming; the band struck up
/ Hail 10 The Chief" as ne pranced
around the ring with a staIwart negro
! on each side hanging onto the bit to
keep him from leaping the barricade
and followed up the concert ,ao ne
! spurned the earth al each step. by play
/ ing the Star Spangled Banner" .'Su-
+ vance River and My Old Kentucky
Home"
/ When the handsome young stallion
was at last halted in front of the auc-
tioneer, voice rang out loud and clear
/ $4,000" II was from the throat of J.
. X. Rider. Of Pennsylvania. Five thou
sand better" responded 4. : Woodland.
Z of Kentucky. and then came IS. 900
better STILL from Mr. Rider. At this
point John Thompson. of the Hermitage
Stud. Tennessee. entered the game and
hOarsely shouted $4,000. Tho excitement
in the ring had now reached a high
pitch, when Judson IT, Clark. Of EImira
y. Y, offered a $1,000 advance All the
! bidders now retired except THOMPSON
and Clark, and they bid alternately
against each other until the hammer
finally fen at 1900 10 the bid Of Thomp-
son. only to have the horse DESTROYED
twelve months later by fire.
it was a period of speed insanity. for
the following February Browne & stock
bridge, Of Kalamazoo paid $4,000 i'm
actual cash for Anteo. 2.l6s. son Of
Electioneer and Columbine, and the same
night sold him 10 II. ). Henry, Of Penn
sylvania, for 100000 No wonder Penny
found himself a few years later. i'm the
bankruptcy court. In 1895, the writer OF
these lines saw Anteo led into Tattersalls
Philadelphia. and knocked down for the
measly sum OF S12GCc. and was bid i'm bv
Mr. Henry. or his agent At the Feb
ruary sale aforementioned. in which
AnteO was purchased by the Kalamazoo
firm. unbroken yearlngs brought all the
way from $1,000 TO $1,000
4 stallion called The King brought
S31. coo. The Hylas mare, Susie :. brought
$1,000. Elkho-n. a three-year-old stallion
by Onward. brought $3.50 Old Warlock
sold for $l5.0C0. and a yearling colt. by
Red Wilkes, fetched $3.50. Speed in
sanity was a mild name for such doingy
J. s. Coxey. who led his ragged hosts
on 70 Washington. and was warned Of
the grass Of Capitol Hill. paid $1,000 for