The evening world., 1911-11-28
AUSTRIAN NOBLE
BIDS IN STAR
OF HORSE SHOW
'Notables From All Over the
Country in Attendance at
Old Glory Auction.

The high water mark to date at the
Old Glory horse auction in Madison
Square Garden. the biggest event of the
sort In turf circles. was reached this
afternoon when the promising sire.
Baron Mckinney. changed ownership.
The buyer was Harry Ryerson, an
American who is understood to repre-
sent a menbe of the Austrian nobility.
The price paid was 1900.
While none OF the other sales to-day
came neal this figure good prices were
commanded by a number OF horses,
while In other instances buyers got UNI
mistakable bargains. The a~uctioning
went forward spiritedly. the demon
syating and selling of ever a high
priced animal rarely consuming more
than hve minutes. and 1t was expected
that by the time the days work Is An
shed tonight the sale total for the two
days the auction has been in progress
will be nearly 800.
The attendance to-day was sven
larger than that of yesterday and thSre
were som notable additions to the
throng Of prominent turfmen who came
nom all parts of the Union and ever
foreign countries to attend this classic
sale. w. T.. u. Stokes found time to
drop in for a few minutes on his way
downtown to resume telling a Supreme
Court jury how the widely advertised
Misses Graham and Conrad shot up his
wealthy legs.
Senator Joe Bailey who breeds short
horn cattle In Texas and longlegged
trotters in Kentucky. was another
prominent figure. Bud Doble, the
veteran California driver who was
marking horses more than half n cent
ury ago and who has probably driven
more Hight harness winners than any
man alive also circulated about the
tan-bark arena. Others present were:
Richard Delafeid. the banker. j. ID.
Grover of Georgeton. Ky, John H..
Shultz, who will dispose of twenty-three
t~horoughbreds from his P~ortchester
farm Tomorrow and retire from the
breeding game; Harry Burgoyne of Lax
ington. KY. George Stengel. Long
Branch. George w. Leavitt OF Boston:
Gap" Shaw OF Cleveland. Andrew G..
Leonard of Lexington. KY, G. W. La
sell of Wittensville. Mass. J. r.. Nc
oowan OF Kentucky: scores OF drivers
among them Walter Cox, Lon Mac
Donald. Billy Snow. Willie Dickerson,
Mix McDevitt. J. C. Stell and Charlie
Mayberry: and representatives Of turf
publications from all over the country
and from as distant points as Call
fornia.
The first big sale to-day was tina. OF
Border Scout, the changing OF whose
ownership had not n little sentimental
interest, for the speedy gray colt was
bought by Dan Buhre OF Brooklyn,
owner OF the famous Border Guard,
now dead. The price paid for Border
Scout was s1,075. Other horses sired
by Border knight. the father Of Border
Guard. did not bring big prices. Olive
Knight going for s275 and Olga knight
changing hands for $3.50. Foros. J.. p.
Halls speedy bay stallion %trotter. com
handed $3.50. while Ruth Dillon, cham
pion f~our-year-old trotter OF 1908,
went for si,025.
There were several billions offered.
the highest price commanded by this
group being Sl,750, which W s. Tod
Of Greenwich. Conn, paid for Emma
Dillon. Jack McKerron. second fastest
trotting stallion two years ago. went
under the hammer for $500. Dorothy
Hansboro. with a 1911 track record of
2.06n. changed hands for 81 900.
bidding throughout the day was
fairly spirited. but far keener compc-
tition is sure to be seen tomorrow
when the first large number OF we'll
known horses will be auctioned, Among
these will he Alliewood, with n mat
inee record to wagon OF 200 L.: Fan
tasy. former champion iveyear-old
mare: Ed Custer, 2.lO. with a fine rae
ing record; Mainsheet. 2.05. champion
trotting stallion, 1861; Direct Hal,
e.04 Ia, winner of over s25 900 sun in
1902; Dora, an Austrian product, con-
signed by Hugo Kirmbauer of Korm-
end, Hungary; Icon, another European
entry. There will also he shown. for
reference only, the $4,000 Mckinney,
world renowned as a sire of extreme
speed.