The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
.TROTTER AND PAGER
Lightharness Breed in No Danger of Extermina-
ton-District Horsemen at Madison Square
Sale, But Do Not Buy-Other Gossip.
By L. ID. SALE.

By L. ID. SALE.
When q breeder is able to go into the
saies ring with sixty-six head Of two
yer-olds and take out Of it in single
day $H,N5, as did Mr.. Harkness, Of Wal
nut Hall Farm, Donerail. KY. last Tues
day at Madison Square Garden, 1t does
not look as If the ight-harness breed was
in any danger Of determination in the
immediate future.
On the contrary, the sale of the Walnut
Hall youngsters demonstrated to mathe-
nsatical certainty that when a breeder
goes into the market with the goods that
the public likes the returns are sure to
come his way. 1t was so when Palo
Alto was at the front as breeding insti-
tuition, and the same results were
achieved when c. w. Williams was be-
hind Allerton. the mightiest son of Jay
Bird
Fifteen and twenty years ago when
the Electioneers were led into the ring
buyers fell over one another to secure
one without much regard as to whether
they were good individuals or not; with
''show" or not. The trademark of "Elec-
tioneer'' was sufficient to make them go
off like the traditional hot cakes.
For upward of ten years the average
for Electioneer one-year-olds and two
year-olds was in the neiShborhood of 800
per head; the average price per head for
the Allertons was in the neighborhOod of
$780,
The public is a great stickler for fash
ion; the public is also very tickle, as
tickle. in fact, as women are said to be.
and which we are inclined to believe is
libel on the sex. If a stallion sires one,
two, or three good race horses in sim
gle season, or even one like The Har-
vester or Colorado f.. the public rushes
instantly for that blS ID. 1t instantly be-
comes the fashion. and the public clinss
to it until something else comes along
that attracts its attention. Electioneer
has been under the sod for over twenty
years but his blood, through such sons
as Conductor, 2:14A. and Chimes. is
marching on. Walnut Hall. son of Con-
ductor, is to-day one of the ultra-fash-
ionable sires. rivaling in popularity Bin
gen and Peter the Great
Walnut Halls daughter. Katy O'Neil,
brought the highest price of Tuesdays
sale, the sum paid for the two-year-old
miss being $3.50. The fact that she goes
into the stable of Thomas Murphy, of
New York. is evidence enough of her
class, for Murphy is rarely mistaken. OF
course, the filly is heavily Staked, and if
she should only win one-half of her en-
GagementS she is a splendid investment
Next to the Walnut Halls, the Moko's.
in the same consignment. brought good
prices. Moko is a wonderful sire. He is
4 son of that great sire Of futurity- win
ners, Baron Wilkes. 2:lS: and while he
has never sired a phenomena like The
Harvester. he sired his dame. and has,
or the whole. proved his superiority over
his stable companion. Walnut Hall. The
total number of horses sold Tuesday was
lis head and the total amount received
for the same was $47.1sS. The average
per head was si00.
Great as were the results achieved by
AUctioneer BainS on Tuesday, Wednes-
day brought not few surprises. Barry
tes. four-year-old son of the dead Ba-
-on Dillon and Miss Bonnie Bell, by Bel
sire, the only living son of Electioneer
and Beautiful Bells. Trainer Jack Phil
ips was the purchaser for a gentleman
whose name he refused to disclose. Phil
ips came back again, when he purchased
'or $500, the second highest price of the
!ay the three-year filly Beautiful
Sails, 2:2fs. This filly is a daughter Of
he great race horse Mainsheet, 2:O5.
The feature of the days sales. how
ever, was the Ardmear Farm consign-
ment 1t is at this farm that Bingen,
,:O6A, does service. AS a breeder on
arge scale Mr. William Bradley, a
wealthy stock broker. is about to retire.
1t was he who owned the promising
young sire Todd, 2:14s4. son of Bingen.
He was his owner only about twelve
months when he died. Mr.. Bradley then
bought .Bingen. The last named is to be
kept in the future as a public sire. The
Ardmear Farm brood mares were an eX-
elusive lot and buyers Travelled long dis
tances and snapped them up almost as
fast as they were offered. All of the
mares that were in foal by Binsen
brought top prices.
Satisfactory as were the three days
previous sales, it remained for the last
day, Thursday. to break the record OF
the week. when Senator Joseph W. Bail
ny's horses from Fairlawn Farm. Ky,
were led into the ring. The consignment
was mainly comprised of brood mares
and youngsters, and the Senator was
present to see how well the public ap-
preciated his years of strenuous effort to
gather together one of the best consign-
nents of brood mares ever assembled
under one roof on the American conti-
nent.
The sale began with Helen Hale (2),
, :13Is and Walnut Hall Farm got her for
the sum of $500, a worlds record for a
brood mare, the former record being
Z. 5OO John f. Madden, of Hamburg
Farm, was also in the hunt for this
mare, as was also ]. o. Winston. Of
Va, his being the first offer,
s 500 In the twinklingg of an. eye the
price rose to $1,000 when every one fell
back except the plucky agent OF the
Walnut Hall Farm. Helen Hale is now
six years of age and was bred in 1910 to
Bingen and is believed to be in foal. In
all. Walnut Hall Farm bought, through
It's agent, thirteen head of brood mares,
which is a high compliment to the sa-
gacity and judgment of Senator Bailey
as a breeder of high-class harness horses.
Nearly every brood mare in the con-
signment passed the $1,000 mark. and
New York breeders got the better part
Of the lot. The forty head offered brought
the Senator $4s.645. and Of that amount
New Workers paid $i0,550. Sybil Knight
~, 2.291z, now a four-year-old, brought
the Senator 5000. She Is full sister Of
Helen Hale and ranked next to her in
price,
Nineteen head were also sold Thursday