Mexico Missouri message., 1911-04-20
THE BIG HORSE SALE.
Animals Bought and Shipped to
All Parts of The Country.

The Missouri Special Sales Com
pany's annual sale of high class
horses, held at Mexico last week,
was largely attended by both buy
ers and sellers. From a standpoint
of the number of horses sold, it
was the most successful sale ever
held in Missouri. About 200 head
were disposed of at prices that
were satisfactory.
The sensational show gelding,
Jack O'Diamonds, sold by B. R.
Middleton, of Mexico, Mo, had the
distinction of bringing the highest
price of the sale, George Snyder,
of Allentown, Pa, being the pur-
chaser for 5000.
Mr.. Middleton's The Kings
Queen was the next highest priced
animal sold. This good high
school and gated saddle show
mare went to DR.. w. G. Gadsby of
st. Louis, who bought her for
Theo. Sonnenberg, a prominent
st. Louis business man for $3.50.
John Hook, of the firm of Hook
& Woods, at private sale, sold to
Robert Keath, a well known Kan
sas City business man, the good
saddle mare, May Rose, for $3.50
Mr.. Hook showed his proper ap-
probation of the benefits the sale
company does the horse interests
Of Missouri by paying the man
agement the usual commission.
Luckie & Weeks, of Montgom-
cry City, Mo, sold the good high
school mare, Echo, to Mr.. Snyder
for $500. This amount also was
paid for the stallion, Rex ThOrne,
owned by f. D. Moore, and sold to
j. Lemon, of Winnipeg, Canada.
A good sale made privately and
which was not reported to the
sales company was that of a fine
chestnut mare, sold by Lon Blades
of Holiday, Mo, to Frank Plat
ter, of Texas, for $3.50. Pat
Hayden, of Montgomery City, also
sold privately a nice horse to Mr..
Keath, Of Kansas City, for 5000
and did not report to the manage
ment Of the sales company. The
sales company received absolutely
nothing from these sellers, who
reaped the benefit of the advertis.
ing without eXpenseto themselves
Their atcion in this regard has mel
with much unfavorable criticism
on the part of horsemen, who ap'
preciate the great benefits to the
horse interest of Missouri by the
Missouri Special Sales Company.
Il regard this annual sale as {
national event, unequalled any
where in the United States" sale
Prof. f. A. Trowbridge, professor
of animal husbandry in the Uni
versity of Missouri. Prof. Trow
bridge headed a delegation o
twenty students of his department
who attended the sale. An oppor
tunity was afforded to the stu
dents to study the practical sid,
of the business.
Buyers were here from all part'
of the United States. The sale
was indeed a great event, a grea
advertisement for Mexico and Au
drain county. The company de
serves much praise for the grea
success they made with the enter
prise. When the sales commenced
a few years ago it was a small be
ginning. but it is a big thing nov
and will grow bigger and bigger.
pavilion, to guard against storm.
and rainy weather, is going to b
one Of the requirements of tn
future.
, The total sales amounted t
, near 100000, and the number o
f horses sold was near l25 heaC
Among other sales not mentione
above were the following:
o Consignment Lee Bros, Mexico
j Mo, Dignity, combined saddl
and harness gelding, to Erne'
Eubanks, Slater, Mo, 5000.
n Consignment f. y, Moore, Me-
leo, Duke, to Geo. Snyder, Aller
ton, Pa, for $245. Captain, ba
IS gelding, to VIM. McKinty, Me-
York, for $3.50.