Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
BILLINGS TO SELL
STRING OF RACERS
Will Dispose of Entire Stables
and Permanently Retire
From Turf.
FAMOUS ANIMALS TO BE SOLC
Uhlan Retained as Riding Horse
and Lou Dillon for Sen
timental Reasons.
FAMOUS ANIMALS TO BE soLr

Not only Will c. x. G. Billings. mil
lionairc capitalist of New York, dis
pose Of Curlc's Neck Farm, most noted
of the James River estates but his
world-famcd racing stable will also
be closed out Announcement TO this
effect was made yesterday, II being the
intention of the wcll-known horscman
to retire from the racing game entire
ly. Some of the greatest horses Of
modern times will be placed on tho
market as the result.
Included among the horses to he sold
by Mr. Billings The Harvester.
2:ol. trottinK stallion. and william.
1:6S l2. worlds champion racing pacei.
In addition TO these noted stations.
Mr.. Billings Will sell his great band
OF matrons, the most select in the
world. Among these are fourteen mares
which have records OF 2:IO or better.
and an equal number with authcn-
ticated trials Of that figure or better.
in addition to Il number with slower
marks to their credit
with the sale Of the Curies Neck
stud. Mr. Billings will retire from
racing entirely. and will have dis
posed by sale or Gift OF all mis- ia
NOUS animals, with the exception Of
the great Uhlan. 1858, which he now
has with him in California. and is using
az saddle horse. and Lou Dillon.
l:5s1-2. which will he retained for
sentimental reasons with these two
animals. Mr. Billings Sc, several marks
for the racing world to shoot at for
many years To come. The monetary
value Of the noted pair will run into
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars.
HOGGiT WILLIAM FOR $4,000
BEFORE HE MADE HECORD
An idea Of the value of the stud can
be gained from the iac, that william,
holder of worlds record was pur-
chased by Mr.. Billings for $4,000 be-
fore making the mark held by him two
years ago. The Harvester. too. Is
recognized as one OF the most wonder
ful stations on record. being the sire
OF some OF the greatest horses on the
American turf to-day Mr.. i;liinrs
several years ago refused 100000
from the RUSSIAN government for
The Harvester. The band OF ma
irons gathered by Mr.. Billings is
without par, being entitled To the
greatest distinction of any stud ever
held by an individual on account of
speed and blood. From these mares.
scores OF wonderful foa,s have baen
secured. the product OF the stud being
ing SIR. BillinEs's ambition for years
to put the thoroughbred into the fore
JUS, when or where the sale will
bc held MIR. Billings has :ot deter
mined. The details navc been left in
The hands OF Charles Tanner. known
10. followers of the turf az Doc" Tan
ner. Mr.. Tanner. who is In charge OF
the Curle's Neck stud. was in confer
cncc yesterday with w. j. Carter. the
south Richmond ,rotting expert. in
reference to the sale details. Through
Mr.. Carter. the fact that the stud was
to be sold was announced.
SALE WILL nE HELD ~ FALL;
MAY TAKE PLACE AT CURLE's NECK
II is practically certain that the sale
VIII be held In the early fall. and
New York. Lexington or Curles Neck
Will be the scene Of what will be the
greatest event the racing world has
ever had In the way OF sales The
long interval before the sale will be
occasioned by the fact that European
Az we'll AS American purchasers will
bid for the chance TO get these won
derful stations and brood mares
Last week IL was announced that
Curle's Neck Farm. purchased four
years ago by Mr.. Billings. was on the
market. the price for the famous prom
erty being set by the realty brokers
AT 100000. although the owner las
spent considerably more than that fig
urc ON the estate. including the pur-
chase price The announcement that
Mr.. Billings would dispose Of the James
River estate closely followed the sale
of Tryon Hall, the twenty-five acre
property in New York. which was pur-
chased by John d. Rockefeller. Jr Mr.
Billings. II has been announced will
spend the greater portion of his time
in Los Angeles and Southern Califor-
mia. where he has acquired extensive
holdings.
WITHOUT EQUAL IN THIS
OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY
The Billings stud is without equal
in this or any other country. The
nearest approach to il was made seve-
raj years ago by Russian noblcman,
but Mr.. Billings had no difficulty in
keeping the lead. and his string of
brood mares is the envy of horse fan
ciers throughout the world. Among
the fastest mares are Margaret Ciruien.
2:o3 IL: Queen Abbess. 2:o3 ii: Lettie
Lee. 2:06 3-4: Nancy Royce. 2:o6 Ia; !;
Zarrinne. 2:)7 IA: Lucille Binge.
S.US l-A, iAaTR, Z.OS Ia; LuCillC Nor
row, 2:0S Ia. and Lou Billings. 2:0S ga.
The stations in addition to The Har-
vester and william are Peter Dillon,
2:f1 IA. and Rion. :21 IA. n Russian
product for which Mr.. Billings paid a
large sum. The stud contains sixty
live Of the choicest mares.
Last year the Billings products
made great showing. The Harvester
proved to be the greatest stallion Of
tho year. Eleven two-year- -olds took
records OF 2:O7M or better. while a
yearling made a mark Of :2eN. Other
horses produced from the Billings stock
also did good work.
The Harvester for many years held
tho worlds trotting record, but last
year was supplanted by Lee Axwortny.
Charles Tanner drove The Harvester
AS we'll az al! other Billings record
holders in their great races. Mr.. Bill.