New-York tribune., 1918-02-27
Miss Harris NJ.
Goes for $500
At Garden Sale
Tommy Murphy Buys Star
PAGER From S. A. Fletcher,
of indianapolis
By ]. S. Mitchell

The top price animal in the Fasg-
Upton midwinter horse auction at
Madison Square Garden yesterday was
Miss Harris NJ. the best freefor-all
pacing mare now alive, and after a stiff
bidding tussle she was knocked down
to Tommy Murphy, of Poughkeepsie,
for the sum of $500.
Those who "salted" the mare for the
Poughkeepsie follower of the Grand
Circuit we're Charley Weiland, local
knight of the Speedway, and "Doc"
Tenner, who was formerly manager of
the C. X. G. Billings trotters, but, as
Billings is out of the game, Tenner was
said to be working for somebody else.
Miss Harris NJ. is by Peter the Great,
is now six-year- and has an open
record of 900 for the mile and with
q long string of important victories to
her credi5.i~ Owned by Stoughton A.
Fletcher, Of Indianapolis, the PAGER was
sold because the owner has lot or
Younger stock he wishes to develop.
T{SytOn Another Star
Another star Of the sale was the
trotter Truxton. by San Francisco
Talathea. He has a two-year-old rec
ord of 2:o7A for the mile IN competi-
ton, and is expected to be one OF the
foremost three-year-o Of this COM
ing Grand Circuit season
The colt was in the consignment of
Walter R. Cox, but he is not the owner.
Cox bought Truxton for the sum of
$1,000, and it was said that he might
drive him in the half-dozen big races
in which he holds q nomination. A
minute after Cox made the purchase
he whispered TO a friend near the auc-
tion booth that he would not take &c.
600 for the colt In the early part of
last season Truxton developed d curb
but he was cured to such an extent
that he reeled off the mile at Columbus
in 2:07lA. and he caught the Judges
eye at Atlanta in 2:oSl4
Seventy Youngsters Missing
4 considerable damper was cast on
the sale by the absence Of seventy
youngsters listed from the Walnut Hall
Farm, of Lexington, Ky. 1t was stated
shat the consignment could not be
ment had Communicated all the horse
mails had to stand aside.
The best sales:
Miss Harris NJ. PAGER. br. m. c: r Murphy.
Poughkeepsie y. Y. ....................... .$5,100
Trux,on. lFoiter. b. c., s. w T. Cox. Dover,
ssndora trotter b. f.. g. W. r.. Cox, Dover.
y. H. ..,,..-...... ..,.....,. 5S0
Il VIII Tell. PAGER b. s., o. John Jones,
Jersey City, y. J. ...........,............ 4l0
Harvest Belle, trotter. b. r. .: !. l.. Grady,
beverly. Mass. ............. 0. ............ $40
Native Chief trotter CHI c.. g. w s Bull,
Aisa. Va ...........:..:,.... @25
Rachel Beactly. trottsr. b. f. /. G. b. Fen
wick. Sussex. n r. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4S5
Melting Pot. trotter. b. c. L. G. b. Fenwicl,.
SUSSEX, \. i. .......... 100
Eaetera. trouer. b. C. l. G. +. FenHick.
sussex, " IL 4do
His Nias. uoter. b. $. :: w. r. Cox. Dover.
Frlscomo. trot,er. b. g. 6; w. j. Smith,
New Bedford Mass. -..............:;. 900
Miss Silver Todd trotter. b. m. Z J. ".
I.enihan, South Weymouth Mass ........... S25
Star Winter trotter, b. g.. ; George Watson.
Mamaroncck. y. y. Observation-Disclosures. 675
DIR. Thom -ddle horse b. &. 7. Il. i.
General Briggs. saddle horse. b. e.. 6: II. G,
Briggs, Brockton. Mass .................. $50
Red Top saddle horse. CHI g.. 6: II. c.
Brggs. Brockton. Mass. .................. 800