New-York tribune., 1918-02-28
Durfee Mare
Goes for Top
Price in Sale
Tommy Murphy Buys Orc
Elmo for $5, ,000-White
Sox Sold

There was a big Improvement in the
prices at the midwinter sale in Madi-
son Square Garden yesterday, and, al
though the opening day top figure OF
$500 was not beaten, 1t was closely
approached. and altogether the figures
were better all around. AS on the first
day, the high money record went to
Tommy Murphy, the veteran Grand
Circuit driver from Poughkeepsc, N.
y. He paid the handsome sum of So
600 for Orc Elmo, the four-ycar-old
pacing marc from the consignment Of
VIII G. Durfee. of Los Angeles, Cal.
Durfce announced his retirement
from the harness racing sport some
time ago, and nine of his cracks were
sent to the Garden to be sold. The
top-notcher, of course, was Orc Elmo,
who made the threc-ycar- old worlds
pacing record of 2:06 on a half-miic
track ORC Fino was not put to The
hammer, the sale being negotiated pr
vatcly.
Another of the Durfee consignment
brought the second highest figure. She
is the pacing mare named White Sox.
now ten years old, and she was
knocked down to G. B. Fcnwck, of
Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, for
$2,775. White SoX has paced the mile
in 2:0312, and, although now beyond
climacteric of the PAGER, she is said to
be at the top of her form.
Donna Guy Magnet
Of the juvenile brigade the colt to
arouse the kcenest bidding was a year
ling trotter named Donna Guy, by Guy
Axworthy-L Henrietta, and as a
mover showed rare power for his age.
He has all the choice trotting strains
in his makeup and his general con-
formation bears all the marks of good
breeding. He was bought by w. II.
Logan, OF Fort Worth. Tex, for $1,000.
There was an unpleasant tiff over
the purchase OF Jenny Zombro for
S975 She is scven-ycar-old bay trot-
ter. with a record of 2:10, and her
buyer was James Lenwick, of Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. Fenwick paid de-
posit of $500 and demanded the mares
papers by which she could be shipped
into Canada, and escape the unregis-
tered tax Of 80 cents in the dollar, or
something like 5000 in all.
He was told that there were no
papers, although the mare was adver-
tsed as "standard and registered on
the catalogue. Then Lcnwick demand
cd his money back. and he was in
formed he could not get it. He threat
ened to sue the Fasig Tipton firm. Up
to late hour last night the matter
was unsettled.
The best sales follow:
oro Fno. PAGER. b. $. 4: Thomas W Muir
llN p0UghkerpSic \. N................. 5000
' Wick susscS' New brunswick .... 2.775
Farm. Mamaroncok n Y............... 1900
Fort Worth Tex ..'.......... - 1.ooo
Della Guy. tro''cT, cn. T.. 3: $ L. Russell. 49,
Alcy g" Guy: Guy tro5tcr. b. g. i W r crozicr '
Lois 'lh15G cuy tro'ter oS cb m 4 George Watson SO'
Tea Neck n I.......,...... i ...'............. COO
Flcxina trotter ch. m, IL; Robert Il. Jones.
sts%"rt S's'' trofier. m. e. !: w. II Iossc | w
Brooklyn. \. Y....-...: .,..,....,, 500
son Tea Neck. y. J..........,.......... CTS
Helen stiles. trottor. b. m. l3; w. CLARK -
Helen @ Rco sS 5'sr ro5sr br r. 3, VI GARRISON. '
Fast Orange. y. ......: ...:..::...:....:... 45o
va,tfao 03 w. 49, w :" .''a'' s1o
Loci, Iossp ,saaes 1sos, fv 9r D G Arm soo
Byron ;rcttcr bli5 e. c; A. j. Turbush.
leoa '5s5lSD oTo ,ro'tcr '5S f. Joseph r Kcr '''
nan. New York City Observation-Disclosures. $50
Troubado- pacer D. s., 4; Napoleon d'Aoust,
Montreal =. q. .......... ......,........... 500
Kelley. PAGER hr. T., 6. Edgar Shoemaker.
General Villa. PAGER. b. g. 3; Joseph f. Kcr
nan. New York city .......... 700
Lady Red. trottor h. E. /; d. Huhre. Brook
hn y. Y. .................. 500
Betulinc. trottcr. b M. .; G. +. Powers.
oyster Bay \. Y...........'............. 80
Neva Soudcrs. paccr, b. IN. IL; Napoleon
d'Aoust, Montreal y Q..,...,........... 600
Jenny Hombro. Totter, b. IN, :; James
Lrnwicli. Ottawa. Ont. .......... ......... 97j
Peter Olcott trotter. b. e.. 3; !. W lIar-
per New Brighton. $ J. I...........:...... $50
Russell Dewey, trotter, blk =. !. Herman
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