The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-12-23
UT THE TRoTTERs

al erican Trotting Association;
4 ten for the United Press.)
M topic of the hour among trot-
,o aorsemen is the yearling boom,
dicated by the prices paid for
L ais of that age at the annual
Glory auction held in Madison
bare Garden, New York, Thanks
Ing week. l1'c
he "Old Glory" has been a yearly
lure for nearly a quarter of cen
and during that time consign-
lts of yearlings from practically
IVY famous breeding farm in the
gEted States have passed under the
hmer there. The prices brought
these youngsters are considered
A cst.ive of the pulse of the mar
Il for trotters as is nothing else;
he results attained have set the
4 Ting fans agog as has noIhing else
many years.
asst year sensation was produc-
lat the "Old Glory" when two
hes of yearlings were auctioned
1 Figures never before equaled. The
elmer was the consignment of
a n and fillies sired by ]. Malcolm
pes (2:0S), bred and sent to the
II by James r., Mcgowan, of Mt.
1wlYg, Ky. There were fifteen of
,l1l and they sold up to $500 each,
Nhverage for the fifteen being ST.
Uper head, 5Ag
Icond only to them in money
tEing was the consignment of |
lityeight yearlings by Peter the
II (2.07 IA, sent on by Laurel
A Farm. Indianapolis, Ind. They J
up to $4,000, and their average
was 1916.
ese figures echpsed everything
Of the kind previously known,
pest average ever before obtain
b the Garden for a consign-
of yearlings having been $3.50.
h Mcgowan recorded for thirteen
by ]. Malcolm Forbes in 1916.
was question of great interest
horsenen, and, especially, with
fklers, whether at this years auc-
these prices would be equaled Or
IN, or whether a falling off in
IS would take place. The result
peen that far higher prices have
Ehan before, and new records
set.
auction opened ON Monday, No
er "a, and THAT day the Laurel
yelrlings, by Peter the Great,
offered, There were thirty-one
I'm, CIR three more than IaaA year, |
uch was the demand for them
they averaged $1,154 each, or
Y$24Q more per head than "a year
Nb Mcgowan lot was sold on Tues
1t numbered twelve, all, as be
by j. Malcolm Forbes, and wien
ast one had been knocked down,
record Established last year by
bame consignment, of $1,912 per
s,,f
HE average attained was no less
I $1,700-a gain of nearly $500
ead.
4 remarkable thing about Jheso
Il and prices is that fact that tire
II Gires whose offspring have ne
II ii their breeders such record
king amounts, are half-brothe.s.
The Great is a son of Pilot Me
and j. Malcolm Forbes is a 1on
ll&ngen, but both are from the
n DAM namely. by Grand SeLti-
\ nething like thirty years ago
L hate ID. d. Streeter, OF Kllama
/ Mich, picked up for a compar
lay small sum bay filiy dl-Ia had
bred by another resident Of the
town, S. A. Browne. This was
5s. AS she did not prOmi- lDrll
\ speed, Streeter decided TO use
4 tfor breeding purposes and she
ranks as one of the premier
j producers in trotting history.
to Pilot Medium she produced
i the Great. He won the Ken
4 Futurity, the most valuable
ing race in America, with about
Il BIO to the winner and then Street.
/ bid him to the late j. Malcolm
es, of Boston, for $4,000.
rbes was at that time also the
br of the famous stallion Bingen
5 .1-2), and Streeter decided to
a Santos to him. The produce
~. Malcolm Forbes.
hse two haf-brothers are far and |
the two most remarkable trot-
\ res that any one mare ever pro
The get of Peter the Great |
On overs three quarters of a mil