The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
PICK WINNERS
IN AUCTION RING
Capital Prizes and Blanks
Drawn by Buyers at Public
Sales of Trotting Horses.

There are two places to pick the win
ners. One is in the sale ring and the
other the race track. At the auctions
The horse owners and breeders bid
against each other. On race day every
body either goes 1t alone or follows the
crowd. The latter get quick action for
their money. while the patrons OF the
sale ring frequently wait years before
they know whether they drew blank
or a star
While the latter are never numerous,
there are years when they come in
groups, as was seen in 1912, when St.
Frisco, Lu Princeton, Lee Axworthy.
Prince Loree, Peter Scott, Guy AK
worthy, Peter Johnston and Major
Woolworth passed under the hammer.
The first four were sold as yeariings.
st. Frisco was fortunate In passing into
Geerss stable. From a fair three-year-
old which few trainers would have con-
tinued to race on the mile tracks the
old master moulded the San Francisco
colt into u free-for-aller.
Lu Princeton drifted to New Jersey,
where he became fair half-miler In
time Walter Cox added him to his
stable Lu Princeton's first year on the
mile tracks was so unproductive that
Barton Pardee decided 10 sell him. Cox
induced him to give the white faced
horse another trip. He made good and
trotted in 2:01
Both Lee AXworthy and Prince Loree
were out of mares that We're in foal
when purchased for Walnut Hall Farm.
Guy Bingen was consigned by Ardmere
Farm in 1911. The following spring she
produced Lee Axworthy, who in his
four-year-old form defeated Peter Scott
and Peter Volo and finally reduced the
stallion record to 1:5SA. Deloree. the
dam of Prince Loree, was sold twice
while she was carrying him. In Novem-
Der, 1911, John II. Shuts sold her to j.
w. Bailey. He sent her back to the
midwinter sale. She was purchased for
Walnut Hall, where she foaled the
Pennsylvania winner of 1919.
Peter Scott was one of the best pur-
chases made at the auctions in 1872. He
passed into Walter Cox's stable. In 1914
he sold him for $4,000. The following
year he won $50. 535.
Another clever group passed through
the auct ons in 1915. 1t included Tie
Real Lady, Sana-do, Emma Mcgowan.
Miriam Guy, Labe Riddell. Bertha Nc
CURE and Baronatta. The Real Lady
proved a futurity winner and also re-
duced the three-year-old record to 2 :03.
Sanardo proved a two minute PAGER,
while at Atlanta he forced Single G.. ~
pace the three fastest heats on record.
Last November he made another trip
to the auction ring and was sold for
$4,000.
Emma Mcgowan was one of the two
year-old stars of 1916. and Bertha Nc
CURE proved a high class three and
four-year-old. Miriam Guy raced bril-
H. Il net
fall she came back and was double
event winner at Columbus and Licking
ton. Labe Riddell has been n busy
horse on both the mile and half mile
tracks for five years. He now looks
like one OF the best stake horses IN
sight for 1921. Roger Rourke picked
up Baronatta for trifle. He proved
one of the most successful half mile
track performers ever seen In New Eng
land.
Mr.. Dudley and Jeanette Rankin were
included in the offering for 1918. while
In 1914 Mary Putney, Chicoot and
Northspur ran the gantlet of the bid
ders. An injury kept Chilcoot from be-
ing one of the greatest racehorses that
ever turned for the word Even with
that handicap he was the best stake
horse I'm Mu-phy's stable in 1918 until
he pulled UP lame after winning the
Charter Oak Purse at Hartford.
Few outside of Cox's stable ever
heard of Mary Putney until she worked
a fast mile at Hartford during the meet
ing in 1915. She was sold that week
and within a month won the big futu-i-
ties at Columbus and Lexington.
Native Belle. the first two-year-old 20
beat 2:10. and Tenara, one OF the best
stake horses out in 1912, were sold
within a few minutes Of each other in
1909. This was the year after T.
Harvester passed through the ring. He
was then three-year-old and won all
of his engagements that season.
The half brothers, Peter the Great
and ]. Malcolm Forbes. were trans
ferred to Kentucky through the sales
ring. the former going In 1909 and the
latter In 1909. Santos, their dam, was
also sold at one OF the early Cleveland
sales.
In 1903 Lou Dillon was sold as the
fastest green trotter in the world"
She made good by trotting in 1:5sts.
Star Pointer was also heraldcd as "A
coming champion when he was sold in
1896 with a mark of 2:0fi4 After he re-
duced II to 2:02i9 he appeared again the
following year. James a. Murphy pur-
chased the half brother TO Hal Pointer
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