Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-22
RACING PROSPECTS
VERY PROMISING
Grace Direct Sold for Nearly
$4,000, is at Herman Ty-
sons Stable i'm Newark.

Philadelphia, Pa, March ga record
price for an auction sale of a free-for-
all pacing mare; another record Tor hish
average price of IA one-day sale; an
nouncements by many big fair secre-
taries of sensational purses FOR fast
PAGERS; the proposed analgamation OF
the Union and American Trotting AS
sociations declared off, and the rcsig-
nation of Jacob +. Seldomridse, secre-
tary of the one-ycar-old Union Asso-
citation, kept horsemen very much m
terested during the annual mid-winter
speed sale i'm Madison Square 6ardeh
last week ON Monday n mediocre ioI
Of colts and outClasscd horses sold ialr-
IL well, but The buyers present afhorE
the large crowd did not get warmed
up until Tuesday. When they dld get
going. even the manager was iorced 10
admit that he never saw such chahEe
come over a sale in such short time.
Money was plentiful and the lucky pos
SCISSORS hnd brought II along TO pay for
+. good horse and seemed determined
10 keen on bidding on the worthwhile
colts and aged trottors and PAGERS un-
iii they secured one or the other
Tbcre were too few Of this kind and
owners OF some crack PAGERS that look
:
are being planned have been kept busy
refusing offers Of prospective buyers.
1 stif price does not seem TO scare any
ono and there were six bidders on Grace
pirect. 2.O0la. around $1,000 and when
4be was knocked down TO the $4,000 bid
III Penny & sutherland, Greenvilie. y.
4, two Of the bidders were sorry that
thcy had stopped 50 soon. The present
,.-,,crS 0f this sensational mar" are
i,ro,aincnt business men Of the new
Sol,th and in five minutes after COM
nlctinR details of purchase and instruct
ips- Herman Tyson. the Newark, Del
,,-.ir,r to ship Grace 10 his training
stable ana handle her as II she was ms
ovr, propcrtv. were on their way back
homo Tvson may race some horses az
the local Grand Circuit meeting this
vear and If the mare trains good Will
bayc the pleasure Of placing a new
record AZ Belmont
Grace Direct raced NJ one Eastern
meeting in 1918 winning the Adcinhia
x9noo stakc M Belmont Penny and
sutherland raced Kirby Direct. 2lota
\, Rclrnont in June, 1919, and won the
I<o,-stoDe stake. so If the old supersu-
,;oy az three in a row runs true 70 form
tho new combination looks 20 have
Moro than an even break. Another
belmont winner of last year. Guess
,,orl, record 2I2a4 in the first mile and
1oo-vord dash ever raced on the Grand
,.ircl,it. and owned by a former resident
of this city. John Z. Madden. brought
T. 600. Adioo Guy, COOS, cost Billy
.oesc $500. and the 3-year-oid trotteT
ammunition t2), 21l14. was purchased
H. T ". Murphy for patron rumored
rs H. Hon. Wv. Bailey, Of Texas. al
Inc good price Of $500. after spirited
liddiuC by several prominent horse
lovers. 4 2-ycar-old trotting filly cost
Brook Farm, Chester y y. $500. and
the thousand dollar colts were numer-
Gus
Local and nearby fanciors secured a
number of good prospects. W Harry
or, president of the Reading Fair
having $1,000 for a 3Ayear-old flly by
Peter Volo that worked better thar
10 last year and showed nice racing
form. Frank Phillips. Pottsville, also
purchased a Peter Volo 2-year old
Herman Auth. the F'rankford horse
man. 3-year-old by the same sire, anc
r Cliff Dureu. secretary OF the RoaC
Drivers Association obtained a rea
bargain in Oar Hyau. 2.0S Il. 6-year-
old trotter by Peter the Great that wor
| several races on the line last year.