The New York herald., 1921-01-30
COSTLY YEARLINGS
MOSTLY FAILURES
Records of Racing in 1920
Show Small Returns for the
$4,000 Beauties.

| Buying race horses as yearlings is
still a good deal of a lottery. even TO
the keenest students of pedigree and
the best judges of form and action. This
| is demonstrated pretty conclusvely by
the list OF high priced yearlings sold
under the hammer in 1919, with their
winnings last year., as compiled for the
American Racing Manual. OF the
seven colts that brought $4,000 or
more. only two earned brackets. Both
OF these We're purchased by. J. X. l..
Ross, but one of them cost the Canadian
turfman a good deal more than both of
them together won
Sun Turret. the chestnut colt by Sum
star out of Marian Hood. was the high
est priced yearling sold at Saratoga, Mr.
Ross having paid $4,000 for him. He
ran twice as a two-year-old and was
once third and once unplaced, earning
5000. Star Voter. the chestnut colt by
Ballot out of Starry Night. turned out
much better. For this one Mr.. Ross
paid $4,000. and the colt won himself
out by finishing first in three out of ten
rac ces. worth S16,452. Pampas. chest
nut colt by Short Grass out OF Ellen
gowan. for which Mr.. Ross gave slf 900.
won the only race in which he sthrted.
but his earnings were only s775.
w. V. Thraves drew a blank when he
paid $24,50O for the (bay colt Southern
Gentleman. by Ultinius out of Tsarlna.
This one went to the post five times and
as often came home unplaced. earning
not a penny during the season. Another
OF the same sort was the chestnut colt
Irish Sea, by Celtic out of Sand Dune,
in (which Mrs. Payne Whitney of the
Greentree Stable invested $4,000. He
started ten times and was ten times be-
hind the money. st. Patrick, by the
same sire out of Patricia W. cost w.
r. Coe $4,000. He ran once without
being placed. Bennington. a chestnut
colt by Fair Play. the sire of Man o.
War, brought $4,000 in the auctions
and earned 500 for the buyer, j. f.
Nash
The most successful buyer at the
yearling sales of 1919 was Walter ].
Salmon of New York He picked the
winner of the Futurity in the con-
signment of Miss Elizabeth DANGER
field and bought her for $4,000.
Although all the yearlings that
brought $4,000 or more were colts, three
of the four that won $fo.000 or more as
.two-year-oldss were Allies. Edward r.
Whitney drew one of them when he paid
$4,000 for the daughter of Jim Gaffney
and lama and named her BY Jimmy.
She started nineteen times. winning
seven races and $11,Ss2. C. t. Worth
ington's cleverly named chestnut fly.
Auntie May. by Uncle out of May Hemp
stead was another of the well bought
fillies. She cost $1,000 and earned s10.-
224 in nineteen races. eight of which she
won.
Picked up Cor s75' IN the auctions, A.
L. Taylor's bay gelding Spugs won FIVE
out of fifteen races. with earnings of
$3.475, which only few of the high
priced yearlings equalled. Miss Dora, a
fify by Jack Atkin. that was knocked
down to d. Il. Stewart for the same price
as yearling. won S2.650 in fifteen races
as n two-year-old. while, Nurse Jane.
bought by the same owner for $50. won
s5.166. Frank Farrar did we'll with an
other OF the low priced ones. Morning
Face, a flly by The Picket, that cost
him $500. having earned $3.50 in
twenty -eight races seven of which she
wen. Z 81
Tfsere is tip for future bidders in the
fact that thirty-four of the fifty YEAR
lings that proved to be bargains in the
sases of 1919 were FLIES or geldings.
while thirty-eight Of the fifty-six young
sters for which the buyers paid much
too much were colts.