The New York herald., 1922-07-30
MACOMBER BUYS
.SCEPTRE'SDAUGHTER
American HOrseman Pays
$3.50 for Queen Carbine
at Newmarket Sales.

A. X. Macomber. we'll known Amer
lean breeder and turtman, paid $25,500
for the thoroughbred mare Queen Car
bine at the recent Newmarket sales in
England. Queen Carbine is a daughter
of the great Australian racehorse Car
bine. by NIusket, and the greater Eng
lish mare Sceptre, by Cyllene. Other
notable mares purchased by Mr.. Ma
comber included the Newmarket Oaks
winner Flying Bridge. with her filly foal
by Diadumenos. for $7.250, and the at
tractive mare Lipa, with foal by BY
lingo. for S20.500. Ten mares con-
signed to this sale by the estate of the
late Lord Manton brought s77,550. The
late Sir Ernest Cassell's executors sent
in sixteen that realized s12S,900.
Letters received by the Horse Associa-
tion of America from 1872 country live
stock auctioneers located in thirty-two
horse breeding States indicate great
shortage of yearlngs. two-year-olds and
three-year-olds on Western farms. Wy
oming was the only State from which
the reports disclosed a surplus of young
horses sufficient to do the work of the
farmers in the territory where they were
raised. Thousands of farmers have
stripped their stables to raise money in
the last two years. In many parts of
the West ii will be necessary to ship in
large numbers of workhorses for re-
placement needs in the near future. these
advices state There is a little more
breeding this year than last, but the pro-
duction is still too low and comes too
late.
Owing to business depression all over
the country during the last year the
demand for horses in Eastern markets
has not been as heavy as 1t might have
been under more favorable conditions.
yet the number of fresh Western work.
ers sold in the semi-weekly auctions at
Fiss. Doerr & Carroll's big mart in East
Twenty fourth street reached the high
est total in years. Now that business in
all lines is picking up dealers expect to
see marked increase in the demand for
horses and mules. IL the supply falls
short there Is bound to be a sharp rise
in prices. they say.
The Bergen Horse Company is selling
fresh Western workers in nearly every
auction. even at this season. Wednes-
day is the regular sale day at the Jer-
sey City mart.
NJ. B. Newcomb, 924 Seventh avenue,
is selling a few saddle horses every
week to buyers from the summer resorts.
He has several promising new show
prospects.
n. kaufman & Sons, 1913 Division
street, are doing a prosperous summer
business in saddles. brides and riding
equipment. Their stock is one of the
largest in the trade.
The Glenworth Farms. Bergen, KY.
report many inquiries this summer for
high class Kentucky saddle horses such
as they breed and develop.
John Sanford Of Amsterdam. n. T.,
paid $4,000 for the racehorse Paragon
az the recent Newmarket sales In Eng
land. He is a five-year-o by Radium.
out OF Quntessence, by st. Frusquin.
and may race in America.
Peter Koek has moved his riding
school from Ridgewood. N. j.. to the
nearby Hohokus Driving Park. where
equestrians can ride on the we'll kept
trottlng track or on the bride paths and
soft earth roads of the surrounding
country.
Durland's Riding Academy is by no
means deserted this summer. Special
rates for the dull season are attracting
many beginners in equitation.