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SEWELL BRINGS TOP PRICE. ENFORCED SALE OF DURNELL HORSES RESULTS SATISFACTORILY. W. Miller Scores His First Win in Five Days on Arklirta Judge Nelson Wins Again. Oakland. Cal., December 27. The C. E. Durnell auction sale of race horses in training took place today in the race track paddocks at Oakland. Good prices were realized for the nine head. Sewell, the star of the sale, brought 1907.sh,100, George Miller, formerly a noted jockey and acting for a Mr. James Smith, acquiring him after keen competition. Joe Nealon, a formidable California Derby eligible, was sold to C. C. McCafferty for the next highest price, ,100. W. A. McKlnney bought Senator Barrett for ,050 and George Barnes for ,450. George Miller also secured Onatassa for ,000. Cardinal wont to P. T. Chlnn for 50, Em and Em to James Coffey, for 1907.sh00 and Dr. Britt and Lord of the Vale for 00 apiece to an unknown cash purchaser. Just before the sale the local sheriff levied an attachment on Durnells horses for 00 on behalf of a Mrs. Robert Castle-burg, of Washington. A bond was quickly forthcoming and the sale proceeded. Todays card was excellent, despite the absence o.f stake features and good racing resulted. The track was worse if anything than on the preceding day and only horses of stamina and built on the , sturdiest of lines had any chance to distinguish themselves. The winning outright favorites were Boas, Judge Nelson and Arklirta, but no winner failed to receive substantial backing. Walter Miller finally broke the ice after six days of futile and disappointing endeavor by winning off with Arklirta, the favorite in tho last race today. Sandy McNaughtons horse was the medium of the heaviest plunging of the season Even Riley Grannan had a thousand-dollar wager on the swift son of Arkle. Miller had not won a race this week and his former big following has almost deserted him. His bungling effort on Marian Casey, the favorite and much the best horse in Thursdays fifth race, capped the climax to a long siege of hard luck and exasperating series of blunders thajt have marked his recent efforts. The ring no longer regards the champion jockey seriously. The Marian Casey race was a striking Illustration of its contempt for his ability as a rider. From a speculative standpoint, this was about, the most profitable day of the season to the general public. Despite tho threatening wer.ther fully six thousand spectators witnessed tho sport. Thirty-nine books transacted the ring business. Barney Schreibers good looking Saiu Derfargilla stallion, Deutschland, so far outclassed his opposition in yesterdays feature, the Lorin Handicap at Oakland, that he was able to hold sway by a winning margin throughout the entire seven furlongs of the journey despite his well-known lack of preparation for so gruelling a contest. Virtually the outsider in the betting, Deutschland was the medium of considerable public support, due to his enticing preliminary. The local selling race contention is being carried on steadily. The entered selling price of .Prince Brutus, which led his field home in Thursdays opening event, was advanced from 00 to ,000 by W. Hawke. He was bought in. J. Freters bid up Burning Bush from ,500 to ,S00 and got the Lord Dalmeny gelding at that figure. In the third race II. G. Bedwell, owner of Burning Bush, raised Lazell from 00 to ,000 and secured the erratic Lamplighter horse at the latter price.
