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REALLY SURPRISING PRICES FOR YEARLINGS New York Sopteml er 5 The greatest and most successful auction sale of thoroughbred yearlings held this year took place in the FasigTipton Com ¬ panys paddocks at Sheepshead Bay today Every ¬ thing a Unit it suggested the good old prosperous days of racing when competition among the million ¬ aire sportsmen of the country was keen and healthy James R Kccne It T Wilson Jr Andrew Miller J E Widener John Madden C R Ellison and many other men of prominence were bidding against 4ach other at some time or another Of the forty six yearlings to be sold from Clarence II Mackays Kingston Stud Elliott Qowdins Maplchurst Stud Siinford 0 lyues Larchmont Stud and Andrew Miller t Cos Millstream Stud thirtynine wen disposed of fora grand total of 12420 or an aver ago per head ofv1344 The star of the sale a magnificent chestnut colt named New Castle by Meddler out of Homespun a full sister to tho celebrated nandspiin and an eligible to the Epsom Derby timl thj Grand Prix do Paris of 11O brought 107 o after sensational contention in which every man just referred to was a bidder A J Joyner acting for Harry Pavne Whitney was the success ¬ ful bidder J E Madden carried New Castle up to 900O and stopped Keene bid 10000 Widener 10100 Joyner then took a hand and raised him to 10200 and Widener went that 100 better Then there was a lull until Keene said 101100 and when Joynor promptly came back with 10700 the other subsided All of these gentlemen were grouped out ¬ side of the stile shed and in the rear of the auc ¬ tioneer and there was an instant stampede on tilt part of the lig crowd within to get into nearer proximity to the interesting scene The following yearlings were sold for T 00 and over Property of C H Mackay Bay colt by Meddler Kamara P A Car ¬ roll 1200 1200Bay Bay colt by Meddler Irish Ivy II J JR R Keene 1000 1000Chestnut Chestnut colt by Meddler Miss Elite J JE E Widener 2000 2000Bay Bay fillv by Meddler Gunfire R T TWilson Wilson Jr 1000 1000Chestnut Chestnut colt by Meddler Vacation S C CHildreth Hildreth 500 500Bay Bay colt by Meddler StrikeaLight II IIP P A Carroll 1700 1700Bay Bay colt bv Banastar Brilliantine II R RT T Wilson Ir 1000 1000Chestnut Chestnut colt by Meddler Suisun K Pat ¬ terson SOO SOOChestnut Chestnut colt by Meddler Rotha II J JR R Keene 1500 1500Bay Bay colt by Meddler Belle Hoyt A G GBlakeley Blakeley 900 900Brown Brown colt by Meddler Heartache J JR R Keene 1100 1100Bay Bay filly by Meddler Schulamitc R T TWilson Wilson Jr 1100 1100Property Property of E C Cowdin Littoral LongshoreII br f by Hamburg Longshore II P Whitney 1500 1500New New HomespunII Castle ch c by Meddler Homespun II P Whitney 107QO 107QOOutpost Outpost ch c by Hamburg Semper Para Paratus tus II 1 Whitney 1350 1350Flyiiig Flyiiig Footsteps b f by Ben Strome Flying Gold Dust W Clay 500 500Property Property of Millstream Stud Bay or brown colt by Ben Brush Candle CandleR R T Wilson Jr 2550 2550Chestnut Chestnut filly by Handspring Flirtlneer J J Hyland 500 500Chestnut Chestnut colt by Handspring Musette II IIMcDaniel McDaniel 2500 2500Bay Bay colt by Handspring Zealandia E EWenrick Wenrick 500 500Property Property of S C Lyne Bay colt by Voter Picayune II II Mc ¬ Daniel 1000 1000Brown Brown colt by Broomstick Ida Ford Chel ¬ sea Stable lSOO lSOOBay Bay WoodsonJ colt by Ben Strome Jessie Woodson J Hynes 1300 1300Chestnut Chestnut colt by Voter The Heroine F FA A Forsythe 1300 1300Bay Bay colt by St Dory Mattie T II Ale Daniel 700
