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HOW THE THOMAS HORSES WERE SOLD Sacrifice of a Lot of the Best Individuals Amonsr American Thdroushbred Horses HorsesNew New York September 10 Before the sacrifice sale of the Thomas horses at Holmdel N J last Wed ¬ nesday an effort was made to sell all the seventy In a bunch bunchWhen When Mr Easton asked for a bid under this ar ¬ rangement John Madden said 10000 It looked for a while as though tho master of Hamburg Place was about to get a bargain Mr Easton said once twice before air Haggln raised Mr Madden to 10500 These two horsemen carried the bidding at 100 a clip to 11900 before Mr Madden quit The Haggin bid was not acceptable to the high contracting parties and 1he separate job was taken up By it the horses yielded nearly SGOOO more moreFirst First the twoyearolds and yearlings with the threeyearold filly Desirous and the jumper Mr McCann winner of last seasons Great Autumn Steeplechase were offered The stallions followed and after them mares with foals Finally mares with foals at the side were sold soldLady Lady Amelia a daughter of Ben Brush and La Colonla for which Mr Thomas paid 17500 several years ago was the star of the sale That game little mare which went into the stud with a Great Eastern Handicap to her credit went to Madden for 4000 S N Hextcr did the bidding for the mas ¬ ter of Hamburg Place and Lady Amelia was the only horse purchased by Mr iMadden iMaddenThe The contending bidder was Jack Toyner who acted in the interest of Mr Whitney Mr Joyner went to the sale to buy Lady Amelia and Flora Mac the dam of Charles Edward and Jacobite for 0500 He stopped bidding on Lady Amelia at S3900 because Mr Ilcxter seemed determined to possess the mare mareMr Mr Hexter would probably have gone a great deal farther Mr Madden has long admired Lady Ame ¬ lia and has frequently expressed a desire to have her at illamburg Place PlaceMr Mr Joyner got the other mare he sought cheap There was but one bid on Flora Mac his own of 300 Several years ago Mr Joyner bought Flora Mac at the dispersal sale of iMr Haggins Kancho del Paso Stud for Mr Thomas for 3000 He got the bargain of the broodmare sale yesterday yesterdayA A mare of Flora Macs age which can throw a horse like Charles Edward holder of two American records the mile and a furlong of 150R and the mile and a half of 2303 is worth even in bad times ten times 300 Sir Joyner bought three mares altogether The other two were Watershoot a daughter of Watercress which had a Hermis foal at the side and one by Golden Garter on the way and Braw Lass a daughter of Eolus Braw Lass also had a foal by Hermis at the side and she was bred to Ilermis last Spring George Hughes bought several good mares for Mr Fanshawe who is breeding to the Henry Young stallion Heno at Silver Brook and getting good horses Mr Hughes bought Perhaps a daughter of Hauibqrg and Hypocrite for 250 Perhaps was bred to Hermis last spring His other purchases were Haulaine bred last spring to Hermis My Buela and foal by Hermis and Bellane dam of St Bellane winner of a Municipal Handicap and Bel mont Park Weigh tIorAge Race and foal by Her in is isPoor Poor old Afric Queen dam of Africander winner of the fastest Lawrence Realization ever run not to mention a Brooklyn Derby a Suburban Handicap a Saratoga Cup and a Belmont was knocked down to Mr Haggin for SCO Afric Queen was bred to Herrais last spring and she seems to be in foal foalHypocrite Hypocrite a famous daughter of Longfellow and dam of the lightfooted Admiration went to George Soffel a dealer of Long Branch for 20 She was bred to Hermis last spring IMr Soffel bought three times as many horses as any oilier person at the sale saleAnd And it is more than likely that he has some rare bargains He has seven or eight twoyearolds and as many yearlings with which to begin next sea ¬ sons campaign One of his yearlings is a fine looking chestnut by Golden Garter out of Brillar the dam of several winners Another is a chestnut filly two years old by Goldfinch out of Brillar Another is a twoyearold bay lily by Star Ruby out of Inheritance InheritanceAfter After buying two of the produce of Brillar Soffel went over to the quarters of the broodmares and purchased the mare herself Mr Soffels usual opening bid was 30 and as a general thing he got his horse for S40 or 50 Not often did lie have to go to 00
