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WEAKLING INVESTMENTS THAT PAID WELL. Sanford Lyne and His Partners Reap Profit of 0,-000 on Expenditure of Less than Amount. Lexington, ,Ky.. September 11 Sanford Lyne and his partner, an Indianapolis banker, cleared not less than ,000 each on their recent speculation in young thoroughbred horses. At the McGrathiaua dispersal and other sales hero in the fall of 1908, Mr. Lyne bought twenty-nine head of weanlings for ,355. The money for their purchase and to carry them through the succeeding ten months was provided by the Indianapolis financier. The cost of putting these youngsters into the Sales ring at Sheepshead Bay, where they went under the hammer last Saturday SV n- aKggate of 8,775, was approximately $.5,500. Ihe. Fasig-Tiptou, Companys commission and other incidentals amounted to ,920. leaving a net profit of 0,000 to be divided between Mr. Lyne and his partner. The result Is a testimonial to the foresight of the master of Larchmont Stud. At the time Mr. Lj-ne bought these young thoroughbreds his friends regarded his venture as one that would result in financial loss. Many of his intimates told him they thought he was losing his mind, so little faith had they in the future of the thoroughbred market. As an example of the enhanced values, the list of the thoroughbreds bought, as weanlings by Mr; Lyne Is given below, together with the prices paid at the time of purchase and the prices for which they- were sold as yearlings at Sheepshead Bay last Saturday.: Cost Sale price. price. Brown colt by Broomstick Ascot Belle.00 ,500 Bay colt by Yorkshire Lad Priceless. .. 200 1.750 Chestnut filly by Broomstick Esteem. . 200 1,500 Chestnut filly by Disguise Duenna 100 1.100 Brown colt by Yorkshire Lad Minnie Alphonse 210 1,100 Bay colt by Yorkshire Lad Victorious. 40 1,000 Lrowu colt by Yorkshire Lad Slian- drona; 300 1,000 Bay filly by McGee La Pomona .100 950 Chestnut colt by Nasturtium Favor Bells 100 900 Bay colt by Semprouius Luzelle. . . . . . 130 900 Brown colt by Yorkshire Lad Flycatcher ioo 700 Bay colt, by Sempronius Naughty 175 700 Bay filly by Cesarion Ondalan. 225 700 Chestnut filly by Woolsthorpe The Hen- rietta 100 COO T Brown filly by Woolsthorpe Fertile. .. . 130 500 Gray colt by Faraday Abundant 120 450 Chestnut colt, by Inspector B. Edith Belmont 75 450 Brown Wly by Pirate of Penzance . Pocohontas 100 375 Chestnut filly by Orinicant Delta 100 200 Bay filly by Yorkshire Lad Elslna 50 200 Bay colt by Pirate of Penzance Hue.. SO 200 Brown colt by Yorkshire Lad Port - Wine. 50 200 Bay filly by Marta Santa Proud 50 200 Chestnut filly by Orinicant Princess Atheling 50 175 Chestnut colt by Handspring Agnodice. 75 125 Chestnut filly by Dieudonne Monarda. 55 100 Bay filly by McGee Corinthia 110 100 Chestnut colt by Nasturtium Ethel R. 50 50 Chestnut filly by Ormicaut Zazel 50 50 Totals .,355 8,775 Colonel Milton Young made a profit of over ,000 on the nine yearlings that were sold by him this year. At the McGrathiana dispersal last fall Ed A. Tipton bought these youngsters for Colonel Young for a total of ,740 and they aggregated at the bheepshead Bay sales 0,975, as follows: "Cost Sale . . price. price. Bay colt ,i by Cesarion Fleur dQr. .. . . .50 ,700 Bay hlly by Cesarion Bretzel 210 2,000 Chestnut colt by Cesarion Miss Rlch- moud. 175 1.000 t Brown colt by Cesarion Hull Down. .. . 300 1,500 Bay colt by Woolsthprpe Insinuate.... CO 1,300 Brown colt by Cesarion Marie Stoops. 200 700 Brown . colt by Pirate of Penzance Aqulla -85 ;i 450 Chestnut filly by Cesarion Jolmetta.. . 175 375 Bay colt by Alloway English Lady... 185 350 Totals . ,740 0,975 There .are numerous other examples, of profit on youngsters bought out of the McGrathiana dispersal sis weanlings. O. H. Chenault paid 75 for the Woolsthorpe Ada B. colt anil sold him for ,100 to the Chelsea Stable. The Woolsthorpe Her Ladyship colt was liought by Sidney Bedford for 00 arid sold to E. It. .Bradley for .00. A few days before the sale .Mr. Bedford offered this colt to T. P- Haves and agarn to "Wink" Williams for 00. Irving II. huatexoft paid 55. foe the Woolsthorpe Allie Belle colt and sold him to "Bub" May for ,700. llio Nasturtium Glove colt, which went to tlie Chelsea btable ftfr .C00. was knocked down to John p. Carr for 30. Tom Piatt paid only 25 for the lialf-sister to Donau, by Cesarion Al Lone, which Bub" May lwught for ,000. Compliment, the half-brother to Chamblet. by Ort Wells, out of Atlcck. was catalogued for sale in the Kentucky sale here last November, but at the last moment Captain Breckenrnlge Vlley withdrew him. E. R. Bradley paid ,200 for him last w;eek. Those who are able to buy weanlings this fall for an average of about 50 to 00 will probably make money by holding them eight or ten months. There are not many weanlings to bo offered publicly this fall and the buying will have to be done privately, the breeders will not be so anxious to let them go as they were last fall. They are better fixed financially now than then and. besides, the signs Of the tunes are for prosperity in racing, whereas to the majority it was the reverse last fall.
