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SOLD FOR PROVERBIAL SONG THOROUGHBREDS GO FOR RIDICULOUSLY L0V7 PRICES AT LEXINGTON SALE. Eighty-Four Head of Stallions, Broodmares and Weanlings Sell for Aggregate of ,850 Several Go for Possession Brings 75. Lexington, Ky., November 21. This was the opening day of the first Kentucky sale of thoroughbred horses under the auspices of the Powers Hunter Company, of New York, and the stallions, mares and weanlings that passod under the hammer of Auctioneer George A. Bain went for lower prices than were ever hitherto reported here. It is true that many of the mares were old, but even at their advanced ages it was not to be expected that such as seemed to be in foal to worthy stallions would be slaughtered as they were. The aggregate for the eighty-four head sold was ,850, an average of only 9.64 per head. The majority of the animals sold were knocked down to two dealers, S. T. Harbison and W. P.Scully, the latter buying the cheaper ones and tho former a better grade. Those purchased by Mr. Harbison will be shipped south and sold to farmers, while those purchased by Mr. Scully will he disposed of at tho Court Day markets in central and eastern Kentucky, where they will go without pedigree or Identification. As an instance of the poor prices, Strathrcel, half-sister to the great Hamburg and the dam of the good race horse Bill Curtis, was knocked down to Mr. Scully for . Strathrcel is nineteen years old. but Cherry Valley, another that Mr. Scully got for , is only four years old. The stallion St. Slmonian. II., from the Hartland Stud, twelve years old and blind, sold for to Mr. Scully. There was no bid for Option, a mare that had produced ,700 worth of colts, and O. H. Chenault gave her to Ed. Wlth-row, a negro who led her Into the sales ring. The top price was 75, paid for Possession by Price Headley of Beaumont Farm. The same young man paid 75. Hie second highest price, for tho stallion Cedcrstrome, which is to go to W. J. Taylor of Canada. The twelve weanlings by Star Shoot and Knight Errant catalogued by Col. E. F. Clay and his son. Ezekiel, were not offered, Catcsby Woodford having bought them privately for 00 each. E. C. Cowdin of New York and Mr. and Mrs,.T. E. Davis of Brooklyn, were among the visitors for the sale. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss Mollie Maxwell, a widely known horsewoman, and she and her husband are here to select likely youngsters- for cross-country purposes. Those bringing 00 and over were: Possession, b. m, 10, by Requital Retained II.; Price Headley, Lexington i 75 Cedcrstrome, b. h, 9, by Ben Strome Lasca; W. J. Taylor, Canada -. 275 Pink and Black, ch. g, 2, by Pink Coat Black Sleeves; Dr. St. Clair Street, Kansas City, Mo. 215 Bobbinet, b. m, 11, by Inverness Boise; Thomas F. Kelly. Lexington 200 Chestnut filly, 3, by Goldcrest Loyal Mary; E. C. Cowdin, Mount Kisco, N. Y 150 Dainty Mint, weanling b. f, by Hastings Chlcklets; G. W. J. Bissell. Pittsburg. Pa 110 Eastern Shore, b. m, 10, by The Bard Equipoise: Thomas Piatt, Lexington 100 Black Sleeves, br. m. 16, by Sir Dixon Lake Breeze; Martin Doyle, Paris, Ky 100 Vly, ch. m, 8, by Isidor Piseco; Dr. St. Clair Street, Kansas City, Mo 100
