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THOROUGHBREDS SOLD FOR LARGE SUMS THE THEHIGHEST HIGHEST ON RECQRD IS 209000 PAID BY BYJ J B JOEL FOR PRINCE PALATINE Many thoroughbreds have been sold from time to time for sums that would be a comfortable fortune for the average person In the United States the high price is 150000 paid in 1912 to August Beliuont by a syndicate of English French and American breeders for Bock Sand Prior to that transaction the American record was 100000 paid at auction for St Blaise by Charles Kced of Gallatin Tenn The highest paid abroad and the highest on record is the 209000 paid by J B Joel for Prince Palatine The greatest price ever given for a thoroughbred by an American purchaser was 150000 by W OB Mac donough of California for Ormonde In addition it cost him fully 20000 to land the horse in California from Buenos Ayres via England 125000 for Bock Sand by August Behuont was the next record price paid by a citizen of the United States Instances of high prices paid for noted horses in this country and abroad are presented in the following table AMERICAN AMERICANHorse Horse HorseHock Amt Horse HorseColin Horse HorseTremont Hock Sand 150000 Colin Tremont St Blaise 100000 Bashti Silver King Meddler 72500 Chacornac Virgil Watercress 71TJOO Don Alonzo Yorkville Belle Hamburg 70000 Galore Hautesse Hamburg 00000 Kingston Water Color Ilcrmis liOOOO Lady Primrose colt Handspuu Sir Martin 55000 Lamplighter Silver Fox Meddler 55000 Laureate Consideration Nasturtium 50000 McChcsney Falsetto Friar Bpck 50000 Oaklawn Yankee Hamburg 49500 Uncle Prince of Melbourne MelbourneTippity Meddler 49000 Cudgel Tippity Witchet De Mund 45000 Dewdrop Dobbins T Fitz Herbert 45000 Oiscau Aloha The Commoner 41000 Omar Khayyam Celt Accountant i iDalmatian 40000 KUmarnock Ban Fox Dalmatian 40000 Order Bat Mastersou Fitz Herbert 40000 Kequital Burgomaster Kentucky 40000 Sir Francis Duke of Magenta King Thomas 38000 Clifford Garry Herrmann Uncle 38000 Compute His Eminence Peter Pan 38000 David Gurricli Lamplighter Hastings 37000 Halma Louisburg Bolero 35000 Horace E Luke Blackburn Endurance by Bight 35000 Iris Mexican Henry of Navarre 35000 Lady Languish Mortemer W H Daniel 35000 Major Daingerfield Racelaiid Zroqtioib vsii 34000 inorge Smith Timber Tournament 33500 Maxim Viola Hayon dOr 33000 Mortemer Yankee Heno 32500 Plaudit Yankee Consul Ornament 31000 Potomac Westy Hogan The Earl 30500 Savable Liberty Loan ETJUOPEAA ETJUOPEAAHorse Horse HorsePrince Amt Horse HorseThe Horse HorseAdmiral Prince Palatine 209000 The Bard Admiral Hawke Flying Fox FoxCyllene 189000 Carbine Little Goose Cyllene 157500 La Fleche Hobbie Noble Diamond Jubilee JubileeJardy 151200 Aboyetir Bonnie Scotland Jardy 150000 Blair Athol Bachelors Double Craganour 150000 Bronzino Childwick Ormonde 150000 Bridge of Canny Gladiateur Val dOr 140000 Kangaroo Gorges Cyllene 125000 Ormonde King Lud Hock Sand 125000 Hosieriiciau Priam Dark Honald 125000 Adam Hosicrucian Sceptre 125000 Chittabob Laelia Prince Palatine 125000 Kendal Sister to Memoir Your Majesty 112500 Sceptre Spinaway Ard Patrick 110000 Friars Balsam Blue own Galtee More 110000 St Muclou Sun Kiss Lancaster 110000 Melton Gallinulc Duke of Westminster 109200 109200Gonvemant Saraband Julius Caesar Gonvemant 100000 100000Minoru The Prince West Australian Minoru 100000 100000Lycaou iKonomy Stornoway Lycaou 93iOO 93iOOKendal Florist Wheel of Fortune Kendal 90000 90000Matchbox Busybody Cyanin Matchbox 90000 90000Polar Harvester Carbine Sceptre fillv Polar Star 90000 90000Adam Cupbearer Full fillvFull Cry Adam 80000 80000Bona Galbpiu Cyrene Bona Vista 80000 80000Pietermaritzburg Petrarch Maid of the Mist MistSalamanca Pietermaritzburg 80000 80000Flair Hobert the Devil Salamanca Flair 78000 78000Meddler Scottish Chief Hosedrop Meddler 75400 75400Common Verneuil Lindal Common 75000 75000Melton Flying Lemur Hampton Melton 75000 75000Slieve Hceptre Janette Slieve Galliou 75000 75000Woolwinder Macaroni Cantiniere Woolwinder 75000 75000Doncastcr Beaudesert Maximillian Doncastcr 70000 70000Ormonde Silvio Chaniant Ormonde 70000 70000St The Palmer Maid of Corinth St Gatieh 70000 70000Lord Dark Legend The Flying Dutchman Lord Hoseberys not imported
