Big Prices For Belmont Yearlings: Twenty-One Head Sell for 1,950--Vulcain-Fairy Gold Colt Brings 4,000., Daily Racing Form, 1918-08-18

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BIG PRICES FOR BELMONT YEARLINGS TwentyOne Head Sell for 51950 VulcainFairy Gold Colt Brings 14000 By J L Dempsey DempseySaratoga Saratoga N Y August 17 Twentyone year ¬ lings from Major August Belmonts Nursery Stud were offered for sale by auction in the Saratoga paddocks before the racing and sold for a total of 51950 or an average of 2450 the record for the season at any of the sales here where a big band of individually owned youngsters was the con ¬ signment signmentThe The bidding on some of the choicer offerings was spirited and the general pulse of the market indi ¬ cated that wellbred and solidlooking individuals were still much in demand and were objects of de siro on the part of the largest racing establish ¬ ments mentsIn In Major Belmonts offering were youngsters of noted blood lines their sires including Fair Play Trap Bock Ethelbert Flint Bock Vulcain and Tracery TraceryThe The star of the consignment was Fair Jain a slashing and rangy looking golden chestnut by Vul cain Fairy Cold a half brother to many noted winners including Friar Bock He went to J E Widener on a final bid of 14000 The bidding tilt for this fellow was a lively one and Avas partici ¬ pated in by Max Hirsch acting for G W Loft George Smith of the Brighton Stable John E Mad ¬ den and J E Widener WidenerAnother Another colt which received considerable atten ¬ tion and elicited spirited bidding was the brown colt Bouleau by Tracery Boyal Coinage He fi ¬ nally went to Frtnk M Taylor trainer for Mr Ilal lenbeck for 13000 The contending bidders on this colt were G W Loft George II Smith and S D Kiddle KiddleThe The colts which only reached here recently from Major Belmonts Nursery farm near Lexington were offered privately for sale to Howard Dots for 30 000 it is said but he refused to make the deal dealThe The threeyearold Duiilicata was also disposed of and brought 300 Two of the colts also consigned by Major Belmont did not elicit a bid The sale in full follows followsProperty Property of Major August Belmont Fair Gain ch c by Vulcain Fairy Gold GoldJ jy4POQBouloau J K Widenej jy4POQ Bouloau CoinageF br c by Tracery Boyal Coinage 13COOMan F M Taylor 13COO Man oWar ch c by Fair Play Mahubah MahubahS S D Biddle 5000 5000Northward Northward b c by Fair Play Nineveh J JE E Widener 3700 Furlough 3700Furlough ch c by Fair Play Ferment FermentBrighton Brighton Stable 3000 3000Heyday Heyday b f by Watervale Haute Roche RocheBrighton lCOOWar Brighton Stable lCOO War Map ch c by Trap Bock Woodvine WoodvineBrighton Brighton Stable 1500 1500Gun Gun Muzzle br c by Tracery Gallows Hill HillS S I Biddle 1200 1200Violet Violet BayW Tip b f by Fair Play Violet Bay W Garth 1000 1000Battalion Battalion ch f by Flint Bock Dame DameBeauty Beauty Brighton Stable 1000 1000Peccant Peccant ch c by Trap Bock Peccadillo PeccadilloC 750Trench C II Knebelkamp 750 Trench TopiarvII Mortar b c by Flint Bock Topiarv II G Bedwell 700 Tourniquet 700Tourniquet ToggeryC b f by Fair Play Toggery C Fellowes 700 Toucanet 700Toucanet ch f by Vulcain Toucan S SBoss Boss 050 Lieutenant 050Lieutenant ch c by Ethelbert Luck Stone StoneT T L Pierce 000 Destruction 000Destruction b f by Watervalc Dona Bica BicaB B F Carman 450 450Oleaster Oleaster b f by Hastings Olympia J JJ J Marklein 450 450Mess Mess Kit b c by Tracery Monota A S SLeonard Leonard 450 Drumfire 450Drumfire b f by Vulcain Delusion T TL L Pierce 400 Hackamoro 400Hackamoro b c by Flint Bock Hour Hand HandB B L Gerry 400 Duplicala 400Duplicala b K 3 by Flint Bock Dulci Dulcibflla bflla J Hastings 300 Sentry 300Sentry b c by Fair Play Surcingle A AS S Leonard 200 200Total Total 1 head 52250 52250Average Average per head 237590


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