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HIGH PRICES FOR AUSTRIAN YEARLINGS YEARLINGSFrom From a valued correspondent I hear that nieing is going strong in Austria in spite of the war under the auspices of Prince Carl Kinsky president Prince Auersberg Count George Festestics and Count M Fries stewards of the Jockey Club AH these gentlemen have spent nearly half their lives in England and three are Oxford or Cambridge Varsity men Probably no foreign patron of the English turf was ever as popular as Prince Kinsky who was persona grata in the highest society and received a splendid reception when he rode his own mare Xoedoue to victory in the Liverpool Grand National As evidence of the flourishing state of turf affairs in AustriaHungary it is only necessary to state what occurred at the yearling sale of the Napagedl Stud formerly under the direction of Aristide Baltazzi and now managed by his only daughter the Countess Wurmbnuid The normal value of a krone is about toiinence and I hear that i000 kronen were realized for twentyiiine young ¬ sters showing the excellent average of 1400 pounds wo yearling colts made 71000 kronen and 70000 ronen respectively They are by Wombwell a sou of Isinglass and the Oaks winner Mrs Butterwick formerly the property of the Duke of Portland Wombxvell was bought for the Napagedl Stud at which he has been a great success by the advice of his then trainer William Waush Vigilant in London Sportsman
