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PATRIOTISM OF THE TURF Typified by Participation of Prom ¬ inent Turfmen in War Work Many Sell Entire Stables Includ ¬ ing Yearlings Young Horses Bring Good Prices XKW YOltK X Y December 11 The whole hcartcdness with which a large proK rtion of the must prominent turfmen of the country entered into war work served to typify real sportsmanship and to accentuate the fact that these turfmen could siiknowledge no allegiance divided between love of ouatry and love of self selfSuch Such turfmen as JIajor Belmont Colonel Cassatt Major Thomas Hitchcock Lieut George I Widener Ciit Joseph A Davis Capt Hal Parr Lieut Gifford A Cochran and many others hnd been able to get along nicely in peace times with a goad racing stably and a prosperous business to attend to but when it came to war work they found that it took them from what they had considered their real business for the lime being and left them but little time in which to seek recreation in turf sports or any other kind of sport for that matter Colonel Cassalt sold out his horses completely disbanding not only his racing stable but his breed ¬ ing stud that he might attend to his military duties the more effectively Major Thomas Hitch ¬ cock1 did the same thing and in much the same way and Lieut G A Cochran entered the military serv ¬ ice about the same time and quickly going over to France he was so soon in the thick of it that he had no time to even attend to the sale of his racing fctoek Without disbanding his valuable breeding stud he left others to sell off his race horses and even his yearlings so that now when the war is practically over he has little if anything to ciid lo tl races during 1918 miles lc bHl j tony outside yearlings ami twoyearolds from other breeders and owners Colonel Cassatt who is an ardent devotee of racing and an inheritor of the love of thoroughbred horses and turf sports from his distinguished father now is iu much the same imsition in which Lieutenant Cochran has found himself and should he wish to follow his own and his fathers practice of racing horses of his own breeding he w5Il find it practically impossible to follow his inclinations in this respect respectBELMONT BELMONT SELLS HORSES HORSESMajor Major Bclmont another enthusiastic turfman who for many years has confined himself almost ex olusively to horses of his own breeding in the making up of his racing stable has sold off nearly every thoroughbred in his possession which could IM accounted fit for the racing of 1919 lie sold si out all his yearlings and rtainly about all the best ones retaining only such fillies as appeared to be esjtccially suitable for stud matrons at his famous Xursery Stud StudThat That Major Belmont took his dispersal serionslv anil disposed of various bands in good faith it may IK mentioned that he lot go some yearlings which not only lie but other prominent turfmen and good judges prized highly Among the prizes obtained at the Belmont dispersal sale may be mentioned the Iieantiful chestnut colt Fair Cain by Vulcain Fairy Gold dam of Fair Play Friar Kock and other really good race horses which fell to the bid of Joseph K Widener ut 14000 This was a colt in whose breeding Major Pclmont took great pride His sire Vnlcain bred at Major Belmonts French breeding establishment was a son of the great Hock Sand Lady of the Vale a daughter of Kayon dOr and Lady Violet by The III Used Fairy Gold by Bend Or i too richly bred and too wellknown to need any introduction introductionMr Mr Widener Itought smother promising yearling at the same sale when be took the goodlooking bay colt Xorthward brother to Xorse King for 5700 Another of the highpriced colts of the sal was Koulcaii a brown colt by Tracery Koyal Coinage which went to Frank Taylor for 13000 13000Having Having thus sold off hix yearlings l esides de ¬ priving himself of Lnclillite and other good ones belonging to his active racing string it is difficult to show how the chairman of the Jockey Club can be anything like adequately represented in the racing of 1919 without going into the market to buy Mich animals as it msiy afford affordBIG BIG PRICES TOR YEARLINGS YEARLINGSThe The mention of yearling sales in connection with Major Bclmonts dispersal serves as a reminder that tin market for yearlings during the season just past has been a iteculiar one The range at which year ¬ ling sold letxvcen high and low was something extraordinary There must have been many year ¬ lings knocked down to bidders at prices which would not be sufficient to pay for the shipping of these same youngsters from Lexington to Saratoga and yet they gave promise of Ixing at least average platers and handicap horses as far as breeding size and conformation go There were so many disap ¬ pointment in the great Beaumont sale of 1917 that investors were more conservative in 1918 than they had been but when the real choice yearlings of 1918 were offered Koine of the buyers threw aside their conservatism and paid much higher prices than hail been realized at the lieaumont sale although the averages at none of the sales equaled that of the Beaumont of the previous year yearDuring During the summer just past the highest price paid for any yearling at public auction in this country was for the beautiful Frenchbred chestnut colt now named Golden Itroom by Sweeper Ziiiia by Hamburg bred and imported by Mrs H B Dnryea and bought liv Mrs Walter M Jeffords for 15 oo ooThe The next highest price paid for a yearling was 14500 paid by Commander T K L KUSS for a bay colt sired by Wirk Jester and imported in utcro his dam being Primula II l y St Denis a son of Si Simon This was an impressive looking colt of the sturdy masculine type and a grandly powerful looking colt ut that Of course this colts rich breeding had much to do with the strong de ¬ mand for him at the sales ring but his individuality also had much to do with it itBLACK BLACK JESTER A STRANGER STRANGERUf Uf Hlark Jester as a sire of winners the public has yet to learn but everylxidy knows that while on the turf he was one of the greatest sous of that grand representative of the Bend Or and Hampton families Polymclns Indeed he was without doubt one of the really great race horses of his day on the turf and there seems to be no reason why he should not IK brilliantly successful in the stud studAnother Another of the highpriced yearlings of 1918 was Donnicona the iMaiitifiil bay son of Prince Pala tiuu Kjldoiwu This extremely JianUsouit anU roy allv bred colt when offered at the Sanford sale of yearlings was bought by K T Wilson for 10000 but almost imniediiitelv after the sale he wis nvnlil to Congressman Jeoi Jeoithe the hands of Max Hi lion Mr Loft bought the colt coltAnother Another of the highpriced yearlings of 1918 was a big chestnut colt by Celt Xetwork dam of Paddy Wlmck and Km broidery 1 AV Mc paid 10000 for this big colt lie is a lar attractive looking colt and as his brother and sister Paddy Whack and Embroidery had been fair performers the price paid did not seem like an unusually extravagant one oneOf Of course the animals just mentioned were not the only highpriced yearlings which changed bunds in this country during last summer but they mny l e looked upon as distinctly representative as far as public sales aw wiieerued
