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PAYS 150000 FOR 1NCHCAPE S C Hildreth Also Asks Price on Friar Rock Sire of Colt J H Eosseter Refuses to Part PartWith With Son of Rock Sand Inchcape Described NEW YORK N Y July 14 It was stated today thnt the price S C Hildreth paid for Inch cape was 150000 It was further learned that as soon as the deal had been closed Mr Hildreth became imbued with the idea of owning the colts sire Friar Hock also Hildreth developed Friar llock and has always had a soft spot for the splen ¬ did Hin of Itock Sand He accordingly asked Mr Rosseter to put a price on the horse It is to the credit of the California sportsman that he declined to put a price on the horse In response to a second wire lie sent the following message was received receivedSan San Francisco Cal July lu To S C Hildreth New York YorkYour Your second wire received Appreciating your offer for Friar Itock can only say please dont ask me to part with him Wish you every suc ¬ cess with Inchcape to which you are well cn cntltlL tltlL t Signed J II ROSSETEIS ROSSETEISHildreth Hildreth declined to say how much he had of ¬ fered for the stallion but it was said to have been a larger figure than he paid for Inclicape One xl judge when asked yesterday to appraise Friar ISock said He is worth whatever he could be insured for I know where policies have been written for 250000 and Friar Hock being only seven years old could no doubt be insured for a like sum Friar1 Itock Avnritireilsonnd ind Jr Mr Rosseter cared to train him he could be sent to the races Of course this is something that will never be done as the horses value in the stud is too great to warrant any such proceeding If Mr Hosseter cared to book mares and would send the horse to Kentucky there is little doubt that lie could book twenty outside mares at 2000 or 2 00 each eachTrainer Trainer Fred Ilurlew when asked to tell sonic thing of the individuality of Inclicape said saidINCHCAPE INCHCAPE BRED IN CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIAHe He has the finest disposition of any horse 1 ever trained He also is one of the greatest doers He will work fast or slow and never grows ill tempered Inchcape was received at J II Ros Keters Wikiup ISanch in Sonoma County Cali ¬ fornia about sixty miles from San Francisco as a weenling along with six mares six foals and his sire Friar ISock for which Mr ISosseter paid John E Madden 100000 He was reared in the foot ¬ hills of the Sierras where the finest water and grasses in the world abound This can be giveu as one reason for Inchcai es fine conformation conformationHe He was broken in California last fall and I brought Inclicape East last April along with sev ¬ eral other Friar ISock twoyearolds They wero all afflicted witli a cough shortly after I arrived but Inchcape was the first to recover Mr Itos seter sets great store in another twoyearold in the stable called Merchant Marine which he thought the best in the bunch but I suppose he has hanged his opinion since luchcapes great perform ¬ ances At any event Merchant Marine is a good colt He is by Friar ISock Dorothy Gray by Ham ¬ burg The other Friar Itocks in training are Scot ¬ land Yet dam La Petrie sister of George Smith Gallant Foe dam Watcrmellon by Watercress Valley of the Moon dam Masquerade by Disguise Montalvo dam Catherine Carson by Hen Strome All of these are entered in foreign races The colts are entered in the Epsom Derby They are promising but I believe Inchcape is the best colt of all allJohn John E Madden who bred Inclicape in Ken ¬ tucky and sold him with other foals of Friar ISock to Mr ISosseter says that lie did not notice anything about Inchcape above that of other good weanlings he has sold While Mr Madden con ¬ siders Inclicape a great twoyearold lie wants to see General J M Gomez another one he sold to the Cuban sportsman A II Diaz and Inchcape meet and then lie will give his final opinion Mr Madden also bred General J M Gomez which is by Hessian Expressing by Star Shoot ShootInchcape Inchcape has no stake engagements at Empire City but he is in all the twoyearold fixtures at Saratoga including the Hopeful Saratoga Special Stanford Memorial Grab Hag Tinted States Hotel Grand Inion Hotel and Albany In these stakes he will meet not only many of the Volts he de ¬ feated last Saturday but in addition General J M Gomez Tryster The Bohemian the unlucky colt and probably a few of the best colts in the West Tryster and General J M Gomez are still un ¬ beaten and Inchcape before his title to the two yearold championship is completed will have to defeat these two Prudery the fast Whitney filly is another twoyearold which has never yet tasted defeat
