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HIGHEST PRICE IN HISTORY i 1 1 Career of Tracery Sold for the Largest Jum on Record. i - in Won More Than 00,000 in Two Years Racing Already Big Success in the Stud. -- The sale of Tracery for tlie enormous sum of 05,000 is no longer news, but the following compact account of the horse anil the feats of his progeny in racing, published in the Sporting Chronicle of Manchester, England, August 3, portrays an interesting record. "Tracery, the highest priced horse ever sold in this country, leaves for his new home at the Santa Jacinta Stud in the Argentine next week. In October, 1913, Mr. Belmont promptly refused 40,000 guineas for him. but last March Mr. Joseph Shepherd succeeded in purchasing the handsome brown oil behalf of the prominent Argentine owner-breeder, Senor S. J. Unzue, for 53.000 pounds. "Bred by Mr. August Belmont at the Nursery Stud, United States, in 1909, Tracery came to England when a yearling, and was placed under the charge of J. Watson at Newmarket. Owing to liock trouble his initial appearance on a race course was delayed until the Derby, when, manifestly backward, lie ran third to Tagalie, but signally reversed this form in the St. Leger, which he wou in a canter by five lengths. His full turf record is as follows: SsL Three Years Old. . w Won Rti .Tames Palace Stakes, Ascot. 1 mile, beating the Two Thousand Guineas winner. Sweeper II., by four lengths 12,500 Won Sussex Stakes, Goodwood, 1 mile, beating Sweeper II 3,485 Won St. Leger, Doncaster, 1 miles, by five lengths .32,250 Four Years Old. Won Burwell Plate, Newmarket, ll miles, beating Jackdaw and Stedfast 2,175 Fell when leading in the Ascot Cup Won Eclipse Stakes, Sandown, 14 miles, by four lengths 43,075 Second to Cantilever received 34 pounds. Jockey Club Stakes, 1 miles 1,000 Won Champion Stakes, Newmarket, 1V4 miles, by six lengths 4,500 18,5S5 HIS STUD RECORD, "Tracery, which is by the triple-crowned Rock Sand Topiary, by Orme Plaisanterie, commenced stud duties at Southcourt, Leighton Buzzard, at a foe of 400 guineas, in 1914. Owing to the war this was ordered to 250 guineas, at which figure he was extensively patronized in 1919 and last season, several of the choicest marei; in the Stud Book visiting his paddocks.- "In his first year at the stud Tracery had eleven living foals returned to him. One of these mm ns a two-year-old in the United States and five were successful after that age. They include Orestes and SHverpoint, winners in the United States and South Africa. His offspring born in 191ti numbered fifteen, seven of which won as two-year-olds six in the United States and one, The Panther, in England. "The Panther, as all the world knows, won the Two Thousand Guineas in iiis second year, and his. sire had last year another three-year-old wage arner in Queens Guild here in England, what time Ills contemporaries, Gatli and Cirrus, were bringing grist to the mill in the United States. His two-year-old winners in 1919 were Abbots Trace, Bruce Lodge, Geometry and Lineage, and tills season to date Ills first season performers include Monarch 7,775, including the July Stakes, Clear Trace, Arabesque and Barrulet. "His three-year-old son Abbots Trace wou the Union Jaek Stakes at Liverpool, ran second in the Craven Stakes and made the running at a splitting pace in the Derby. Fretwork 3, Kirk-Alloway 3, Queens Guild 4, and Bargrate 5, are also winners this season in the United Kingdom. Emblematic, a brother to Abbots Trace, has been Kiiccessful in Australia, and Miss Kit is a winner in the United States. "Included in his yearling offspring are a half brother to Buchan dam Hanioaze, a half brother to Port Royal dam Port Sunlight, a half sister to Rizzio dam Signorinetta, a chestnut filly dam Eos, a half brother to Daylight Patrol dam Lin-doiya, a colt dam Vaucluse, a lialf brother to Roker dam Mistrell, and a filly dam Vivid. "In colors :i dark brown. Tracery is a fine specimen of the thoroughbred, and is certain to make a great name in South America. Like Cyllene, it seems highly probable that the stock he has left behind in this country will cause breeders to wish lie had never left our shores. Both liis yearlings :md his foals are of exceptional merit, and, as in siddltion several great winner producers are in foal to him. Ills name should stand high in the winning list for some years to come."
