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SANFORD BUYS A FINE COLT Archaic, Which Ran Second to Spion Kop in the Epsom Derby, Coming to This Country. LONDON, England, December 9. John Sanford yesterday bought Archaic from Lord Derby -for 7.-J500V . Thppel quickly. He will be a great acquisition to America as a breeding factor. Archaic is but three years old, a chestnut by Polymelus Keystone II.. by Persimmon. This is the best blood in England. Archaic is a big horse and fast. This year in five starts he was second in the Epsom Derby and won the Atlantic Stakes. Last year as a two-year-old lie won the Prince of Wales Stakes. ; At the closing days sales at Newmarket Square Measure, reserved at the ridiculous price of 00,-000, was not sold. The bay filly Cheutte, 4, by Cicero Chute, was bought for Italy at 5,000. There were IBS lots disposed of for an average of ,242. The other highest prices of the day were: Wilfreda, b. m, 7, by William the Third Free and Easy, by Mellon; L. Manacheff, 1,500. Royal Decree, br. m, 6, by William the Third Dictate, by Wild Flower; J. Newton, 3,500 the mare goes to France. Lumia, b. m, 5, by Lomond Lament, by Min-stead; Sir W. Furness, 2,000. Bill and Coo, br. m, 11. by William the Third Coo-ee. by Trenton; Joseph Watson, 1,500. La Lette, b. m, 11, by Gallinule Gondolette, by Loved One: L. Manacheff, 5,500. Crimea, b. m, 5, by Beppo Ukraine, by Cicero; M. DeHoz, 0,500. f
