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THREE BIDS OF 100000 100000Made Made for Playfellow Brother to Man o War Quincy Stables Profitable Deals NEW YORK N Y June 8 An upward trend in the thoroughbred market noticeable in the purchase of the twoyearolds Overtake and Violinist from J E Madden by H C Fisher for 35000 and the transfer of the twoyearold William A from the stable of C A Applcgate to the Rancocas Stable for a consideration of 30000 reached its climax yesterday in the disclosure of offers of 100000 from three sources for Playfellow the threeyear old brother to Man o War which has been running on New York tracks in the colors of the Quincy Stable StableThe The trio of offers were made in the course of the last week N L Byer supposedly acting for the Rancocas Stable started the ball rolling Gif ford A Cbchran was the next to speak Then John I Day who is believed to be acting for Com ¬ mander J K L Ross got into action All three of the offers have been refused and the Quincy Stable has placed a valuation of 125000 upon Continued on third page THREE BIDS OF 100000 Continued from first page the son of Fair Play Mahubah MahubahWhile While Playfellow won his last two starts in convincing style and seems destined to play an important part in threeyearold racing because of the general inferiority of this years campaigners of that age it does not seem that it is as a racing tool primarily that the young colt is sought Strength is added to this belief by the circum ¬ stance that all three of the supposed bidders are breeders breedersHowever However Playfellow is eligible for all of the big eastern threeyearold stakes with the exception of the Belmont for which lie was entered but de ¬ clared Unless the deal for his sale is closed to ¬ morrow Playfellow likely will be shipped to Latonia to SaturdayPlayfellow compete in the Derby on Saturday Playfellow only recently broke into the ranks iof wimiQrs after having been beaten in many starts as a twoyearold and his rise to prominence is the final chapter in a sensational story of financial successes which has attended the operations of the Quincy stable In 1918 James Fitzsimmons trainer for the stable was commissioned to visit Kentucky and purchase some weanlings He gath ¬ ered twentyfour many of which were the product of August Belmonts Nursery Stud He paid 42000 for the two dozen Seven of these were sold as yearlings to the Redstone Stable for 72000 The seven were Sporting Blood Billy McLaughlin Siil nig J Monastery Devastation Wrecker and Vice Regal Prodigy and Dough Girl were also sold as yearlings from this band to J E Davis for wuom Mr Fitzsimmons was training at that time timePlayfellow Playfellow was among the original number and was retained by the Quincy Stable as were Knob bie winner of the Babylon Handicap today Sunny Jim and Joan Marie While not connected with this group of wealings the turnover of Brigadier General by the Quincy Stable is another interesting sidelight upon its successful operations operationsBrigadier Brigadier General was bought by Mr Fitzsimmons for the Quincy connections for 1000 anc was sola to S D Riddle last year as a twoyearold for 25000
