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DEAUVILLE YEARLING SALES Two Hundred and Ninety Youngsters Sold for an Average Price of ,828. PARIS, France, September 3. An interesting commentary on the sound condition of the French turf is afforded fc the statistical record of the yearling sales at Deauville for 1921, which have just been published by Le Jockey. The average price for the youngsters was ,828. A total of 200 yearlings went under the hammer, an increase of eighty-six over the sales of 1920. A total of 148 were withdrawn during the sales. The following table shows the results of the 1921 sales as compared with those of previous years: Total Year. Sold. Realized. Average. 1900 267 $ 311,497 ,100 1907 287 359,795 1,254 190S . 335 370,G2 1,103 1909 289 395,475 1,308 1910 298 339,000 1,137 1911 207 376,670 1,410 1912 332 470,210 1.424 1913 312 512,305 1,642 1919 .". 185 403,700 2,669 1920 191 1,049,960 5,412 1921 290 1,110,190 3,828 Thirteen stallions are shown in the list of sires which contributed three or more yearlings to the 1921 sales. Three new sires entered the charmed circle this year Rabelais, Jacobl and Saint Ange ill. while six which appeared in the 1920 list dropped out in 1921. The following table shows the thirteen yearling sires, the number of their produce sold this year, the total and average returns: Stallion and Pedigree. No. Sold. Total. Avg. Gorgos, by Ladas The Gorgon.. 9 9,020 ,7S0 Jacobi, by Rabelais Lady Jacobite , 3 23,600 7,806 Faucheur, by Perth Fourragere. 7 51,800 7,400 Rabelais, by St. Simon Satirical 8 57,500 7,187 Sans le Sou, by Sans Souci II. Zingara 7 48,600 6,943 NegQfol, by Childwick Nebrouie S 53,700 6,712 Alcantara II., by Perth Toison dOr k-.. 7 45,900 6,528 Bruleur, by Chouberski Basse Terre 8 43,400 6,200 Saint Just, by St. Frusquln Justitia 8 47,320 5,915 Saint Ange III., by Son o Mine Sainte Adresse 0 29,920 4,986 Sweeper, by Broomstick Ravello 4 19,940 4,984 As dAtout, by Macdonald II. Anastasic 4 17,020 4,255 Martial III., by Airlie Gilia 5 20,100 4,020 Dead. In writing of the results of the yearling sales of 1921 Bend Or says in Le Jockey: "In my humble opinion we are well armed for "future struggles. "We have produced some yearlings of fine quality of as good quality in fact as before the war and strangely enough, the high-priced yearlings of 1919 and 1920 have proved on the track that their buyers were not deceived as to their merit. "In other words, we have no breeding crisis we have a racing crisis. There are too many races and too many efforts demanded of the same horses too few trainers to persuade the newcomers among the owners that patience is as important as science. These newcomers to racing want to apply to racing the business methods they learned during the war and it is difficult to convince them that horses cannot be handled in that fashion. "The racing associations follow the movement because they have not the courage to oppose it. They may uot kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at one blow, but they will pluck its feathers so often and in such quantity that it will end by dying from that."
