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— ♦— . — STALLION PRICES IN OLD DAYS In the middle sixties stallion prices were far from their present high level ami tha wisdom of II. A. Alexander In paying ..ooo for Lexington was seriously questioned by horaentea and bneders. Mr. Alexander was willing to back his judgment, however, and he made a bet with one of his oetractors that he would sell a colt by Lexington far more than the price of the sire. He won the bet when he disposed of Norfolk for .".00l. Later he had the opportunity to refuse an offer of 0,000 for Asteroid, another son of Lexington.
