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-I - - .- ; t Digest of Saratoga Yearling Sales - Not since the halcyon days of pre-depression times have the Saratoga sales been so consistently referred to as a barometer of racing and breeding prosperity as they have been since the Spa vendues closed last August While they are abviously a true index of the sports prosperity and trend, it remains a fact they are indisputable proof of the rise and fall of stallion dynasties, and that is the reason this paper prepared the following digest, showing at a glance the essential details, in summary form, of the fortunes of every sire who was represented by a colt or filly, or both, at the yearing sales of 1936. This tabulation comes at a time when buyers are making plans to again attend the sales of youngsters at Saratoga in August. It was hailed as a breeding triumph when at the close of the 1936 sales it was found that 467 yearling colts and fillies representing 109 sires had brought a total of ,162,425, for an average of ,489, the best return since 1931. Probably just as much satisfaction and a great deal more significance evolved from the fact that when the spotlight was turned exclusively on the fillies, it was discovered that 179 of the so-called weaker sex had sold for 33,225, for the splendid average of ,861, a sharp increase over the averages of recent years. Probably the biggest surprise of the year, however, was the popularity of the handsome gray stallion, Koyal Minstrel, son of Tetratema and worthy representative of the Roi Herode line in this country. Stiff competition for four head two colts and two fillies brought his average to the highly satisfactory figure of ,275, as compared to the ,007 enjoyed by the runner-up, Bull Dog. Thrd honors went to Sir Gallahad III. with an average ,885. With but two colts, Royal Minstrel led that division with an average of 4,150 as opposed to the 3,500 realized for one colt by Blue Larkspur. Sir Gallahad III five colts was third with ,460 and Man o War fourth seven colts with ,671. In the filly division the competition was keener, Bull Dog five and Royal Minstrel two I?in5 r lp honors at ,400 each. Sickle took third honors one filly at ,800 and Sir Gallahad III. earned fourth ranking eight at ,650. . Following is the all-inclusive summary of the 1936 sales: Top Aver- Aver- Aver- bire- 0. Head. Total. Price. age. Colts, age. Fillies, age. AMERICAN FLAG 5 $ 7,100 $ 3,000 ,775 2 000 3 SI APPREHENSION 2 4,100 3,200 2,050 1 266 1 900 irk 2 16000 7000 3200 3 4-800 2 800 BIG rr BLAZE 8 17,400 3,800 2,175 7 2 400 1 600 BTLAp 5SfT ? 3,350 1,500 1417 1 lOsS 2 1,156 fACK TONEY 1 1600 ni600 1600 0 1 160 BLONDIN 2 4,700 3,500 1,850 2 2,350 0 ?nYwASPUR 3 16900 13500 5-633 1 I3-500 2 ijOO BOATSWAIN -.. 2 2,900 2,000 1,450 1 2 000 1 900 BOOT TO BOOT 1 TOO 700 700 1 TOO 0 SnLK.NIGHT--"-" 2 3-9o 2-800 1.950 2 1,950 0 :::: ?RpWN BUD 5 6,500 1,800 1,300 4 1,400 1 900 Sm7SrSg5 11 1 1:000 1000 1 iS 0 .... UBBLING OVER 1 1300 1,300 1,300 1 lOO 0 .... pYtttr H 8H00 l4000 6007 9 6,900 5 4,400 rtS?? I 2.30 1-200 767 2 850 1 600 LAKLARIS . 3 5500 3.700 1833 2 21?n 1 1 9nn CHANCE SHOT ?i0 JJS 5 850 sjoOO 4 1 nfrSF 5 13800 4000 2760 3 2,867 2 2,600 wi pnS5STTWER 1 5700 5700 5700 1 5 700 0 J 92 26 4 3 867 CRACK CKACK RRTT BRIGADE ATVP 1 650 650 650 0 1 ann CRUSADER 4 6,700 2,300 1,675 2 2150 2 1 20S SESErRTE DESMOND.. 1 3,500 3,500 3 500 1 3,500 0 SnSn 2 31,450 8000 3145 7 3864 3 1,467 StIptav 7150 4300 2383 3 2883 0 ... DISPLAY 13 48,800 8,700 3 754 5 Vlfifi 9 aik DONNACONA 1 1 100 1,100 1100 1 1100 0 1 2:300 im S I 0 FLiTNG HEELS 2 5,400 4,300 2 700 1 4 ?00 1 l inn GALLANT FOX , 16 65,500 IsiooS 4fiZ 9 S 7 215? 2 4,600 3,000 2,300 0 2 HAP?NARGO0M i 1:400 1:400 1 0 StSfLTACK 3600 3.600 3,600 1 3,600 0 gSTE - 2 3,800 2,000 1,900 2 1,900 0 -HIGH? ? JZffi 17 1567 2 W25 1 L650 H?J?HTC t 12A 4700 3175 3 3,467 1 2300 iSi I500 850 4 962 1 400 HOURLF n?FiSll I o 3600 3400 1 3200 1 3,600 -,6 XSXblNLlH, 7 11,550 3,800 1,650 6 1708 1 1 W SfPSSrr? I 2350 1:600 1175 2 0 .,300 6 9,600 2,300 1,600 5 1,660 1 1,300 iAGPO 11 H.500 1,200 1,045 6 1183 5 880 JOCK 3 2,750 1,400 916 3 916 0 ;TnGRIER 1 1500 i5oo 1,506 0 ,9!6 ? 1566 Z?ANG 4 6,100 3,500 1,525 3 1,916 1 350 KIEV 2 1,300 900 650 2 fin n TEm-COTNER 1 800 BOO 80S 1 8o2 0 i"; LUCULLITE 3 4,100 2,100 1,367 2 1 800 1 500 MAD HATTER 6 10,100 3 000 1683 3 1467 3 1900 ift? WAR---I7 85.500 IsioOO 529 7 tJS 10 3A80 MARS l i,600 1,600 1,600 1 1 600 0 MASKED MARVEL II 2 2,100 1,450 1 050 1 1450 1 650 MICROPHONE 3 2,600 1 300 866 0 3 866 MISSTEP 1 700 700. 700 1 700 0 ?S.WAY 1 I400 WOO 1,400 1 .1,400 0 SSAK 3 4,600 2,000 1,533 3 1,533 0 NEDDIE 5 13,900 4,200 2,780 5 2,780 0 -NOAH 5 1,975 600 395 4 425 1 275 A3SH 4 I2650, 6.00 3.162 1 3,000 3 3,217 PENNANT 4 8,200 2,7tJ0 2,050 0 .... 4 2 050 PETEE-WRACK 8 9,750 2,000 1 219 4 1 350 4 1 087 PETER HASTINGS........ 3 6,850 300 283 2 3025 1 800 PHARAMOND II 6 23,450 6,200 3,908 4 4,050 2 3625 g 6 20,600 5,800 3,433 3 3,367 3 OO PRINCE PAL 1 2,400 2,400 2,400 1 2,400 0 QUEENS GUILD .1 1,100 1.100 1,100 0 1 1100 QUESTIONNAIRE 1 2,500 2,500 2,500 1 2 500 0 REIGH COUNT 4 5,550 2,600 1,387 2 1,850 2 925 ROIGREY 1 1,800 1,800 1,800 1 1800 0 ROLLS ROYCE 4 3,200 1,000 800 4 800 0 ROYAL CANOPY 1 600 600 600 1 600 0 ROYAL MINSTREL 4 37,100 14,300 9,275 2 14,150 2 4 400 SAXON 1 2,000 2,000 2,000 1 2,000 0 SICKLE 2 7,800 4,000 2,900 1 4,000 1 3 800 SIR ANDREW 6 5,900 1,500 983 5 1,060 1 600 SIR GALLAHAD in....... 13 76,500 18,000 5,885 5 9,460 8 3 650 SIR PETER ; 1 350 350 350 0 .... 1 350 SORTIE 3 13,800 10,600 4,600 2 6,300 1 1,200 ST. GERMANS 5 16,050 7,100 3,210 2 5,650 3 1,583 ST. JAMES 1 3,500 3,500 3,500 1 3,500 0 STIMULUS 8 32,600 8,200 4,075 5 4,400 3 3,533 STING 1 3,100 3,100 3,100 1 3,100 0 SUN BEAU.......-, 13 20,850 5,000 1,604 7 2,171 6 942 JSUN BRIAR... 9 21,350 6,400 2,372 0 .... 9 2,372 : SUN EDWIN 3 2,050 1,000 683 1 450 2 800 SUNPATIC 2 5,200 4,100 2,600 1 4,100 1 1,100 . SUPREMUS 6 11,700 3,500 1,950 3 2,900 3 1,300 SWIFT AND SURE 9 32,600 6,800 3,622 7 4,157 2 1,750 1 TALL TIMBER 6 4,700 1,300 783 3 817 3 750 TEDDY 4 22,400 7,800 5,600 4 5,600 0 .... THE NUT 1 650 650 650 1 650 0 THE PORTER 2 3,700 2,200 1,850 1 1,500 1 2,200 THE SATRAP 1 3,200 3,200 3,200 0 .... 1 3,200 THE SCOUT, 13 15,450 3,400 1,188 7 1,150 6 1,233 TIME MAKER 14 7,500 1,000 536 9 550 5 510 TRANSMUTE 6 6,650 2,100 1,108 4 1,237 2 850 TRAUMER 7 12,200 5,200 1,743 6 1,816 1 1,300 ! UPSET 4 4,600 1,700 1,150 2 1,600 2 700 VICTORIAN 13 32,650 4,100 2;511 11 . 2,804 2 900 1 WAR HERO 3 5,950 2,450 1,983 3 1,983 0 .... WESTWICK 8 3,850 950 481 4 562 4 400 WHICHONE 5 13,300 4,000 2,660 2 3,750 3 1,933 WHISKALONG 3 4,400 2,500 1,467 2 1,900 1 600 ; WISE COUNSELLOR 5 10,900 2,600 2,180 4 2,100 1 2.5Q0 TOTALS 109 SIRES.. 467 ,162,425 8,000 ,489 284 ,912 179 ,861 - Filly. fColt by Brown Prince II. or Happy Argo. Filly by High Time or Phara- 1 mond. II. JFilly by Sun Briar or Neddie. Where sire is in doubt, yearling is credited to 1 first named. Geldings. gFour geldings excluded from colts total. Celts, 284, sold for total of 2.6,950; fillies, 179, sold for total of 33,225. . r
