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BASIITI SELLS FOR 830,000 FILLY BY ADAM— DISADVANTAGE BRINGS RECORD-BREAKING PRICE. Harry Payne Whitney the Successful Bidder and S. C. Hildreth His Principal Rival — Good Prices Realized at Saratoga Paddock Sale. Saratoga. PL Y.. August 20. — Bashti. conceded to be the best two-year-old filly of the year and perhaps the best juvenile of either sex, was sold in the Saratoga paddock today for $:M.000 to Harry Payne Whitney. It was at the dispersal auction of the horses id the Newcastle Stable and Mr. Mc-Cieady did the bidding for Mr. Whitney. Bashti will be shipped to England for the hpsom Oaks, in which she is engaged next season. Bashti is also in the Futurity and the Matron, shortly to be run in this country, as well as in all the important three-year-old fixtures of next season. Bidding t o-gan on the fillv at 915.000 and the price quickly jumped to 925,000. with S. C. Hildreth. Thomas Welsh and Mr. MeCready figuring as principal bidders. Mr. Hildreth made the last unsuccessful bid of S.00 . Bashti. it has been generally recognized, is unquestionably the best of her age and sex in training in this country, and there are many who entertain the idea that she has no superior among the colts of her age. She has already won 918,990 and is conceded to have a good chance to win the Futurity. She has started six times, winning five races, including one overnight affair, the Criterion Stakes, the Astoria Stakes, the Vernal Stakes and the Spin-away Stakes. In the Vernal Bashti at even weights made a show of Bound the World, which had previously beaten Iron Mask and Naushon iu the Great Trial. Bashtis sole defeat occurred in her first start, when Golden Agnes beat her, but in that affair Bashti was interfered with and did not run as she since has. The $:;o.00o paid for Bashti by Mr. Whitney today is the record price for a filly at auction in this country. The best previous price was when Phi ftp .1. Dwyer paid .J.500 for Dewdrop at the Lorillard sale. Good prices were secured for the others offered at todays sale, the Newcastle Stables total for eleven head being 959,230. Of the other lots sold, the best price paid was ,100, at Which figure B. !■". Carman took C. h. Harrisons good colt. Meridian. Following is a summary of the sale: Bashti. or. f, 2. by Adam — Disadvantage; H. V. Whitney 139,900 Meridian, b. c. 2. by Broomstick — Sue Smith; B. F. Carman 5.100 Zeus. b. e. 2. by Adam— Shaft; S. C. Hildreth 4.o0O Danger Mark. b. c. 2. bv Sempronius — Flirt- ineer; J. W. May 3*900 Setb, eh. e. 2. by Adam — Parity; D. Oheary 3.000 Pretend, eh. g, 3. bv Golden Maxim — Pretence: B. I. Williams 2,500 Adam Bede. eh. c, 2, by Adam — Grace Gum- berts: J. E. Madden 2,4 M Royal Meteor, eh. c, 2, bv Star Shoot — Queen Regent; S. C. Hildreth . 2.0nO Leah. eh. f. 2. bv Adam — Cereta ; J. G arson 1,950 Sea Cliff, eh. g, 4, bv Clifford — Fiesole: C. J. Qtrittn 1,999 Glucose, b. c. 4. by Watercress — Sweet; T. Burns LloO Princess Callaway, b. f. 2. bv Broomstick — Flocarline; J. T. Ireland L1O0 The Nigger, blk. g. 2. by Thnndl Inihsm or Hamburg— Black Venus: E. F. Cbadraa L.SOO Cutie, b. f. 2, by Sandringham — The Belle; Captain Wallach 1,,iOO Herodia. eh. f. 2. by Adam — Wild Thvinc; F. M. Taylor 1,199 Bally mena. b. f, 2. bv Adam — EUangowan: F. M. Taylor 1.100 Mutineer, oh. c. 2. bv Watercress — Privateer; II. C. Powers 1,000 Sixty, br. g. 4. by Diamond Jubilee — Miss Hamburg; c. J. Quins l.ooo Roys! Lodge, br. f. 2. by Sandringham — Xela; .1. K. Madden £00 Black Chief, blk. g. ::. by Allan-a-Dah — Dollie Me; J. F. Sweeney Mindinette, b. f. 2. by Garrv Herrmann — Vi- vandiere; A. Wilson 500 Queens Song. b. f, .!. by Clifford— Queen of Song: W. B. Johnson 123 Ease. b. f, ;;, by Irish Lad — Leisure; Captain Pax ton 125
