. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. vol xxxti. no. it. MO. 313 BUSH STKEEx. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1898. SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A YEAR. MAGNET. The Great Son of Imp. St. Blaise and Magnetic. MAGNET, A SPEED MARVEL. Achievements of a Wonderful Race Horse That Should Make a Great Name at the Stud. It was early in 1892 that the greatest sale of thoroughbreds ever held io America took place. Reference is made to the Nursery Stud dispersal, at Tattersalla' paddocks, near Hunt's Point Station, New York. The first bid for the first horse led out at that sale was $100,000, and at that fig
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. vol xxxti. no. it. MO. 313 BUSH STKEEx. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1898. SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A YEAR. MAGNET. The Great Son of Imp. St. Blaise and Magnetic. MAGNET, A SPEED MARVEL. Achievements of a Wonderful Race Horse That Should Make a Great Name at the Stud. It was early in 1892 that the greatest sale of thoroughbreds ever held io America took place. Reference is made to the Nursery Stud dispersal, at Tattersalla' paddocks, near Hunt's Point Station, New York. The first bid for the first horse led out at that sale was $100,000, and at that figure the beautiful Derby-winner and succsssful sire, imp. St. Blaise, was knocked down to Charles Reed, now of Gallatin, Tenn , formerly of Saratoga, New York. It was the largest sum ever paid for a thoroughbred horse. 8ubgequeotly Mr Macdonough gave $150,000 for Ormonde, St. Blaise has proven worth every dollar of that one hundred thousand. Ormonde has vet to prove that he was a bargain, great race horse as he undoubtedly was. After Magoetizer had brought $16 000 and two old stallions had brought much smaller sums the broodmares were dis_ posed of. Carina (dam of St. Carlo, St. Carolus and later of Prince of Monaco), then nine year* old, came to California, being knocked down to J. B. Hag gin for $6,500. The bay mare Magnetic, but five years of age and untried as a brood- mare, fetched $4,100, her dam, fifteen yearB old, $6,110. Mag- netic is an own sister to the $16,000 Btake horse, Magoetizer. also to Magnate and Masher, latter second to his stable com, panion, Potomac, in the richest Futurity ever contested for where Strathmeath (afterwards winner of the American Derby), Ambulance, Rev del Rey. Montana (two years after a Suburba'D Handicap winner). Russell and Nellie Blv finished in the rear of the Belmont pair. Magnet was raced by F. H. Hickok, at Alexander's Island, near Washington, D. C, as a two-year old, and won seven races,a detailed account of which does not appear in
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