. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Palermo 2:15 1-4. James G. Cbesley, the well known cashier in the effice of the San Francisco Chronicle, wsb formerly owner of the bay gelding Palermo by Berlin, now owned by Mr. Gordon Voorhies, of Medford, Oregon. Entertainiog an idea that perhapB the horse could be purchased at a reasonable price and desiring to again own him, Mr. Cbesley recently wrote a letter in regard to the matter to Mr. Voorhies and received the following reply : Medfobd, Oregon, AugUBt 25,1900. Mr. J. G. Chhsley, San Francisco, Cal. Dear Sir:—Replying to yours of the 22d ioBt., Palerm
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Palermo 2:15 1-4. James G. Cbesley, the well known cashier in the effice of the San Francisco Chronicle, wsb formerly owner of the bay gelding Palermo by Berlin, now owned by Mr. Gordon Voorhies, of Medford, Oregon. Entertainiog an idea that perhapB the horse could be purchased at a reasonable price and desiring to again own him, Mr. Cbesley recently wrote a letter in regard to the matter to Mr. Voorhies and received the following reply : Medfobd, Oregon, AugUBt 25,1900. Mr. J. G. Chhsley, San Francisco, Cal. Dear Sir:—Replying to yours of the 22d ioBt., Palermo is not for sale at any price. He is in excellent condition and I hope to keep him so as long as he lives. Aside from the sentiment we have about him, he is too entirely satiefaclory on his own account for me to think of selling him. "Sours very truly, Gordon Voorhieb. In the spring of 1898, the year in which Palermo took his record, Mr. Chesley gave him three weeks' work at the Alameda track, his fastest mile being 2:24£. He entered him in a mixed event at Oakland track against the pacer Golden W est 2:15 and Plunkett 2:13& and in tbe second heat of the race, which he won in straight heats, he trotted in 2:15}, Four days after Mr. Cbeslev drove him a mile over the same track in 2:12 without company. Palermo had 2:04 speed, was as steady as a clock, and is undoubtedly "one of the sweetest gentleman's roadsters on ; ? The Spreckele' Sale. The prices obtained for yearlings bred by Mr. A. B. Spreckela and sold at auction in New York last week are as follows : Chestnut colt by St, Carlo—Carnation II; T. W. Sloan $200 Brown colt by Bavelston—Sacbarissa; H. T. Oxnard 500 Bay colt by Eolo—Abbie F; J. EvaDs too Brown coltby imp. Cflgbton—Georgie VI; H Howell - 400 Chestnut colt by St. Carlo—Frlsa; J, E. Madden _ 200 Bay filly by Ravelston—L^dy Cleveland II; Matt Dwyer 100 Bay ally by imp. The Jadge—Grace S; W. Hendrie _ ... 200 Bay filly by im
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