. Breeder and sportsman. some com-parison would be made of sales in 1894, which was the yearthe Baron Wilkes* were sold, and 1 was prepared for it. Asthe comparison of 1895 was not a fair one, so The Horsemansays, we will lake the year 1894 when the market was worseorl than it was in 1895 and make a fair comparison. Twenty six of the get of Baron Wilkes averaged $810 inLexington. Twenty-three by the half-thoroughbred Bires, Palo Alto,Azmoer, Whips and laola averaged $954 in New York. Now this must be considered a fair comparison as it wasthe same year and within three of the same number of hor
. Breeder and sportsman. some com-parison would be made of sales in 1894, which was the yearthe Baron Wilkes* were sold, and 1 was prepared for it. Asthe comparison of 1895 was not a fair one, so The Horsemansays, we will lake the year 1894 when the market was worseorl than it was in 1895 and make a fair comparison. Twenty six of the get of Baron Wilkes averaged $810 inLexington. Twenty-three by the half-thoroughbred Bires, Palo Alto,Azmoer, Whips and laola averaged $954 in New York. Now this must be considered a fair comparison as it wasthe same year and within three of the same number of horses?old. I tend you the list of horses sold and prices: n - Si BE. Dam. Prick. I D» i Palo Alto ill Belli ? •J40 700 2,000 . ? 1 BRIGHT PHOEBUS DEFEATS CRESCENDO. In Keceipt of Fourteen Founds He IsToo Much For the Orack. LUCKY DOG WON AND WAS BID UP. Big- Fields and a Poor Lot of Horaes— Over the Inside Course—Logan Wonthe Han ioap Handily From Little Crip-ple— Det 3 ils of the BAY DISTRICT, THURSDAY, JAN. 23. ACING was resumed at Bay Districtto-day with a good card, the sixevents beirjg most liberally attendance was large,and nine-teen bookmakers gave all the spec-ulators a chance to play theirfavorites. The weather was clearand cool, the track slippery, notbeing cut deep enough to be at allmuddy. Horses have not been al-lowed to go onto the regular trackduring the rainy weather, hence itwas in very fair condition, consid-ering the amount of rain that hasfallen during the past ten days. The performances over itto-day Bhowed it to be about five seconds slow. Favorites were not the most successful to-day. Only twowere first at the wire. As good as 1J to 1 could have beenhad about the first winner, Mr. Randalls Fijian, then an-other of the same owners horses, with 30 to 1 about her,romped in^four lengths in front of the favorite. A hot pacekilled off the favorite in the stake race, and a 7-to- ler cap-lured the last event. Place bettiD
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