. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 24, 1898] i&qe Qvseozv ano &yovxmna*in 403. Horse Sales and Auction Prices. Los Angeles, December 19, 189S Editoe Breeder and Sportsman :—In yonr issue of the llth I find the subjoined paragraph, in which I am partially prepared to concur and from part of which I mast be per- mitted to dissent. Yoa say: "The prices obtained for the Spreckels yearliogs at the sale Tuesday evening were most absurdly low. The yourg3ters were royally bred and from produeicg dams and sires besides being far above the average as individuals. Such prices as were
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. December 24, 1898] i&qe Qvseozv ano &yovxmna*in 403. Horse Sales and Auction Prices. Los Angeles, December 19, 189S Editoe Breeder and Sportsman :—In yonr issue of the llth I find the subjoined paragraph, in which I am partially prepared to concur and from part of which I mast be per- mitted to dissent. Yoa say: "The prices obtained for the Spreckels yearliogs at the sale Tuesday evening were most absurdly low. The yourg3ters were royally bred and from produeicg dams and sires besides being far above the average as individuals. Such prices as were received for the lot were not calculated to encourage breeders, as it does not speak highly for the hor-e sense of the horsemen here who failed to take advantage of an un- usual opportunity to secure higb class material for winning race ; I will admit the prices were very low when the individu- ality of the youngsters was taken into consideration but they were mostly by untried sire3, although I always prefer an untried sire to one that has baen fairly tried and found want- ing. The youngsters were "royally bred" beyond all venture of a doubt but there were scarcely any of them "from pro- ducing sires and dsm3," although you were rigLt when you said they were "far above the average as ; They were as choice a lot as I had ever seen and even I was sur- prised when I saw some of them in the ring, for I had in- spected thsm only in the stalls. More especially was this true of the colt by General Miles (as game a horse as was ever saddled in America) out of Nitouche by Jim Brown' I went into the stall the tirst time and he stood up in the corner about half asleep. The next time I went in, he was lying down and I never like to disturb auy horse when at rest. Bat when he came to be led into the rkg I saw a colt that would have brought $1,000 on his looks in a sale ring at either Melbourne or Doncaster. The flash of lights, the st
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