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half-mile track record for trotters at 2:041/4. 



Of the yearlings sold in 1926 Shirley Harvester 

 was the cheapest that showed in front as a two-year- 

 old in 1927. She was knocked down for $100. Her 

 race card shows that she won thirteen out of four- 

 teen races and made a record of 2:09%. Plucky was 

 purchased for $400 as a yearling. At this same age 

 Azure Volo, another winner, sold for $825, and 

 Georgia Volo for $225. 



Fine Girl, a winner on the mile tracks and one of 

 the fastest two-year-old fillies raced in 1927, was 

 purchased for $900. She came out of the Walnut 

 Hall consignment which also contained the cham- 

 pion Fireglow, 2:04. He brought $6,500 and was 

 subsequently sold for $10,000. Of the other year- 

 lings which were disposed of at that time Pal O'Mine 

 brought $2,900, Florence McGill $2,200, Lexington 

 Maid $2,500. 



The prices paid for the yearlings in 1925 varied 

 as much as they did the following year. The pacer, 

 Ace High, which won all of his engagements in his 

 three-year-old form, sold for $425, while $825 was 

 the last bid on the Chestnut Peter colt Radium 

 which was lapped on Doane when he won the three- 

 year-old trot in 2:07% at Endicott. 



At the same sale Cub Ortolan, then a two-year- 

 old, sold for $400 and Bert Abbe for $1,200. Signal 

 Flash, at that time a yearling, brought $300. The 

 next fall he was back again after his two-year-old 

 campaign and sold for $7,100. A number of splendid 

 yearlings were disposed of at the New York sale in 



