"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



sev^enty-eight brood-mares. Of course Iroquois was 

 expected to bring the top price, which he did. It was 

 known that the English were after him and that Mr. 

 Withers had the commission from England to buy him. 



However, Gen. W. H. Jackson of 

 Iroquois Goes to the , r, ^^ at i o i • -r- 

 Bel Meade Stud ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^"^ ^" Tennessee 



wanted him too, and "drew" bidders 

 by creating an impression that Mortemer was the ob- 

 ject of his visit. When it came to bidding he outlasted 

 them all and secured Iroquois for $20,000. Mr. 

 Withers bought Mortemer for his own Brookdale 

 Stud and Duke of Magenta went to Mr. Forbes of 

 Boston. Milton Young really secured the bargain of 

 the sale in Pizarro. Mr. Haggin purchased the pick 

 of the brood-mares. The five stallions brought $31,- 

 950, an average of $6390; the seventy-eight brood- 

 mares $110,945, an average of $1422.37; the grand 

 total being $142,895, an average of $1721.62. 



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