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the stock from that place was disposed of in the fall of 



1 90 1, Adbell brought $10,000, his get having in the inter- 

 val shown that he was a sire of early and extreme speed. 

 He was taken to Kentucky, where he died, October 8, 



1902. In April, Fasig & Co. sold one hundred and forty- 

 six head at Clover Dell Farm. The returns show that Di- 

 rector sold for $1,275; Josephine Young, dam of Joe 

 Patchen, for $2,000; Mambrino Maid, 2 11514, for $1,350; 

 Ballona, 2:11^, for $1,250, and the stake winner Mar- 

 garet S., 2:1214, for $1,025. At this sale, forty-seven 

 yearlings averaged $289, while the old brood mares, many 

 of which were barren or doubtful breeders, cut the aver- 

 age down to $329.93. 



The amounts paid for the twelve lots in the Palo Alto 

 consignment at the May sale in Cleveland recalled the days 

 when the bids for Electioneer' s get soared into the thou- 

 sands at the Kellogg sales in New York. The big Califor- 

 nia establishment was then selling pedigrees and expecta- 

 tions, while Marvin was making world's records with the 

 flower of the flock. At this sale Frank Covey had racing 

 material, four of the lots having records. The twelve head 

 were sold for $20,535, an average of $1,712.08, the highest 

 priced ones being Betonica, $7,800; Idolita, $4,700; Pa- 

 sonte, $2,080; Hijita, $1,900; Peko, $1,000, and Nordeau, 

 $1,000. These were, with the exception of Incense, the 

 only horses in the sale that sold for $1,000 or over, C. F. 

 Emery paying $1,250 for the daughter of Young Jim. 



In 1898, William B. Fasig and Ed. S. Hedges, who 

 had been in bad health for some time, parted, Fasig con- 

 tinuing the business under the old name, while Hedges 

 entered into another partnership, which was continued 

 with varied success until blindness and other bodily ills 

 forced him to retire. He died January 20, 1903. Fasig 



