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held two sales after the change. At the first, which ran 

 from November 21 to December 2, seven hundred and 

 fourteen horses were sold for $258,265, an average of 

 $361.71. It was at this sale that W. J. White purchased 

 Star Pointer for $15,000, and Cresceus, at that time with 

 a record of 2 109^4, passed under the hammer for $14,000. 

 Bitter Root Farm also sold twenty head for $28,115, an 

 average of $1,405.75, the highest priced ones in the con- 

 signment being Handspring, $4,025 ; Improvidence, 

 $3,100, and Cuprum, $2,500. The report of the sale 

 also shows that Praytell, 2:11%, sold for $5,100; Lena N., 

 2 105%, for $3,000; Jolly Bird, 2 115^, for $3,700; Courier 

 Journal, 2 :o8^, for $3,150; Split Silk, 2 :og J /i, for $2,650; 

 Klatawa, 2:05^2, for $7,000; Wilton, 2:19^, for $4,100, 

 and the counterfeit Great Barrington, 2:2334, for $2,100. 

 The last sale of Fasig & Co. was held February 15, 16 and 

 17, two hundred and seventy horses being disposed of on 

 those dates for $76,060. The Baron Wilkes horse Reuben- 

 stein, 2 :o5, brought $6,000, the highest figure, while Frank 

 Work paid $5,700 for Pilot Boy, 2:0934, and the white 

 mare, Bessie Bonehill, 2:05%, sold for $1,000. C. W. 

 Williams sold nineteen Allertons for $7,455, top price 

 figure in his consignment being paid for Kaffa, 2:2734. 

 She brought $1,775, while the race mare Precision, at that 

 time with a mark of 2:17, sold for $1,010. 



The Fasig-Tipton Company was organized in Feb- 

 ruary, 1899, the new' member being Ed. A. Tipton. Its 

 first announcement appeared in the advertising columns 

 of the turf papers the second week in March, and the first 

 sale was held at the farm of E. S. Wells, Glen-Moore, X. 

 J., April 5, when sixty-one head were sold for $9,170. 

 May 15 to 20 were the dates selected for the inaugural 

 sale of the company at Cleveland. During the week, two 



