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ney for $16,000, and her weanling, by the same sire, to 

 August Belmont for $25,000. August Belmont also paid 

 $17,000 for the ten-year-old mare imp. Lucy Cross, by 

 St. Simon, and $4,600 for a yearling filly by St. Frusquin- 

 Semper Fidele. W. C. Whitney paid $6,200 for Semper 

 Fidele, whose weanling filly by St. Frusquin was pur- 

 chased by J. R. Keene for $5,500. 



The curtain was rung down on Marcus Daly's breed- 

 ing ventures at home and abroad at the November sale, 

 when eighty-nine head of trotting bred stock was sold for 

 $67,580, making a grand total of $728,755 realized by the 

 Marcus Daly estate for three hundred and sixty-nine 

 horses during 1901. Forty-two of the horses disposed of 

 at the last sale sold for over $1,000, the lot including Bow 

 Bells, $5,100; Ponce de Leon, $6,500; Prodigal, $4,100; 

 Extasy, $3,100; Impetuous, $4,200; Lady Wilton, 82,700; 

 Prelacy, $3,100; Rosy Morn, $2,700; Prelatess, $4,600; 

 Impractical, $4,000; Ettie Baron, $2,400; Silk Weaver, 

 $2,050; and the yearling, Miss Previous, $10,300. 



Of the yearling sales in 190 1, the Rancho del Paso and 

 the Elmendorf proved the most important. At the first of 

 these, which was held June 14, 15 and 17, two hundred 

 and one were sold for $234,025, an average of $1,164.30. 

 The top price, $13,000, was paid for a colt by St. Gatien- 

 Turmoil, while a filly by St. Gatien-Fleurette sold for 

 $11,500, a colt by Golden Garter-Memento for $10,000, 

 and a colt by Goldfinch-imp. Silence for $6,000. The 

 thirty-four head in the Elmendorf lot sold for $39,950, 

 the highest price being $3,200, which was paid for a colt 

 by imp. Candlemas-Miss Maud. At the yearling sales, 

 B. G. Thomas sold fourteen for $22,025 ; Runnymede, ten 

 for $3,300; Raceland, nine for $21,425; Melbourne, twen- 

 ty-three for $21,525; Beaumont, twenty-four for $19,600; 

 Belle Meade, thirty-two head for $25,050; Silver Brook, 



