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er, Black Robert, 2:13^, for $2,200, and Plumline, 

 2:1234, for $1,525; and the Village Farm disposed of 

 Lord Derby for $10,500; King Charles, $2,050, and 

 Shadow Chimes for $5,100. The M. & M. winner Lady 

 Geraldine, was sold for $3,000 ; Bi Flora, $6,000 ; Maggie 

 Mills, $3,000; Sally Simpson, $2,150; Valentine, $2,500; 

 Simland Belle, $1,400; the pacer Nathan Straus, $1,700; 

 Guy Onward, $1,500; King Chimes, $1,700, and Wilask, 

 $1,400. This sale proved that the market for trotting- 

 bred stock was stronger than at any time since the boom 

 days of the early nineties. On the nine days, nine hundred 

 and twenty-two horses were sold for $495,078, an average 



of $536.95- 



The Fasig-Tipton Company held one sale in 1902 



prior to the death of William B. Fasig, the dates selected 

 being January 27 to 31. A consignment of one hundred 

 and fifty-seven head from the Penn Valley Farm was the 

 feature, the bunch realizing $80,720. Oakland Baron, 

 2 109^4, sold for $15,700, and was a bargain at that figure, 

 while Director Joe, a black horse by Director, out of the 

 dam of Joe Patchen, brought $2,500, and To Arms, $2,300. 

 Of the other lots in the sale, The King sold for $1,000; 

 Axtello, $1,125; Who Is It, $1,850; Kingmond, $3,000; 

 Democracy, the half-mile track champion, $2,100; Will 

 Leyburn, $2,300; Advertiser, $5,300; Helen Fife, $1,800; 

 Carmine, $2,400; Billy Andrews, $2,000, and Wilque, 

 $1,500. Five hundred and eighty-seven head were sold 

 for $220,075 at this sa l e > and with it the curtain dropped 

 on William B. Fasig's career as a factor in the sale busi- 

 ness. During nineteen years the firms with which he was 

 connected either as proprietor, partner or manager, sold 

 fourteen thousand seven hundred and thirty-five harness 

 horses for $5,364,084, and two thousand one hundred and 

 sixty-seven thoroughbreds for $2,186,572, making a total 



