Show EXPENSIVE HO horseflesh au an article recently appeared in these columns in relation to the great horse OB 08 lately purchased by W 0 OB ab M ac donough of california for princely as ae this sum bum was wae ana reckless reck leee as many thought the pur it seems the limit of valuation la in the me caie was not dot reached and there are others who are more prodigal in the matter of horseflesh expenditure than wa mr macdonough Mae donough an english syndicate offered him fifty per cent advance on the price paid for his big bar bargain gaID this means in baeb and it was refused As with some great human sires of great human songs sons Or progeny reflect increased inore aeed abnor upon him bim orme is one of these and english breeders bleeders bre eders are beginning to find out that the son BOH of ben dor and lady agnes is destined to be one of the greatest it if not the greatest sire ever bred in england the realization of this fact prompted the english syndicate to make this offer they were loth that ormonde should again be taken from En glands shore sires of race horses like orme are scarce but england En glands Is lops lope is Cali fornias gain for it is said to be extremely doubtful if mr macdonough Mao donough would be tempted to part with ormonde for this may seem to be an exaggeration ag to many but a man who would refuse in gold coin for a horse to is just as liable to refuse twice the amount in this connection the following list of the highest priced hones boron in the world will be of interest ormonde lit ht blaize arlon arion axtell antedeo 56 55 bell boy and stamboul all the above are trotting stallions allious st except ormonde and st bt blaize |