| Show ONt HORSE THAT CAME HIGH COLT HAMBURG SOLD TOR SIXTY THOUSAND I 1 Horsemen of the Blue Grass State J Think That ExSecretary Whitney Is the Purchaser Louisville Ivy Dec nBilly Lakeland Lake-land the celebrated trainer this morning morn-ing closed a deal for Hamburg John I Maddens great 2yearold b c by HanoverLady Reel and the colt will I in the future carry the colors of W T Powers a wealthy New Yorker Lakeland t Lake-land declined to state the price paid It is understood from authentic sources I however that it was 60000 the biggest price ever paid for a thoroughbred i with the exception of St Blaise who brought 1100000 Lakeland and Madden Mad-den went to Chut chill Downs today and looked Hamburg over and the trainer I expressed himself as being well pleased I with his purchase Mr W T Powers to whom the great colt Hamburg is ostensibly sold is I well known in sporting circles in New York being the agent of a number of I rich turfmen who have him look after their interests and take charge of any I deals that may come up While his I name is given as the new owner of L Hamburg it is not believed that the colt was purchased for himself but i merely acting as an agent for one of I the rich racing men of the east The i telegrams from Lexington indicate that the horsemen of the Blue Grass I state think exSecretary of the Navy W C Vhitney is the real purchaser I though on this point Mr Lakeland declines de-clines to talk Some think that the I Keenes are the interested parties but the leading horsemen of the state are of the opinion that exSecretary Whitney Whit-ney who has thus startled the turf I world by paying for a 2yearold more than any other thoroughbred save St II Blaise ever brought is the purchaser Hamburgs sale recalls the killing that was made on his first victory in I the east last summer when he opened at 10 and 15 to 1 at the track The i betting ring was deluged with money and the odds were cut ina short time But while the excitement was at its height at the track the agents of the j interested parties all over the country i I were not idle and every pool room east of the Rockies was touched up for i large sums In Louisville it is estimated I esti-mated that from 20000 to 25000 was I I cleaned up and it is said even a Iqrger I sum was taken from the rooms at Cincinnati Cin-cinnati It was one of the most skil I fully worked coups in the history of I the turf and while many knew there I was a fast 2yearold in the Madden I string no one knew just which one it i was and consequently when he was entered in his maiden race with Previous Pre-vious and a number of other good ones he was thought to be entirely outclassed out-classed Cincinnati 0 Dec 11 Hamburg is 1 a brown colt by HanoverLady Reel the latter by Mannie Gray the dam of j Domino Correction and other noted racers His career has been a sensational sensa-tional one many horsemen considering him the colt of the century He is liberally entered in all the rich western Derbies John F Madden bought him as a yearling He repeatedly refused offers of 25000 for him The late Hon I Charles Fleischmann is said to have offered that sum for the great colt |
