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Show SCH SELLS GREAT CUBGELjOR Wll CastofF Colt Develops Into Wonderful 3-year-old; Promising Future. Special to The Tribune. EOriSYlELE. Ky, Dec. 15. The sale lot Cudgel, tiie grand 3-year-old son of j Broomstick Eugenia Burch. the property I of John W. Schorr, the Memphis turf- man, for the reputed price of $30,000 does 1 not come as a surprise to the turf world, j as Mr. Schorr has been asked repeatedly I to set a price on his great colt. H. G. Bedwell, representing Captain J. ! K. E. Ross;, the Canadian millionaire, for , whom he has been training the past season, sea-son, closed the deal here and immediately 'shipped the great colt to Eaurel, Md., to I Join the rest of the Ross stable, j Negotiations for the sale of Cudgel had 1 been going on for months a nd Schorr j had always been firm in his determina-I determina-I tion not to sell for less than the price he brought. Several offers of ?L'5,000. including in-cluding one from his son. John F. Schorr, who is now training for E. B. McLean, the Washington millionaire, were refused. re-fused. 'Die price that Schorr received for Cudgel is the largest amount paid for an American -bred horse during the present year. Cudgel, the "iron horse," as ha is often called, was perhaps more notewori hy tor the form he showed in races that lie lost than for his winning efforts. With 5,630 to his credit, he si 00 d tenth in the list of money-winning thoroughbreds in the season just closed" II was his running against older horses that stamped him as one of the most brilliant -year-olds of the season. The suggestion was made time and again that the Schorr colt should be matched with Omar Khayyam Khay-yam and Hour-less, for there if a host of horsemen who believe tha t Cudgel is the equal of the two crack thoroughbreds, but the race was never arranged. In all probability Cudgc! will have the opportunity opportu-nity of meetin.tr these, cracks next season, now that he will be campaigned by Captain Cap-tain Boss. Cudgel is a discard of the Harry Payne Whitney, barn, having been pun-based by Schorr when a 2-yenr-old from Jimmy Rowe, who handles ihe horses for that stable. The horse was purchased at Saratoga Sar-atoga for a price said to have been Mi0. As a juvenile Cudgel pave no indication indica-tion Of being the wonderful hnrso be now is. Out of twelve slarts he hh nrst five times. He struck his stride it- his 3-year-old form and astonlsherj ihe turf n'orld with hia wonderful hurst of speed. His greatest performance of the year, although al-though defeated, was in his last start a t Eatonia. Left at the post, ''u.l! cH away twelve leut'is behind his held and finished second lo Rancher Aitm-i. rinck-erp rinck-erp v. ho took 1 he lime ay 1 ha t Cudgel ran the mile in !:.';" the mosi re markable time made in years. His recotd follows: 19li A cp. 2 years: starts. 12: hrsl. .",: second, 2. third. 1 : unpiJ. -( ; wti. S'ld.n;, . lf'17 Ape, .;; stMrts. 19: first, in; second, 4 ; third. 3 : unpd.. 1 ; won, ; 1 ,t;::u. |