Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-16 | Page 3 | Greeted with Cheers

a Im S Calls Forth Demonstration of While on New York Feb crowd that thronged Madison Square garden about the time the tho horses were to be Put on sale was enormous Before Defore El EI Elfrida frida the first of the consignment was brought out the band struck up Auld Lang Syne and Maud laud S the turf turC queen was sent around the track on exhibition She was greeted with cheers and the big crowd stood their seats and waved their hilts hats ald hand handkerchiefs kerchiefs In the air Pray Tell was the first of at the con on to be sold The bidding was rapid but at t no time exciting Me He was started nt at 1000 And rallied raised by thou thousands sands to The bids tram from then un iii the sellin selling price was reached climbed by hundreds When n Robert Runner purchased lra Pray Tell he for tor him The bidding on Sunol vaS as slower than ibm that on the gelding Two thousand Ova five hundred was bid and lib she stood nt at that figure for tor sonic time It was Willi finally raised to by degrees and another balk came Mr Shults then bid the even een 1000 and got