SALE OF SOLARIO

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 4

SALE OF SOLARIO

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The sUliiou Solarip was submitted toi auction, in. England last Monday,. and a cablegram .stated.-that he was bought'by) Lord Glanely, acting-on-behalf o£ a small syndieat6,' ior1 47;000 guineas. It was a! condition 'of the' sale that the horsemjist! not, leayeV.England until July,' 1033,"5ub-i scriptdons; for "hisl.feeryjce having been accepted* for that year.\ It was computed that the sum coming to the new owner in the shape of. fees for .the. 1933 season would amount to £19,425, and that fact served- to investithersum .that the.horse would realise withispecial interest, r According to j "Phaeton," Sblario now figures -third in- the .list .-'of high-priced horses, which stands as follows:— Call Boy, by Hurry. On^Comedienne 60,000 Tracery, .by Rock Sand—Topiary. .. 53,000 501ari0,,... by Gainsborough—Sun "Worship, :;r.i z. 1.:.: 49,350 Prince ■Palatine,; by. Persimmon — Lady liightfoot : 40,000 Flying Fox, by Orme—Vampire .. 39,375 Diamond Jubilee,. by St. Sinion— Perdita" 31,500 Cyllene, by Bona" Vista—Arcadia .. 31,500 Ormonde, by Bend Or—Lily Agnes 31,250 The Aga Khan, was credited with once offering £100,000 for Solario, an overture that was declined by the late Sir John Rutherford, who owned the horse.