BLOOD STOCK SALE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 83, 26 March 1929, Page 3

BLOOD STOCK SALE

100 GUINEAS TOP PRICE.

A sale of thoroughbred brood mares and foals was conducted by Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., at Palmerston North on Thursday morning, on account of Mr. J. P. Thorpe, of Awapuni, and Captain Gage Williams, of Trentham. The first-named offered six lots, and only one failed to change hands, although in that instance there is a prospect of a private sale being effected following upon an inspection by the intending purchaser’s trainer. While there was a good bench of interested onlookers, bidding was somewhat dull throughout, and 100 guineas, for Ania, the half-sister to Wednesday’s Gold Cup winner, Ilapier, was the top price recorded, it being interesting to note that the purchaser was Mr. G. G. Holmes, of Christchurch, the owner of Rapier.

The complete list disposed of was as under:—

Bay mare Pleasure (Merry Moment —Heather Lee), with filly foal at foot, by Acre, and in foal to Acre, to Mr. H. Palmer, of Otaki, at 65 gns.

Brown mare Your Queen (Our King—Lady Ainslie), with foal at foot to Gasbag, and in foal to Gasbag. to Mr. B. Burgess, Masterton, at 2!gns. Chestnut mare Starveldt (Rooseveldt—dam. full-sister to Huatere), with foal at foot by Acre, and in foal to Acre, to Mr. H. R. Peacock, oi Waipukurau, at 56gns. Brown mare Great Effort (Provocation—Effort), in foal to Acre, to Mr. J. O'Donnell, Bunnythorpe, at 3tgns. Bay mare by All Red—Esk Maid, by Vladimir—Elk. with foal at foot by Gasbag, to Mr. A. P. Easton, of Foxton. at 75gns. Chestnut mare Ania (Solferino — Anitea), with filly foal at foot by Sky Blue and in foal to Leighton, Mr. G. G. Holmes, of Christchurch, at lOOgns. This entry, a half-sister to Rapier, was offered on behalf of Captain Gage Williams. The bay mare Taupiko, by Woolawa—Mere Mere (San Fran—Maude) with foal at foot by Gasbag and in foal to the same sire was passed in at 25gns, the reserve being 40gns. In this instance private overtures are being made, otherwise the complete catalogue was disposed of.