Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1916 — Paid $5,600 for a Colt. [ARTICLE]

Paid $5,600 for a Colt.

Those who had the mistaken idea that the day of the horse is passing must have received a rather severe jolt when Walter Cox paid no less than $5,600 for an undeveloped yearling of standard-bred trotting blood. While "higher prices have been obtained for yearlings in other days, there has always been a record attached to the natural breeding attractions of the youngster in question. In this case, however, St. Frusquin, a son of the noted San Francisco-Melisande, has never been -driven against tin*, and thus the price establishes a new record on the sales market. It seems rather a pity thaf the name St. Frusquin should have been chosen for such a promising colt. It will inevitably be confused, possibly at a disadvantage, with the great running horse St. Frusquin—owned by Leopold de Rothschild —which was the winner of the classic 2,000 guineas and was beaten only by the sensational Persimmon, then owned by the prince of Wales, in the derby of 1896. —The Spur.