Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1920 — RECORD PRICE FOR AN AMERICAN BRED HORSE [ARTICLE]

RECORD PRICE FOR AN AMERICAN BRED HORSE

A record price for an American Dred race horse was paid by Gifford A-Cochran of New York for Major August Belmont’s stallion, Fair Flay, sire of Man o’ War and Mad Hatter. S The apimal was apld for SIOO,-_ ' 000 in cash. The previous highest price paid for a horse bred in America was $70,000, which William a Whitney gave for ' Hamburg. ~ Thi imported racer, Rock > Sand, was sold by Major Belmont In 1912 for $150,000.