Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1904 — Noted Horse Sold for $70,000. [ARTICLE]

Noted Horse Sold for $70,000.

One of the largest sums ever paid for a horse in this country was that given by Harry Payne Whitney at the sale of the stable of his late father, William C. Whitney, in Madison Square Garden, New York, Monday night. The price was 170,000, and the horse was ths noted stallion Hamburg. James It. Keene, the famous horseman and Wall street operator, wns Whitney’s only competitor in the bidding, he offering $60,000.