Sport: Reigh Count

"I think a fellow who would pay $1,000,000 for a horse ought to have his head examined, and the fellow who turned it down must be absolutely unbalanced." So last week said John Daniel Hertz, retired Yellow Cabman. He had been offered the million by W. T. Waggoner, Texas oil & cattleman, for Reigh Count, derby winner (1928). He had turned down the offer. Reigh Count is now ready for stud although he may be raced one more season.

Second largest offer ever made for a horseĀ—$600,000 by the Aga Khan in 1926 to Sir James Rutherford, Scotch distiller, for...

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