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93. Ethan Allen and Driver Dan Mace  Maretta Kennedy

Shows the first 2:30 trotter and his famed trainer-driver, the first "Wizard of the Reins," from the height of their careers in the 1850s.  Beautiful in concept and detail, this 21.5 inch long, 14 inch high bronze is #4 of an edition of 5 created by Maretta Kennedy, a gifted Kansas sculptress.  All but one of the small edition were purchased by Harness Tracks of America.  One of the finest American bronzes ever cast of a trotter.

SOLD - $11,000

If you can't win them, here's your chance to get both a coveted bronze O'Brien Award and a beautiful silver Meadowlands Pace Trophy.  Stun your friends.

Numbers 96-107, Treasures from the Estate of Stanley Dancer

94. O'Brien Award

Won by Peaceful Way as Canada's champion 2-year-old trotting filly in 2003, when she won 8 of 10 races and $733,726.  Bronze statue on wood base, 13.5 inches tall.

SOLD - $1,300

95. Meadowlands Pace Silver Trophy

Won by David's Pass for his victory in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace final on July 15, 1995.  19.5 inches tall.

SOLD - $3,800

96. Sheffield Silver Urn, c. 1800

Originally owned by Lord Bedale of Hull, Yorkshire, this 200-year-old superb Sheffield silver urn was presented by track president Ernest Morris to Stanley Dancer after the money-winning champion Su Mac Lad won the Centennial Invitational Trot at Saratoga Raceway in 1963.  It is 14 inches tall by 16 inches handle to handle.

SOLD - $2,800

97. Large Silver Serving Platter

26 x 16, engraved "Canny Scott, Gorham Raceway, July 11, 1958."  An early Dancer memento, in mint condition.

SOLD - $300

98. Wedgewood Crystal Decanter & 4 Whiskey Glasses on a Wooden Server

Presented at a March of Dimes Sports Award banquet on November 16, 1992.  Mint, save for a flaw on the metal plaque.

SOLD - $350

99. C.L. Guinand Swiss Stopwatch

Engraved by Stanley Dancer, presented by him as a Christmas gift to his longtime second trainer Dick Baker, then returned to Stanley and used by him after Baker's death.  Engraving reads: "Dick Baker 12-25-67 S. Dancer."

SOLD - $2,300

100. Pencil Sketch of Stanley Dancer

23 x 20, unsigned.  Attached is a copy of a news clipping from Yonkers Raceway and an 8 x 10 photo of the pose taken when Stanley was 23.

SOLD - $150

101. Albatross

Richard Stone Reeves

Oil, 26 x 24.  A superb, beautiful oil painting of the great horse, a commissioned work by the world famous equine artist, whose personal orders started at $20,000 and went upwards from there.  In a museum frame.

SOLD - $15,000

102. Keystone Ore

Richard Stone Reeves

Oil, 20 x 16.  Another commissioned Reeves oil painting, this of one of Dancer's favorite pacers.  Stanley and his brother Vernon often referred to Keystone Ore as "the perfect race horse."  Ultra consistent, he won 28 of 45 races and finished first, second or third in 43 of them, out of the money only twice in his career.

SOLD - $6,000

103. Stanley's Florida Barn

Phil Berkeley

Watercolor, 36 x 30 framed.  Signed by Dancer lower right, but he was not the artist.  Believed to be by Philip Berkeley, and signature may be under mat.

SOLD - $450

104. Conversation Seat

Authentic acrylic tickets from Roosevelt, Hazel Trots, Churchill Downs, Calder, Atlantic City encased in this unique seat.

SOLD - $500

105. Stanley's Winter Racing Silks  & White Driving Pants

Includes removable fur collar.  3M Thinsulate.

SOLD - $350

106. Print Sheet of First Edition of Harness Horse Youth Foundation "Harness Heroes"

25 x 38, signed by Dancer, and unframed so other top drivers racing at Red Mile on Kentucky Futurity Day also can autograph.

SOLD - $300