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LEIGHS LEIGH FAILURE AS A BREEDER BREEDERH BREEDER H Eugene Leigh is at St Louis for the pur pour ¬ pose of transferring the body of his father to the family vault an act characteristic of the virile turfman Truman In a talk with Mr R D Collins of the Republic DAILY RACING FORMS corre core ¬ spondent sodden Leigh said My experience as a breeder cost me 200000 The farm brought about what I paid for it minus the 40000 worth of improvements which I made Hard times bad luck and my own unfamiliarity with the business brought about my downfall as a breeder Bramble was the only moneymaking stal stale ¬ lion I had I lost 30 of his stud colts in five years This represented a loss of 60 000 in view of the fact that six Bramble weanlings realized over 12000 at the recent Lexington sale The youngster that Pat Dunne paid over 5000 for is in my estima estimate ¬ tion ion the best colt I ever bred Barring acci acc ¬ dents I look for him to develop into a grand race horse This colt is out of Lady Wayward the dam of Carlsbad an American Derby win ¬ ner near William C Whitney will probably have an extensive stable next season He is the prob probe ¬ able buyer of Hamburg
