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jnelDoiifflB Stud StudThe The Melbourne Stud leads all breeding estab ¬ lishments in this country in producing annually strictly high type firstclass race horses as evi ¬ denced by the fact that Handspring the cham ¬ pion 3yearold of his year was the first foal dropped at Melbourne as well as Prince of Melbourne acknowledged champion 3yearold and Bean Gallant king of the 2yearolds both of 1900 Tho 1900Tho Melbourne Stud has probably bred to more stallions owned by other breeders in the last five or six years than all tho large breeders in Kentucky combined and last year in addi ¬ tion to breeding its matrons now comprising aoventyflve beautifully bred young mares sired by the remarkable number of fifty leading sires to the Melbourne stallions Prince of Monaco Jim Goro and Rainbow they were bred to the following firstclass sires Salvator imp Order Requital Blazes Tammany Onon OnonJ J TT J O D nK Z TmAUnVn imp Wagner Wadsworth Bolvidere imp De Bonavoir and Ornament OrnamentAnnual Annual yearling sale at public auction held in New York June 1901 1901It It is the firm belief of Mr Barnes that strictly highclass race horses cannot bo bred as suc ¬ cessfully when banded together in large num ¬ bers on one place as if separated and it has boon his policy for years to have his horses kept on different farms and at the present time his matrons aro located on no loss than six different places and tho yearlings on three different places all near Melbourne on differ ¬ ent farms miles apart Mr Barnes claims that for years Melbourne has been kept the cleanest and therefore the healthiest largo thorough ¬ bred farm in Kentucky KentuckyTho Tho Melbourne Stud comprising over SOO acres of as fine bluegrass land as thero is in Kentucky is located one milo from Lexington ono milo and onehalf from Nursery two miles from McGrathiana fivo miles from Castleton five miles from Elmendorf four of tho largest breeding KentuckyVisitors establishments in Kentucky Visitors aro at all times welcome W S BARNES Proprietor Lexington Ky
