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: , . . i . 1 J a a a , ENDURANCE BY BIGHT. "Another annoying error in the American Btud Book was disclosed last week when an agont of William C. Whitney opened negotiations with Milton Young, of McGrathiana Stud, for the purchase of Early Morn, the dam of the great fllly Endurance by Bight. It is said that an offer of ,500 for the mare was made to Colonel Young, and that he accopted it, but when the papers were about to be made out for the sale it waB found that Early Morn is described in the American Stud Book as being a chestnut mare, while in reality her color iB bay," says a Cincinnati newspaper. "Early Morn was bred by B. Botterill, was foaled in 1886, and was imported from England in 1893 by Colonel B. North, and from him Bhe passed to the Belle Meade Stud, in Tennessee. She waB bred to Inspector B. in the spring of 1898, and in October of that year was put in a weeding-out sale by General Jackson, and waB purchased by John B. Etring, of the Will-: amette Stud. Mr. Swing took her to Lexington, Ey., along with a number of other mares, and put her in a sale at Horsemans Head-: quarters in .December. There she was bought by Milton Young for something like 0, and sent to McGrathiana Stud, where in the spring of 1899 she foaled a bay filly. This filly was purchased by Colonel W. 8. Barnes, of the Melbourne Stud, for 00, named Endurance by Bight, and sent along with a big string of youngsters to Memphis in the early spring of 1900 to be trained. There she was observed by John W. Schorr, whe paid Colonel Barnes ,500 for her racing qualities. That the purchase was a splendid investment for the Memphis brewer every one is aware. He finally bought her out-: right from Colonel Barnes during the Saratoga meeting, and recently sold her for 5,000 to Mr. Whitney. "In the English stud book Early Morn is registered under her dam, Late Nights, as being a bay filly by Silvester, and likewise in the English racing calendar she is described as a bay filly. "Colonel Young has sent an agent to the Customs House in New York for a duplicate of the papers of importation.Hn which the mare is fully described, and when this is obtained the jockey club, which is now in control of the American Btud book, will be asked to correct the error, and the probabilities are that the dam of the great filly will pass into tha hands of Mr. Whitney. "Early Morn is now in foal to Woolsthorp, jointly owned by Milton Young and C. F. Mc-., Meekin, and standing at McGrathiana stud, "Lately there has been some. discussion as to whether Endurance by Bight will train on, and how much may be expected of her in her three-year-old form. The races of her dam on the English turf, particularly on the occasion when she galloped away from a big field and won handily at a distance of a mile and a half when a three-year-old, form a good basis for the argu- ment that she will stand well up with the throe-year-olds of 1902."
