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BRIEN DISCUSSES KERCHEVAL. R. C. r.rien. r Na-nville. Tenn.. the breeder and part owner of KenHieval. whk-h in the bands of trainer and part owner W. V. Coaraa won the Burns Handicap and again shewed his heels to Ncalon in the mile eaadieaa at Oakland. Wednesday, was at Oakland to see the COlfS victory in the big race last Saturday. Mr. Brien was for many years secretary to General W. II. Jackson and had much to do with the management of Polle Meade Stud in the last days of the Generals life. It was through this connection that be became iilentitied with racfasg and after the dearth of General Jackson anil his son and the passing of Belle Meade as a breeding establishment llr. Brien engaged in breeding an his own account. Many of !he borSCa raced |asj year and the year before by Stanley Kunz mine to the Chicagoan through Mr. Brien. The San Fian-eiaco Chronicle of Sunday tells of Mr. Briens vKit to Oakland and quotes him as follows as to Ker-ehcval and the race: "I just thought I would come along and see my boras race,** sid he simply. "Yes. its n long Way tress here to Tennessee, and I am going back tomorrow night win or lose. Hut you see this iiilt of mine beat Dr. Leggo twice and the more 1 thought of thai and the weight lie had to carry the lucre I thought it was up to me to pack a valise and come along. Hes a good colt. I dont know haw much speed the others have, but I know be will be running at the finish. Hes bred that way. "Now they give my horses breeding as by The Commoner or Tithoniis. hut yen can bet all you have in the world that the latter horse is his father. Tom Bey, his mother was twenty-five years old when he was ln rn. She is dead. now. I bough; her at s wee ding out sale that the Geaeral held. She goes right back to old iainini. Thats baa I know thai this colt will stay. Its that ess Hickory strata of Hood. You cant beat it in any country in the world." Geaeral Jackson thought as much, and mayU-more, of lamina as of any racer be ever owned. He used to say of her and her progeny: "They eaa breed till the day of judgment, but that blood cannot be duplicated. They will stay when the rest are ready to hang their hides on the fence."
