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I ; . . : : : I . , I i I , 1 t I j . l i hi I in i : " b it v DONNA A BARGAIN FOR SCHREIBER. . History of the Dauqhter of Donovan That Is » to Go to Woodlands Farm. Mm h of the success that Barney Schreibcr has had ! and is having in racing the horses produced at his Woodlands Kami in Missouri Is due to the fact . that he is always on the alert for well bred young : aufrea likely to become gbed producers. Witii his I liookinakiiig and the maintenance of racing stables I al all of the tracks. Mr. Schreilier is an extremely i busy man. but he never neglects the farm for these | other things and he devotes as much time as he ■ an spare to the study of pedigrees. Thus he , annually picks up several tillies which eventually bi come nieinliers of his band of matrons, and he ■ usually gets tlietii cheap. It is doubtful, however. . if be ever got such a bargain as he has in Detune* i for Donna is not only exquisitely bred, but she lias already returned Mr. atehreeber a handsome profit 1 on his investment. Deaaaa is now a four-year-old and has illustrious ; ] kin on both sides of the Atlantic. She was bred in England, but was foaled in America. Her sire is , Donovan, winner of the Derby in England in !■ , , and she is the only daughter of that great horse I lacing in this country at the present time and one , Of the very few of his get on this side of the Atlantic ocean. Her dam is Meta. by Onondaga, out 1 of Una. by War Dance. Meta was bred by Milton Young and was raced for two seasons — as a two- ] year-old in 1888 by William MoC.uigaii ami as a IbuatdJ lit old in 1SS9 by Eugene Leigh. She was a winner lioth seasons. In the spring of lsfto she , was retired to the stud of J. V. Shipp at Midway. , Ky. It was there that she produced Sunny Slope. , the good race mare for which Mr. Shipps farm is Bear named. From Mr. Shipp she passed to W. I. , Norton.* of Hopkiusville. Ky.. and she gave to the , turf the good horses Austin. Kentucky and Chetah a ., dam of Charles Flwood. winner of the Brighton «, Derby in 1808. From Mr. Norton Meta passed to Y. C. Whitney, who bred her to Lis ak at La Belle ., Stud in Kentucky in the spring of 1900 and took her ] to England in the fall of that year. The following ■ spring she dropped a bay lilly as the result of that | mating and it was named Metaline. As a two-year- _ old in August. 1MB, Metaline won the Colwiek Park , Selling Plate of fBN the first crack out of the BOX a L for Mr. Whitney anil when she was brought back to the stand and bid up to 7.".. he let her go. . After foaling Metaline. Meta was bred to Yelas-i|itez and in the spring of IMS came a brown eolt which was mimed Olivares and which Mr. Whitney . sold as a yearling for $ il. He was also a winner s in England. In the spring of IMS Meta was bred to Donovan and was brought back to this country in the fall of that year. She was sent to La Belle Stud and there in the spring of HM, she foaled . Donna. In the early part of 1904, Mr. Whitney pasaed away and his breeding establishment was sold by auction in the fall of that year. The yearlings . were Bold in September and the Bares and stallions in October. At the sale of the yearlings Donna be-caaae the property of the Quughairea stable, otherwise Thomas Clyde and his brother, the litter BOa deceased, for .1imi. and at tiie sale of the mares. Meta. which had been bred to Yankee, was sold to Klhott c. Cowdin for ,100. In the spring of l:«r.. Meta foaled a chestnut lilly as the result of the union wilh Yankee. It was sold last tall as a .Mailing to 8. D. Wilson for f20§ and will race .I neater the name of Metaphor. Donate carried the Ooughacrcs Stables colors to five times as a two-year-old in I9K, but was not ■nee ill the nionev. Last year she stalled fifteen nines, won twice, was second four times, third once and unplaced eight times, earning fl.tWi Al i Weston took her. along with others of the Clyde rses. to New Orleans and started her four times N January. Sin. won one race, was third once and ■ twice unplaced for him. It was decided to get " rid of her. She was pat in a paddock sale Febru- s ary 2, and sold to Bohert Wahtea for "i0. She , " carried the Waldcn colors twke. liuisliing third •ii. By this time Barney Schreibcr had seen t " is the report of her sale for |f9n , ami he wired from sl San Franctaco to Billy Kirwan at New Orleans to ]1 in buy her from YValdin. Kirwan got her for JM9 . was Mr. Schreibers intention to send her forth- * a with to Woodlands Farm, but after Kirwan had [ galloped Dec a time or two lie saw that she was a ■ do IihiI willi Which some feed money might lie picked up. so he decided to race her. The results have been surprising to everyone, to even the trainer. She has won four races and finished second twice " and third once the race of yesterday . in the n short time Mr. Schreilier has owned her and she , X has brought him. SI. "10 in prize money, a profit of ■ " not .1 lo. She has shown that she possesses speed, is game and would undoubtedly go a route, but " probably not with great weight up. On the whole ll: she will make a most desirable broodmare. ■" ,.i
