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SCORPION DIES IN KENTUCKY. I ■ ■ eai l l st illi.n l si . Si iihni AuemuM l»j Lord ■ lifden, died • fen days ago st the m Messrs. Fisher ft Girens, near 1 *;• i l ill--. Kv. Sem-pion was bred In England by R. B. Brett and :t- brought to this country as a ire-yea r-old li 1882. He was no great shakes raeeb i In England, bal be did fairly well as a sire ever here, lie won three selling races sa :i two-yeai ok] and. changed hands alter each rietory. lie vs. is in--1 Btarted aa the property of Warren de la Roe and was raced by bias until be scored his ins- i- ■eketv. November 8 1889. i Grees bid liiiu up to 50 and gol him. He next sroa in the name at J. Jewltt, Noretnbei 12. and .1. T. Clifton took him for ,000, and after ..is victor] November 21 C. Lund bid biiu np sad boenrht him tins.-.1 He started II ee nme- as ■ three-year-old and his nut in the ntooey. That ended bis racing eer. ScorpkHi was the aire of John i*erkes,, Larkapar, Excitement, Scortic, Joe Ross, Scornful. S:iin Lyons, Judge Bedwine and many other iiseiul racehorses
