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. i i 1 . . . . , I 1 ! , • ! : • I I I SEMP IS LIKE COLIN IN ONE RESPECT. Lexington, Ky.. March 11. — Semp. the two-year-old bay colt by Sempronius — -Varnish, in the stable of Colonel Milton Young at the Kentucky Associa- tion course, is known to the stable men and track habitues as Colin II. This is because of the enlargement of his right hock. He is a horse of the blocky type, and other than this enlargement is perfect in conformation. If it has ever hurt him in any way he has never given any indication of it. His action is perfect and he has considerable speed. "I do not know how that came." said Colonel Young. "I noticed it first when he was about a month old. It is my impression that he might have been kicked or tramped upon. As soon as he was broken last fall we put him through the sever - est of tests to see if the enlargement would hurt him in his running," but there was never any appa- rent discomfort from it. We ran him over the track when it was dry, wet, muddy and heavy and holding, and I made up my mind that he was worth going on with. I, of course, wouldnt mind if he were like Colin in other respects. If he could have an unbeaten record of twelve such races as has Mr. Keenes colt, I wouldnt care if he had two enlarged hocks." The fact that Gold Rose displayed such a dislike for her foal by Wadsworth that manager Driver of the Walnut Hill Farm was compelled to .ke it from her and give it to another mare to suckle lest the real mother kill It, is a most unnatural aud unusual circumstance. "The only other mare that I ever knew to display such aversion was Wary," said Mr. Driver a day or two ago. "Wary killed her first foal, and Gold Rose unquestionably would have done the same had we not taken it away. She bit at it and kicked at it whenever it came near her during all of the day of its birth, and at night I decided to give the little one to Nellie Cromwell, the daughter of Wadsworth aud Fonsie, whose foal by Governor Foraker of the day before had died. This mare received the little stranger as kindly as if it had been her own, and in direct contrast with the conduct of Gold Rose. Strangely enough, too. Gold Rose has never let out a whimper as an indication of any concern as to the whereabouts of her produce. Gold Rose will be bred back to Wadsworth and maybe next year she will feel differently about her foal, if she has one. We will not breed Nellie Cromwell this year. She is a handsome big mare, stands 10. 1 hands, and we have decided to train her for steeplechaslng. She is as sound as a dollar and a good weight carrier. She was not a success on the flaf, but I do not doubt that she will make good in croso- couaitry racing."
