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EDWARD CORRIGAN TO SELL HIS HORSES Will Close Out His Big Breeding Farm as Well as Dispose of His Racers in Training Lexington Ky May 22 Edward Corrigan has made up bis mind to sell every thoroughbred horse be owns and has instructed a local compiler to have printed for him a catalogue of the four stallions seventyfour marcH and fortyodd foals at bis 500 aciv farm near this citv It is his intention to sell his fortvtwo yearlings at Sliecpshrad Bay this year The horses in training numbering something like sixty liead he has already begun to sell privately All told Mr Corrigan owns about 230 thorough ¬ breds His stallions are the imported horses Marta Santa McGco Scintillant II and Ormieaut Among the mares then are nine daughters of Longfellow eight daughters of Darebin seven daughters of Ar ¬ tillery eight by Riiey six by Brantomu four by Order Unco by Meddler and three by Midlothian The oldest mare on the farm is Lucerne the twenty twoyearold sister to Riley by Longfellow Geneva by War Dimee There are also two other full sis lers to Itllev La Pomona and Eugenia HI Helter Skelter dufn of Iliirly Burly and she the dam of Burgomaster is also numbered among the mares and being twentyone is the second oldest on the farm The superb race mare The Lady is like ¬ wise a memlKr of the harem Her first foal Is now a twoyearold by Seintillant II He Is considered a good racing prospect though not so good as Marine the son of Marta Santa and Lute the half sister to Golden Rule Mr Corrigan says this last named colt is not only the best twoyearold in his barn but the best horse of his age be lias seen in many a long year yearThere There is not a chance that Cottontown will be a starter in the Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend June 1 and it Is extremely doubtful if be will race at all again He has been in training at the local track for the past foven or eight weeks and seemed to lie doing well until he pulled up limping after a canter Monday morning Trainer Frank Grosche however says Cottontown struck himself in his work and he is optimistic enough to believe that his efforts with the liveyearold son of Captain Sigsbee Lauretta Burke will not count for nought Other trainers though are of the opinion that when he is asked the crucial question over a hard fast track Cottontown will go to nodding If bo does that will mean bis permanent retirement He has already been to tin stud having served a few mares at P J Milletts farm in Bourbon County this spring The Miliett string is not going directly east from here The horses will first be raced at La ton la Since tho death of Frank A Tones John Rodo gap has been handling Orison the fiveyearold son of Hamburg Vespers for James B Brady and there is a prospect that the eastern turfman will yet realize something in a racing way from this beau ¬ tifully bred horse that lias hitherto been a disap ¬ pointment Orison was highly tried as a yearling and was given a slow preparation for his twoyear old debut at Saratoga in 1003 There he started twice and ran unplaced Itoth times He broke a bono in his left fore ankle the second and last time out He was sent down to George II Whitneys farm for a good long rest and last winter was taken up br Mr Jones A few days before his death this noted old trainer was telling some of his friends here that the horse was going soundly and that lie Iwlleved he would do for a campaign in tin cast but He never bad a chance to try him out thoroughly After Mr Jones death trainer Matt Alleji wired Jolm Rodegap to take over the horse trv him out and if be would do to race send him on to New York if not to send him back to the Whitney farm Mr Rodegap sent him three eighths in thirtyeight seconds and be pulled up perfectly sound Then ho gave him n half in fifty 11 ye seconds and again be pulled up pound That was on Saturday He had expected him to go a half at top speed Monday morning but the rain Interfered with his plans Tuesday there was an ¬ other heavy downftour arid it will not be possible to have the trial before the middle of the coining week Watertight which was taken up along with Orison lias been sent back to the farm and is in permanent retirement I have changed my mind about the Paris mn tuels I am now of the opinion that they have come back to stay said E Graves the local book ¬ makerowner after a sojourn at Louisville Before the Louisville meeting opened and even through tho first weektof it I was sure that the machines would fail to satisfy the public I am now convinced however that the people want them Latonias management Will mnke no mistake in following the lead of JoiiisvIIIe but there is one fault that must be corrected At Louisville the association Is tak too much in the way of what is called the breaks the odd cents To Illustrate what I mean take the race of Elizabeth Harwood May 15 The mutuels figured 799 and the Association paid 790 keeping nine cents on every straight ticket sold on the winner in addition to th live per cent commission The correct pay In this instance would have been 8 If it had figured 797 the association would have paid 793 But they do not even pay nickels They cut it to tens It isnt fair fairHal Hal P Ileadley the master of Beaumont and La Belie Studs who was stricken with apoplexy while traveling in Mexico last February Is gradu ¬ ally regaining his health For the past ten days he has been out for n drive In his carriage each afternoon His physicians arc now sanguine of his complete recovery All of Mr Ileadleys business affairs have been taken over by his nineteenyear old son Price Hoadley This young man was in school at Princeton when his father fell ill He went to Mexico brought his father home and look up the reins of the business office with the confi ¬ dence of a veteran Ho is steady and sensible and is bound to make good
