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CORRIGAN TO SELL ALL OF HIS HORSES. Lexington. Ky.. November 14. It is possible that Edward Corrigan will never race another horse. The doughty old turfman means to dispose of every thoroughbred he owns and expects that by the first of January his farm will be entirely rid of them, and that also by the beginning of the year he will have found a buyer for his place of 500 acres on the Bowmans Mill Road, near this city. At the beginning of this -week Mr. Corrigan had disposed of all his horses with the exception of the Imported stallions McGee. Marta Santa. Ormlcant and Scin-tillant II.. forty-two mares, thlrty-slx wcanllngh and something like a dozen head in training at Latonia. Mr. Corrigan issued today a catalogue of all his horses. "I propose to sell the stallions, mares aud weanlings privately and as speedily as possible." said he, "but if I find between now and the first Of December that I will be unable to get rid of them privately it Is my Intention to offer them at auction, possibly immediately following the Faslg-Tipton Companys Kentucky sale, the last week In this month. I am fond of horses and I enjoy the sport of racing, and if I had no other interests demanding my time and attention I would continue as an ownor. I would never again have so large a string as I have campaigned in the past. I think I would pick out about five or six of the best horses I could buy and with them and my wife travel from meeting to meeting. That. I think, would be an Ideal way to spend my remaining days, but I have too many irons in the firo. for that and I have come to the conclusion that unless I get rid of some of the irons they will all burn: hence my determination to part with the horses first. The farm I -will sell next." "I will retain my interest in the race tracks nt Chicago. New Orleans and Kansas City for the present at least. If I sold these holdings now. It would be necessarily at a greater sacrifice than I am making in parting with the horses and the farm. There is no absolute certainty as to racing at any of my tracks in the immediate future, but there is more than a possibility that there will be racing at New Orleans this winter and the prospect for a revival of the sport in Illinois and Missouri Is not entirely blank. The future for racing is not as dark as some would paint it. It is my belief that the crisis In the reform movement has passed and that reaction in the favor of racing has set in for a gradual upbuilding on a better basis. The time has come when the proprietary interest in race tracks shall not bo identified with the bookmaking or other form of betting on those tracks, or by interest in the ownership of any horses running on . those tracks and so the time has come for me to part with my horses." The only horse that will not be sold by Mr. Corrigan is the famous old racer and sire, Riley. Mr. Corrigan has presented him, to the Kentucky Breeding Bureau, with the understanding that he is not to be sold under any circumstances, and that he is to have a good home until he dies. Accordingly, he will ship him this week to Dr. Thomas at Bards-town, Ky., Mr. Murphy, at London. Ky., deciding that all conditions in the mountain country would not be suited to the location of the old horse there. Mr. Wheatcroft will ship from here to Los Angeles Monday a car of horses ready for racing. Including his recent purchases, Miss Sain, Elizabeth Harwood, Alma Dufour. French Cook and Wool-winder. Altogether Mr. Wheatcroft has made sixty-four nominations to the stakes to be decided in the coming winter at Santa Anita Park. The stallions and mares purchased by Mr. Wheatcroft at Colonel Youngs sale are still at McGrathiana Farm, thqlr owner having as yet made no arrangements for their location here. He very likely will take a lease on that part of the Haggln estate known as the Briar Hill Farm. If he fails to trade for this place It may be that he will go either to La Belle or Wood-burn Farm. Alma Dufour is now seven years old and in her five seasons on the turf she has established a truly Temarkable record, one that entitles her to be classified with the "Iron horses" in racing. Uo to November 1 of this year she has started in 130 races, won 41, been second 34 times and third 20 times, being unplaced only 29 times. There is little doing at the Kentucky Association course these days. There are about 100 horses at the track, but they are getting only light exercise. A. few here are going slowly In anticipation of ric-s log at either New Orleans or Hot Springs,
