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GOSSIP OF THE KENTUCKY REGION I-exiiigton. Kv. April ::. The sensation of the vvci-k :t the local track was mf by .1. II. Nidi ids when he worked Hie ivvovearold bay gelding I.v Frankfort Jane Parks three-eighths of a mile ii 30 se.-onds. Just before this trial Nichols had Offered to wager 1 to 2 lh.it In- could show the three-eighths in as good as 36 and possibly 35 seconds. Ibis gilding was bud by John W. Coleman ami was srdd in th- F.isig Tipton Companys sale here last fall for , to George Bond. About three weeks ■go Nichols r -Ills, d an offer of .K»0 for him. Jane Talks, the dam of this gelding, is by Bersan. out of Salilla dam of Lillian Belle. The Moor, Jack Wilson and Saniplei. by Buckileu. Another horse picked out of that sale last fall for a nang that is going in the direction of ready money is the tonr-year-old bay colt. Bempro. by Seniproniiis Lady Hoadley. bv Dorma. Sempra was broken and handled bv tie late Prank Jones, who. because of the speed he had shown as a yearling and as a two year old. belle wd he was going lo turn out a world beater. Seinpio. however, developed a lameness II -at iiu/.zb-d Ihe old man much in his last davs. George II. Whitney, to settle up Mr. Jones estate, sold him to Charles J. Haggiu for 0. He was limping at the time. After being turned out. Sempros feri were trimmed and he was so pitted that he would step wider in front. The lameness disappeared 81 once and there is no horse 011 ihe Kentucky Association grounds that is doing better thai this sou of Seinproiiius. Topland. the Orlando -Topsey Over coll. which is regarded by many horsemen as the star of the tvvo-v ear olds in training here and u|K u which George ■TUder last week put a price of ,000. is ailing. Dumiuick OMalleys speedy mart-. Gold Rose. _ -j foaled a bay colt by Wadsworth at T. H. Stevens Walnut Hill Farm on St. Patricks Day, This is Cold Roses second foal. Her first, also a bay colt by Wadsworth. is now a very handsome yearling. Strangely enough. Gold Rose displayed such resentment for her first foal that Fletcher Driver, fearing that she would kill it. took it from her and it was raised by the mare. Nellie Cromwell, whose foal had died the day before. Gold Rose, however, is mothering this second foal most naturally, displaying striking fondness for it. Nellie Cromwell this season has a bay filly by Oovernor Foraker. Fletcher Drivers Anyday. dam of the Kentucky Oaks candidate Kloreal. and sister to Caiman, holder of the English mile recxird. 1:834, has a chestnut fillv by Nasturtium. She will be bred to The Scribe, j. E. M addons yoiuig English sire. Rose Tree II. , the thirteen year-old daughter of Bona Vista and Fanny Itelph. by Minting, brought over from Kngland in 1002 by Edward Corrigan, and sold at his dispersal last fall to Woodford lav for 1909.sh00. is slone blind. She lost her eyesight about a inotitii ago. and the affliction was not discovered until she had fallen into a well and was dragged out with a team of horses. The fall, however, caused her no ii.jury. She is due to foal to McGee. Rosi Tree II. was a very speedy racer. She won seven races in England and eight in this country, includ lag miles in 1:38|. 1:381 and 1:3!?. Colonel Milton Youngs Teavine. dam of .T. H. Donahue, foaled a bay Ally by Cesarion last Monday night. W. II. Laiidemans young mare. Barbara Whiting. by Goodrich -Sena Royal, has a bay filly bv Teen o Day. She will be bred to McCee. II. K. Kiiapps Hastings mare. Happy, has a brown filly by Knight of the Thistle al MQlstream Stud. R. T. Wilson. Jr.s Lady Navarre has a chestnut filly by Mixican at the same farm. There are live foals at T. 0. McDowells Ashlam! larin. Miss Oiissio. the dam of Berwick, has a bay filry by Hastings. The speedy Monarka has a bav colt bv Voter. A chestnut colt by Yankee is trot ting at the side of Fnncvwood. dam of Dashawav. Countess Inn. 1. dam of Barnsdale, lias a bay filly bv Pianodea and Tenawbas latest is a chestnut hllv by The Scribe. Bracegirdle is due to foal to Voter wiihiti the next ten days. Mr. McDowell has re dacea his stud to fifteen marcs. The fattest foal reported at the St. James Stud is a chestnut filly by Nasturtium Caraona.
