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ELMEND0RF STUD TO BE DISPERSED. J. B. Haggin Planning to Abandon the Breeding of Thoroughbreds. Lexington. Kv.. MjlV.y_a=ria4ucs B. Haggin. aftet pending a week a tTfliriJnlTorf Kami, l.rt yesterday for Now York. Tuesday John Maekey will leave for New York with a big consignment of thoroaadi bred mares and a few stallions. Tliev are destined for the rgeiitinc Republic and will take boat al New York immediately ui».n their arrival in thai city. All the mares are barren, their mating with siallion. having been inteiitionallv deferred until their arrival In the Argentine, where the breeding s. iison begins aiMiui September 1. About the middle of June a big consignment of yearlings will lie sent to l-ugl.ind from Klmendorf and biter along there will be another lot going to the sales in New York. It is Mr. Haggins expressed intention to disperse Kliiieii.lorf Stud of thoroughbreds, and he is doing so as speedily as possible. Within two years from now. mile- . be changes his mind, there will not be a thoroughbred on the place other than some such favorite, a. Sal vat or and Hamburg Belle, which will be k"Pt there chiefly to look at. Klmendorf is to lie chiefly devoted to dairy and agricultural pursuits ill the I lit lire. A herd of over 100 Jerseys are being iiiill.e.l there daily and the erection of another big building for dairy purposes has been begun. About :;im acres is being pbvnted to tobacco this year. There to a big Bock of line nheea on the farm. All tliis means the passing of one of the grandest breeding farms in the world.
