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GOSSIP PROM THE BLUE GRASS REGION Lexington Ky January 15 This was another week of inactivity at the Kentucky Association course Snow ice rain and miid precluded anything other than shed exercise The health of the horses of which there are upward of 150 In the barns is generally good The same rciwrt comes from tin farms The scventccnycarold bay mare ChifTou by Lisbon out of Cambric by Hindoo was found dead in her paddock at Irving II Wheatcrofts Oak wood Farm Tuesday morning morningJack Jack Baker this week began the organization of bis string for the campaign of 1010 He look ip Jeff Bernstein Sylvcstris and four others that have been running out at The Meadows and during the coming week will take up about a dozen more He expects to race eighteen horses this year JeJt Bernstein Is in superb winter condition conditionW W J Young has sixteen head in his barn and will take up six more within the next ten days Aliout February 1 he will ship the string to Louis ¬ ville for training at Douglas Park Dan Alorris told Superintendent Ross a day or two ago that he is thinking of going to Douglas Park to get his horses ready Trainers prefer tue Douglas Park track be ¬ cause it dries out more rapidly than the local track John Walters who will train Hal Wood fords horses will be quartered at Douglas Park The Woodford horses are now at the farm of their owner near Paris and will be taken up about February 1 1The The only foals of this year thus far reported are two fillies at E R Bradieys Idle Hour Farm They came on January 10 One is the property of Lucky Jack McGinnis and is by Frank Gill out of Run of Luck The other IwIongs to Mr Bradley and is by Marta Santa out of Sweet Alice There has been little slipping this winter and for the next ninety days foals will be coming in goodly num ¬ bers bersThe The threetime victory of Oracle the first of the jret of Delhi lias given Major Forhall A Daingor licld the manager of 1 tines Jt Keencs Castleton Stud much pleasure Major Daiugerfleld did not breed Oracle but lie bred Delhi and now has him in the stud at Castleton He has always had great faith in the son of Ben Brush and Veya NigcIIu the dam of Oracle is a daughter of Ornament and Js owned by Hal P Hcadley of Beaumont Farm Oracle was purchased from Mr lleadley privatelv by HayesSir T P Hayes Sir winners out of eight successive foals is the splendid record of A O Bianchis good California marc Lavcna C daughter of Ansel and Miss Good Jich Liiveno Cs first foal was Ravelena in 1001 and then came Kdith Vice Carl Sweeney Tawt ascuiha Heather Scott Lee Rose Gilbert Rose and Frank Ruhstaller All save Edilh Vice and Carl Sweeney both of which were by Figaro were win ners in their first year and three of them Lee Rose Gilbert Rose and Frank Ruhstaller won at the first asking Raveleua won two races as a two yearold Tawascntha six Heather Scott seven Lee Rose ten Gilbert Rose five and Frank Ruhstaller has already won two with the promise of more moreJockey Jockey Lucien Lyuu is bobsledding in Switzerland this winter Lyne has signed to ride again this year RibancourtiJohn in Belgium for Count Ribancourti John E Madden and iiis sons Edward and Joseph are still at Hamburg Place PlaceJ J L McGinnis en route from New York to West Baden stopped over hen today to have a look at his filly by Frank Gill Run of Luck the first foul of the year at E R Bradieys Idle Hour Farm
