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HILDEETH EEGEETS HAVING SOLD UNCLE UNCLENew New York March 25 S C Hildreth now regrets that he sold Uncle to Charles Kohler last fall as he thinks the horse could bo trained and raced I had Uncle ready for the races at Saratoga last summer he said yesterday but an accident pre ¬ vented me from getting him to the post In play ¬ ing about on the track one day after working half a mile in 4 Ji he reared and bringing his feet to ¬ gether struck one of his ankles and became lame I do not believe there is a thing the matter with Uncle now and if I had him in the Carter Handicap I would try to get him ready for it Uncle was unquestionably the fastest horse I ever saddled How far he would go I do not know but neither Fitz Herbert nor King James could outrun him When he went out on the track at Saratoga last summer and turned that half in 4Gi I told the boy on his back on no account to let him go a half In better than 4S But Uncle wanted to run and run he did I did riot realize how fast he was going until I looked at my watch He ran so easily one would have thought he was loping along at a two minute clip The day lie broke down a year ago last spring I sent him out to work a half in 00 and ho did it in 45J without turning a hair He did this work in preparation for the Withers of HOS in which he was to have met Colin I could not bplieve my watcli nntil the evidence it con veyed was confirmed by comparison with the watches of others who had seen the move I thought the Withers purse mine no matter what horses started until the next day when it turned out that Uncle was lame The only thing that softens my regret at having sold Uncle is the remembrance that he went to Mr Kohler with the understanding that he was not to race again againIf If I had Uncle now I could fool along with him all spring and easily get 5000 or 000 for him in the event ho failed to make good If there is any ¬ thing in breeding speed individuality and good temper he will be successful at the Ramapo Stud I would be content to take over a big string of two yearolds four years hence if I could get the pro ¬ duce of the seventeen mares John Madden has sent to Ramapo to l c mated with Uncle
