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MEDIANT pNlKRS THE STUD Norfolk Va November 3 Herman B Duryea who is here for awhile before proceeding to his estate in Tennessee for the winter reports that his stable in France consists of fourteen coming two yearolds most of them Americanbred sons and daughters of Adam Broomstick and Irish Lad These youngsters are established at his private training place in Normandy where they have a track seveu eighths gallopThere of a mile around over which to gallop There are several captivating lookers hi this bunch but bow fast they can run or what they will do next year their owner has no idea because they have not been thcroughly tried triedMediant Mediant the daughter of Meddler and Ballantrac with which Mr Duryea won the Great Eastern Handicap of 190S at Sheepshead Bay and the Stew ¬ ards Cup at Goodwood is out of training Mediant was mated with Ziufaudel in England last spring She will drop her foal at the Duryea place in France next spring and it will be eligible to run in all French races racesIrish Irish Lad is at Mr Duryeas French establishment with some fifteen splendidlybred American marcs several of which bwe the Duryea colors when they raced in this country Mr Duryea Is putting the produce of these mares in the great English classics classicsMr Mr Duryea is hoping that Mediants Zinfaudcl foal may be a colt If he is he will be named for the Epsom Derby Mediant has a warm place in Hie affections of the Duryeas and they are anxious to have her do well at the stud She bedt a good lot when she won the Great Eastern of 1908 and she beat the shiftiest sprinters in England when she won the Stewards Cup of 1909 1909Dreamer Dreamer and Belfast which represent the extent of Mr Duryeas racing string in this country will winter with trainer J Simon Healys string at Capf E B Cassatts Chesterbrook Farm in Pennsyl ¬ vania Captain Cassatt by the way will next year race the biggest string he ever campaigned and Healy will handle bis horses
