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HAS FAITH IN FUTURE OF RACING. F. A. Forsythe Keeping Up Fountainblue Stud in Hope of Return of Better Conditions. Lexington, Ky., December 23. Time was, and 11 at not so very long ago, that a man hereabouts having only two stallions, thirty broodmares and twenty six thoroughbred foals would be considered a "small breeder," but today such a man ranks as -among the "large breeders" of the running horse in the blue grass region and likewise he is quite generally regarded as having more than ordinary courage and tenacity in holding on to such a number when a majority of his fellows, in the face of the ravages of the alleged reformers, have dwindled their studs to a mere handful or have deserted the country entirely. So it comes that Fred A.. Forsythe, junior inemler of the former racing linn of Chinn and Forsythe, master of Fountainblue Farm in Mercer County, and possible successor to Maj. F. A. Daingeriield as a member of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, is today one of the real big breeders of thoroughbred horses in the Inited States. He has, as he puts it, "hopes that Kentucky will so blaze tiie trail for better and cleaner racing under her present splendid regime that it will lead all of the rtlier states to see the light." The stallions at Fountainblue Farm are the English-bred Out of Reach and the American horse, Dorante, the former foaled in 10H and the latter in 1900. Out of Reach is a son of Persimmon and Sand-lly. bv Isonomy, and he ran some creditable races in t liis country, but he was quite unfortunate in his turf career. Out of Reach was broken by the veteran trainer Matt Allen, for James R. Keene at Newmarket, in England, aud it was upon his recommendation that Mr. Forsythe bought him from M. Corbett of New York. Mr. Allen, ill telling Mr. Forsythe of Out of Reach, said that he was a more highly-tried yearling than was Rock Sand, also broken at Newmarket. Mr. Allen said that -when he took Out of Reach to Epsom to run for the Woodcote Stakes, the colt got cast in his stall and wrenched his back so that iie could do nothing with him for the remainder of the year 1902. As a three-year-old Out of Reach was tried out a mile, the first half of it against "While Chapel and the last half against Hurst Park. He easily beat them both and was shipped to this i country. He had a tempestuous voyage; was sick all the way over and was virtually a wreck when ; he was unloaded. In disgust, Mr. Keeno sold him-1o Mr. Corlett and George Odom trained him. Throughout his four-year-old form he had bucked I shins and in that condition did his racing. At the ! end of the year he bowed a tendon aud Mr. Forsythe bought him. The lirst of his produce and the only one ho had I out in 1909 -was Valerie, a winner. All of the ! foals of 190S by him were purchased by Andrew Robertson and shipped to Australia witli the exception of The Reach and Steeplejack. The former has won several races and Raleigh Colston thinks i ho latter will make good as a three-year-old. The set of Out of Reach show high finish; are of good I size, unusually kind and train without nervousness. . Dorante, being a son of Pessara and Lady Augusta, conies from the Number 1 family, and he was a good winner in the highest company on the New York tracks. He won the Nursery Handicap at I Belmont Park; the Travers Stakes; carrying 113 pounds, King James, 111 pounds, second. Sir John 1 Johnson. HI pounds, third; won the Twin City Handicap and ran Colin to a close finish in the Tcatcst Tidal Stakes ever ruu, as with 120 pounds ; each, they ran the mile in 1:3S head and head, and 1 the one and one-quarter miles in 2:04, he at Colins ! "lrth, and Colin never faced a starter again. Dorante won many other handicaps after this, including the Christinas Handicap at Oakland, and the .St. Patricks Handicap at the same track. He was thrown soon after this while working out over si deep and cuppy track, and his knee was so badly wrenched that he was never the same horse again, r though afterward winning races, including a stake :it Juarez. Dorante has two colt foals now at t Fountainblue Farm from Maid of the Order and 1 Stolen Moments, that are large and fine and his s owner will bo highly gratified Indeed . if he can but duplicate his sire and graiidsire as a successful 1 progenitor of excellent campaigners. Tiie mares at Fountainblue Farm arc for the greater "part producers, many of them were winners ; and ail of them are well bred. There are in the collection of thirty, five by that grand old horse, llimvar. The list comprises: Ethel Thomas dam of South Trimble, Mamie ; Worth, Buccaneer, Idle Dream, Ocean Spray and Tourenne, by Himyar, out of Banka. Belle of St. Louis dam of Bon Homme, Lula and 1 Merry Beau, by Himyar. dam-Wenonah. Indifference dam of Careless, Listless and Jim Leonard, by Himyar, out of Glide. Ferrol dam of Fountainblue, T,wilight Queen and i Shooting Spray, by Himyar, dam Madame Jule. Naulahka, bv Himyar, dam Viscountess. Lady Augusta dam of Nullah, Our Lady, Tartan , and Dorante, by Luke Blackburn, dam Augusta. Montgomery Cooper dam of Dalkeith, Buccleuth, , winner of thirty-three races, Montgomery and Roh-rit - Cooper, by Duke of Kent, dam Gold Flea. Fanny Rikes dam of Delsegno, Mary Eleanor, , I ! I ! i I . I 1 ; 1 ! r t 1 s 1 ; ; 1 i , , - , Rifleman, Rifle Range and Valerie, by Bubbler, dam Josephine, the dam of Ingomar. Rubus dam of Berry Maid and Dahlgren, by Bramble, out of Meridian. Ella Duke dam of Dulac. Duelist, Duela. Odd Ella and Ten Paces, by Bramble, dam Envenom. Boo Hoo dam of Hearts Relief, Cry Baby, Du-mont, Dixie Land, America II. and Theodocia, by Crom-a-lKo, dam Ethellleda. Commena dam of High Private and Colston, by The Commoner, dam Helen of Troy. Balzane dam of The Golden Butterfly, by Hanover, dam Ocean Wave. Pepita dam of Virginia Maid, by Hanover, dam Peterville. May Mack dam of Moorish King, by Albert, dam Hypocrite. Stolen Moments winner of the Gazelle Stakes and many other races, by Kingston, dam Cerito dam of Ballot. Cousuelo a good winner, by Bradwardine, dam Miss Pepper. Crisscross dam of Chess, by Bassctlaw, dam Vice Versa. Fairy Dell dam of Oesa, Sylvan Dell and Three Links, by Tournament, dam Elf. Intermezzo dam of Mahogany, by Meddler, dam Flageoletta. Maie Hanlou dam of Aleppo, by Falsetto, dam Addle C. Moya dam of Moylc, Scalp Lock and Indian Maid, by Inverness, dam Miss Darebin. Maid of the Order sister to Horatius, by Odd- fellow, dam Kinda. Rosinante dam of Rosalie. Odd Roso and Star ORyan. by Charaxus. dam Etiiie. Virginia Leo dam of Fordcllo and Halloween, by Lissak, dam Lillian Lee. Suutuese dam of Wes, Six Rits, Cardwelton, The Reprobate and Constantia, by Fordham, dam Sere-! nade. My Eleanor dam of The Reach, her only foal to race, by St. George, dam Lynette. Picture Hat dam of Elfin Beau, by Wagner, dam Fairoun. Osee winner of eight races, never trained after 1 er two-year-old form, dam of Binocular, her only foal to race in this country, by Oddfellow, dam Birdseyc. Murietta sister to Montgomery, by Oddfellow. dam Montgomery Cooper. All of these mares with the exception of Indif- ference and Moya were mated with Fountainblue Farm stallions last spring. Indifference was mated to Goldcrest before Mr. Forsythe bought her and Moya, having refused three seasons to stand, was sent to a jack. The others were bred as follows: To Out of Reach Ella Duke, Belle of St. Louis, Lady Augusta. Balzane. Naulahka, Boo-Boo, Picture lint, Ethel Thomas, Consuela II.. Intermezzo, Pe-j pita, Commena, Rosinante, May Mack and Virginia Lee. To Dorante Ferrol. Stolen Moments. Osee, Crisscross, Fanny Rikes, Montgomery Cooper, Fairy Dell, Rubus and Murietta. To Filigrane Maid of tho Order, My Eleanor, Maie Hanlon and Sautuese. Of the twenty-six foals of 1911, sixteen, are colts and ten fillies. The lately deceased Oddfellow is represented by six colts and four fillies; Out of Reach has six colts and one filly; Dorante two colts and Filigrane five fillies and two colts. This preponderance of fillies was the cause of Filigranes banishment at the Powers-IIuntcr Companys salo a month ago for the sum of ."n. Tho list of the Fountainblue Farm youngsters is as follows: By Oddfellow. Chestnut colt. Ethel Thomas. Bay filly, Belle of St. Louis. Bay filly. Indifference. Chestnut filly. Ferrol. Brown colt. Naulahka. Chestnut colt. Balzane. Brown filly. Crisscross. Ray colt, Rubus. Chestnut colt. Rosinante. Bay colt, Virginia Lee. By Out of Reach. Bay filly, Fanny Rikes. Bay colt. Boo I loo. Brown colt, Annie Thompson. Brown colt, Consuelo II. Brown colt. Fairy Doll. Bay colt. Sallie McAllister. Black colt. Walhalla. By Doranto. Bay colt, Stolen Moments. Bay colt, Maid of the Order. By Filigrano. Bay colt, Lady Augusta. Brown colt. My Eleanor. Bay lilly, May Mack. Ray filly. Picture Hat. Bay filly, Intermezzo. Bay lilly, Ella Duke. Bay filly, Osee.
