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ITEMS FROM BLUE GRASS REGION J N Camden Has TwentyFive Sucklings and About as Many Yearlings Preparing for Sales Lexington Ky June S At his Hartland Stud which is located on a beautiful blue grass farm near Versailles State Racing Commissioner Johnson N Camden has twentyfive good looking thoroughbred sucklings There are fifteen colts and ten fillies The good race horse and sire Oddfellow which died last summer at the age of twentyfour is repre ¬ sented by eight colts and six fillies and iu the opinion of some horsemen who remember his various get there are some in this lot the equal of Foun tainblue Iligh Chancellor High Chance The Rush Bou Homuie High Private Berry Maid and Tour enne in general appearance Six colts and two fillies are by Peter Quince a Castleton Stud prod ¬ uct son of Commando and Fair Vision the dam of Trance and one colt and two fillies are by St Simon ian II The list is as follows followsBay Bay colt by Oddfellow Baby Lamb by The Lambkin LambkinBay Bay colt by Oddfellow Musical Slipper half sister to Peter Pan by Chorister ChoristerBay Bay colt by Oddfellow Rotbelle by Sheen Chestnut colt by Oddfellow Stheno halfsister to Blenheim by Pioneer PioneerBay Bay colt by Oddfellow Sweet Marjoram sister to Yorkshire Lad by Dinna Forget Bay ForgetBay colt by Oddfellow Kenniore Queen dam of Cutter by Ben Strome StromeBrown Brown colt by Oddfellow Nuns Cloth by Mel ¬ ton tonChestnut Chestnut colt by Oddfellow Jane Eyre by Ayr ¬ shire shireChestnut Chestnut filly by Oddfellow My Beauty by Ladas LadasChestnut Chestnut filly by Oddfellow Aggie Marden dam of Devout by Marden MardenBay Bay or briwh filly by Oddfellow Trent by Trent on onBay Bay filly by Oddfellow Emma Traunralller by Esher EsherBay Bay filly by Oddfellow Amy J by Beudoran Bay filly by Oddfellow Bewitcher by The Com loner lonerBay Bay colt by Peter Quince Bellegarde by Beaii clere Bay colt by Peter Quince Miss Finch by Seai pronins Bay colt by Peter Quince Peninab by Bonnet Rouge RougeBay Bay colt by Peter Quince Berry Maid by Odd ¬ fellow Bay colt by Peter Quince Ellora by Mazagan Chestnut colt byPeter Qnrnce Magna Charta by Hindoo Chestnut filly by Peter Quince Olive Hutton by SemprouiuJ SemprouiuJBrown Brown inly by Peter Quince Wadena halfsistor to Jack Point I Star Shoot Bay ShootBay colt by St Simonian II Sister Juliet by Esher EsherBay Bay filly by St Simonian II Simla by Hindoo Chestnut filly by St Simonian II Sweet Clover by EsherMr Esher Mr Camden has a good looking band of over twenty yearlings that will conic to the Kentucky Association track next month to be broken Among them and quite the best looking of the fillies is a Jialfsister to Helios recent winner of the Breeders Futurity This filly is by Planudes dam Hindoo Rose and she will be a candidate for all the im ¬ portant twoyearold races of 191I5 Tracery 191I5Tracery the brown colt that finished third in ths Derby at Epsom Downs in England last Wednesday carrying the colors of August Belmont his breeder and owner was foaled at the Nursery Stud near this city and is a brother to Trap Rock Tracery though bred and foaled in America is essentially Knglish his sire being the triple crown winner Rock Sand and his dam the young English mare Topiary by Orme Plaisanterie by Wellingtonia Topiary was bred by Sir Tattou Sykes was foaled in 1801 and was brought to America by Mr Belmont in 1XG Her first foal was Bushy Top by Bushy Park which came over at her side Her next was a bay filly by Melton that died Then came Trap Rock and Tracery was next Her twoyearold Is the bay colt Top Hat by Hastings The fact that the price of feed was extremely high last winter is reflected in many of the year ¬ ling thoroughbreds in this section said Charles T Patterson after he had made the rounds of all the farms and concluded his buying tor Robert Davies of Toronto this week Except on the farms of several of the rich men and two or three of the smaller breeders who are not so welltodo but who recognize the value of having their stock al ¬ ways looking good I found the youngsters uncom ¬ monly thin and upon inquiry as to the cause their owners frankly admitted that it was due to short ¬ ened rations rationsSecretary Secretary Ken Walker and Compiler W J Treacy of the Kentucky Sales Company began this week the preliminaries for the annual September auction sale of thoroughbred yearlings and to date over 100 have been listed The number to be sold is con ¬ siderably smaller than last season and this company expects to market practically all of the youngsters that will go under the hammer in this country this year John E Madden has suggested that colts l e sold one day and fillies the next 1 believe it will result in better prices and will give satisfaction all ariMind he said I have noticed that men at the sales ring will not bid on fillies sometimes for the sole reason that they are thinking they wlil be able to Inly a colt later If the colts are all sold off before the fillies come on they will naturally pay nioru attention to the fillies
