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ROCK SAND TO GO TO FRANCE FAMOUS 125000 THOROUGHBRED STALLION TO LEAVE AMERICA COMING FALL August Belmont Announces Lease of Breeding Quali ¬ ties of Great Son of Sainfoin to a French Syndicate Headed oy Cheri Halbronn New York July S August Belmont today ad ¬ mitted that ho has given Cheri llalhronii head of a French syndicate an option on his stallion Hock Viund for breeding purposes in tlic interest of 1 niicli and American turfman The price to be paid was not made known but it is a fact that ia t winter Air Hclmonl refused an offer of 30uOO a year for two years made liy the agent of an English breeding company It is assumed there ¬ fore that the French agent has otTered at least 40000 a year for at leant two years yearsIt It could not be ascertained how Ions Mr Bel mont will permit Kock Sand to remain in France Mr Helmont has at liis breeding farm there thirty mares and the stallions Ethelbert and Flint Uock One reason given for Mr Belmunt permitting Kock jSand to go to France is because any progeny of Io horse would be eligible to all French races whereas those sired by him in America or England would IK eligible to only a few French races racesHock Hock Sand is now twelve years old ami his prog ¬ eny have been stake winners in France England and America during the past two or three seasons As a threeyearold Hock Sand won for his owner Sir lames Miller the three English classics Two Thousand Guineas Derby and St Ieger and after the death of his owner had put the horse on the market Mr Belmont paid 125000 for him and located him in Kentucky for breeding purposes ivhere he stood for the unprecedented fee of l5oO Hock Sand in by Sainfoin out of Hoqucbrune HoqucbruneIt It is understood that Hock Sand will go to France in late September or early October
