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GOSSIP FROM THE BLUE GRASS REGION REGIONLexington Lexington Ky August 10 Though he will never race again old John Gritlin II is faring well at Mrs orl A s farm on Liberty Pike When the tenyear id son of One Dime and Pokatella broke a small imne in his left forefoot in the oitening race of the Kentucky Associations last spring meeting 1 C I ottle was in a ipiandry as to whether it would be best to put the hero of many a hard fought turf t niggle out of liis misery or try and save him when James ONeil who keeps the hotel near the traik advised the latter course Why Ive seen horses worse oil than he get in condition to pull a buggy and enjoy life said Mr ONeil Mr Cottk promptly presented his old pet to this sympathetic man and Mr ONeil had the leg put into a plaster last and when old John was able to walk he sent Mil it to the Worley farm lie still has some ¬ thing of a limp but he is nevertheless always In front when he has a run with the several other geld ¬ ings that arc turned out with him himU U w Marion lias arranged with Superintendent Koss for stalls for seven twoyearolds that he will bring here next week for the fall meeting Mr Mtirlnii says these youngsters have all been doing well at Louisville and they will be ready to race when the meeting opens They are Sam Ilirsch Veiiua Prince Ilermis Henry Hitte York Lad Ada May and Louis Widrig WidrigWalter Walter S Payne has constructed a halfmile track oil his Maplelon Kami near this city and Hose of Jeddah and Billy Holder two of the Catesby Wood ford string are getting daily exercise there Billy Holder has Ixjen tired and it has not been decided whether or not he will race at the fall meetings Simula Christmas Star Fort Suinter and Peter Grimm also of the Woodford string are running out at Mapleton and will not be raced again this year it is said Mr Payne has a couple of year ¬ ling geldings by Marta Santa one of them a brother t Auto Run which he is breaking to harness He says he wants in this way to get them accustomed to bring handled and later he will put a boy upon them and gallop them in the ordinary way They will not come to the Kentucky Association track to lie trained until next February FebruaryAmong Among the forty mares from R H McCarter Potters Pettiest Stud at Andover N J which were sacrificed at the annual auction of thoroughbreds hero in December 1100 was Apology dam of the winners Apologie and Exapo her only foals to race by St Blaiso Athleno by Pat Malloy Auctioneer ISaln was about to knock her down to a trader for ti when II I Rcether a local tailor and ono of those men whose love for the thoroughbred has a leiitlmentnl basis said with some indignation Ill not stand and gee a daughter of St Blaiso go for less than 20 and thats my bid Mr Reethcr got her and there were some who gave him tha laugh so poor and deercpid looking was the mare Charley McCracUen now in charge of the brood mares at Thomas Fortune Ryans Virginia farm arid who had been at Pe iuest several seasons came along and told Reether that he had secured a regu ¬ lar breeder whose last live foals had been crippled from one cause or another and did not get to race uud advised him to hold on to her In normal times said Mr McCrackcn that mare would be worth 2500 and if you treat her right she will produce vou a line colt Apology had been mated with Knight of the Thistle but in the spring of iftlO she was not in foal and was sent to the court of Orison and the result the following spring was a handsome chestnut colt now one of the best looking yearlings hereabouts Mr Reether still has th mare and likewise a suckling by Orison
