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HEAYY THOROUGHBRED LOSS FIFTEEN CHOICELYBRED MARES WITH FOALS CREMATED AT KINGSTON FARM Fourteen of Number Belonged to James R Kccno KccnoEstate Estate and Remaining One Was E F Clay ClayJrs Jrs Flying Ship Loss Set at 100000 Lexington Ky April 20 slate primarily aind the American turf secondarily sustained an exceedingly heavy loss last night when sixteen broodmares aind their foails were cremated in a fire of unknown origin ait Kingston Fairm which is owned by R L Baiker and under lease to Miss Elizabeth DaingeiTield who succeeded her father the late Maij Foxhall A Daingerfield in the inainagement of the great stud of thoroughbreds left by the late Mr Kecnc to his heirs heirsMiss Miss Daingerlield said that the tire occurred within the hour aind one half between 12 oclock last night and 150 oclock this morning and that there were eighteen mares and their foals in the barn which wais located on the crest of the farm Dominoes and her colt by Delhi aiud Olevia and her colt by Iltimus escaped from the lames and were ca veil The sixteen mares included E F Clay Jrs Flying Ship and her lilly foal Miss Elizabeth Dain gerlields driving mare and lilly foail by ai gw d trot ¬ ting sire and the following fourteen thoroughbred marcs and foals belonging to the Keene estate Running Stream and colt by Voter Flower of the Forest aind colt by Sweep Degree and lilly by Hippodrome Feailty aind colt by Disguise Harpsi ¬ chord aipd lilly by Peter Pan Cassandrai and colt by Delhi Half Crown aind lilly by Disguise Ijula sino and lilly by Disguise Forbidden Fruit and colt by Ultiinus Geisha and colt by Disguise May fair and colt by Hippodrome Jessant aind filly by Hippodrome Truelove and colt by Sweep Pretty aind SupermanThis colt by Superman This leaves thirty thoroughbred mares belonging to tho Kcene estate ait Kingston the majority of them having foals at foot The animals destroyed were insured but for what amount is not known here Good judges of thoroughbred values estimate the loss in horses at approximately 73COO 73COOCounty County detective William Jenkins ujKin the call of Ml paingcrticld went to Kingston Farm this morning at oclock and began an investigation of tho lire 1 found he said upon his return to the city this afternoon no trace that would leaid me to believe that the tire had been of incendiary origin though it might have been the result of the attempt of a tramp to sleep in tho barn This however 1 do not consider likely I aim inclined to the opinion that the barn may have been ignited by slacked lime There were two barrels of lime ait the barn to be used for disinfecting purH Hes and in the rainy damp weather such as we have had for three days this lime could have slaked and started the fire fireThere There was no insurance on Flying Ship Woodford Clay wild this afternoon that he had never put n price upon her but that he would not have taken less than 5000 for her Her foal wais by Plaudit PlauditTin Tin thirtysix yearlings for which James Butler of New York paid the Keene estate iO000 are still at Kingston Farm but they were not near the setno of the lire being more than half a mile away and aire all in good condition conditionThe The Kecne staillions Delhi Voter Disguise Ul tiiuus Hippodrome Sweep and Celt were also well awnv from the destroyed barn and were never in danger dangerNew New York April 20 The burning to death of the fourteen broodmares and foals owned by the Keene estate will cause i loss of 100000 aiccord ihg to Solomon Hanford the executor They car ¬ ried some insurance but nothing like their real value Miss Daingerlield wired to Foxhall Keene 1 am Inexpressibly shocked for I loved each mare and foal Fire discovered at We have detec ¬ tives looking into cause but 1 do not think there was foul play
