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■ PEEP 0DAY AND HIS WORTHY PROGENY. John S. Harbees bay stallion Peep oD.ty. which died Jnly is. uas baried in his paddock tit Glen-Helen Stud, whole he has Rtood for a numb.; of .M .irs with great imceess. About a month ago Peep i.Dav had a bad sila.k oi itidljie-t i m. but Dr. Bryan brought him around till HgnT AtntlffPt HOell of Indigestion followed in about ten days, affecting his heart ami terminating in his death. Mr. Barliee, who was wiiii him when lu- died, said he w.i- the gameSt horse he ever saw all through his sickness. A handsome monument will be elected over his grave. Peep oD.iv was imported as a foal bv the side of bis dam by .1. R. and F. P. Keen.-. Messrs Kiene raced him as a two year old. hut he failed to win for tin in and they sold him to .lames A. Mr-Coriniek. In his three, four, five and six-year-old form he won twenty races for Mr. McCormick, Including the Seagal] Handicap, Reapers Stakes and Red Cross Handicap. He was but once unplaced at I luce, and ran second to Requital for the Realization Stokes, in front of Hastings. He ran three-quarters in 1:15 with 1 to pounds; si and a halt" furlongs in 1:20% with 1".4 pounds: seven-eighths with 133 pounds; tin- Withers mile in 1:40% with 1LM pounds: a mile in 1:41% with 128 pounds; one mile and a .piarter in 2:09 with 116 pounds. Peep .Days stud career started in New Jersey. where he made several seasons. In l.MHi he was brought to Kentucky ami made the season at R. II. Andersons Teas " Over Stud. He was then the property of A. Albright. Jr. In 1907 lie went to Gl n-lleleii Stud, where he died. Peep oD.iv has been prominent as a sire for a number of years. In 1907 he had cighr two-year-old winners out of nine starters. In 1916 bis u". pla.c.l him among the twenty leading stallions. In 1911 he was in the "Twenty List" again. In 1912 he was fourth on the leading stallion list with .*4s..H2 to his credit, and in 1913 Peep .."Day u is again well up in the list of leading stallions, having io his credit such good winners as Cock o the Walk. First Siiit. Helen Barbee, Light 0* M Life. Wander. Coy l.ad. load Day. Osaple. David Craig. Johu ; I. fascinating. Harvest Queen, Bay o* Light, Violet May and I micro.. vor. In 1914 he was tiaiu among the leaders, having fourteen wo year-old winners to his credit as f. Hows: Bd Cramp, Sunset. Phosphor, Mamie K.. Nellie c. Tiara. Estim able. Hiker. Al Reeves. Vogue. September Morn. Hank ODnr. Ida ami Miss Prances. John Gund won the Lutonia Derby, net value to winner ,025, •nil.- and ■ half in 2:30%, and David Craig won the International Derby, pet value to winner 5,600, mile and a quarter, at Dorval Park, ou Hie same .lav last year. This year up to .Inly 1. Peep oDay was fourth on the leading stallion list with forty-three winners of seventv four races worth 0,175.
