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BAD LUCK PURSUES W. H. KARRICK It is safe to say that no man in this country felt the loss of Schuyler L. Parsons more than did W II. Karrick, who trained for him and the death of his employer was the biggest of the several hard blows Karrick has received during the year 1917. It was enough trouble for any one man to have when his stable, containing the complete racing strings of Mr. Parsons and II. K. Knapp, was. burned at Belmont Park late last April, but botli owners showed gameness of true sportsmen and immediately .started in to build up their depleted establishments. Then, but recently, when he had entered into an agreement witli Messrs. Parsons and Knapp for the coming year, which would insure him a good profit for his labors, Karrick had just prepared to settle down for the winter in a house newly decorated from bottom to top. He was driven out by another fire, which so badly damaged his home as to make it necessary to do over again all the work that had just been completed. And now, on top of it all, Karrick is seemingly about to have, taken away from him sixteen yearling colts and fillies, which lie has come to believe is as good a band as any owner got together during the past seasons sales of young thoroughbreds. These are all to be sold by Mr. Parsons estate at Durlands a week from next Friday wening.
