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RETIRED TURF STARS MAY BE TRAINED Reports That A. X. Macomber "Will Campaign Star Hawk, Liberty Loan and War Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 19. A. K. Macom-ber. the California turfman and breeder, is reported to have announced his Intention of placing in training for the 1919 racing season three horses that have been in the stud for the past three years. The horses reported to be brought back to active turf careers are Star Hawk, Liberty lan and War Star. The three horses were retired on account of bowed tendons. If these defects have been entirely cured it is possible that they can be brought back to the races for useful campaigns. . Star Hawk is six years old, while Liberty Loan and War Star are each five. In 1910 Star Hawk finished second to George. Smith in the Kentucky Derby. Liberty Loan and War Star both raced well into their third year before their mishaps overtook them. In the three years that Mr. "Macomber has raced a large stable he has had enough bad luck to have anv other man quit the game as a poor investment lKitli from the financial point of view and that ol the sportsman. He showed .himself to be a true sportsman by staying with the sport anil smiling when the breaks of the game went agaiiist him. Purchasing North Star III. in England at .a price said to be 0,000 at the end of Uis two-year-old season. Mr. Macomber broughr him to America with a number of other horses he had bought, and with th utmost care and attention started his training for the Kentucky Derby. With Derby day but a few weeks off, trainer Jennings .sent the crack colt a mile and a quarter in 2:05:3, which work-out caused him to be a strong favorite for the race. A few days later the colt bowed a tendon while cooling out after a slow mile. North Star III. never raced for his owner ami subsequentlv was sold to E. R. Bradley for 0,000. With this 0,000 piece of bad luck to start the stable off on its racing career. Mr. Macombers horses did not win a race until the start of th Saratoga -meeting. Trainer Jennings had sent exactly thirteen horses to the post that had finished second, and here it was that the number which is universally known to be unlucky proved to be the direct opposite of its character, as Star Master, carrying the Macomber colors, flashed by the judges stand a winner.
