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SUPERMANS PROGENY EARNING NOTICE NEW YORK X 1 July 12 The Commando stallion Superman winner of the Brooklyn Handi ¬ cap of 1907 is coming into his own Superman is standing at Henry T Oxnards Blue Ridge Farm in the upper Piedmont section of Virginia Mr Oxnard having purchased him at the dispersal sale of the Keene stud He is of the same age as Peter Pan which is to say that he is a year older than Colin and Celt He is one of about twenty thor ¬ oughbred stallions at stud service in the United States that is represented by three winning two yearolds yearoldsSupermans Supermans winners are Gladiator Super and American Boy all of which were bred at Blue Ridge Farm Gladiator just now seems the best of this trio He is a big bay colt of splendid proportions and much quality His dam Loto wanna is a daughter of Trenton Gladiator accord ¬ ingly is a halfbrother of Roly a staying stake winner of a few years back now one of the sires in the government remount service also of Lacka wanna Gladiator is one of three twoyearolds that has Avon in the east this year at threequarters of a mile He easily defeated Furlough Le Glor ieux La Rablee and some other speedy youngsters at that distance on July 7 at Aqueduct Gladiator behaves like a youngster that wants to go on He has stake engagements with the best of the year yearAmerican American Boy a son of Adelinette she a daughter of Melton and Dainty and a halfsister of Santa Catalina is another bay of good size He showed the stuff that is in him at Aqueduct on July 10 when he easily defeated Cormoran and Walk the Plank at threequarters of a mile This race was run in muddy going The sons and daughters of Superman run equally well on muddy and dry tracks American Boy is one of the most highly thought of youngsters of the Quincy Stable Super whose dam was Sister Jennie she u daughter of Midlothian and Fanny Louise by Dare bin won his spurs in Maryland in May Like American Boy and Gladiator he is a colt of fine size and scope and he is possessed of brilliant speed
