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T C MCDOWELLS BAND OF YEARLINGS Success of Ashland Stud Horses Pointed Out Crop to Be Sold Vp to Former Standards SARATOGA SPRINGS N Y August 2 Follow natures laws and all will be well Holland is fa ¬ mous for its tulips and Holstcin cattle Kentucky for her grass Polar bears dont exactly thrive on the equator nor does the Albatross cross the line Now heres a point sometimes overlooked in blood ¬ stock breeding even in the Blue Grass some farms are responsible for the production of a better class of horses the winners of the best races than others Under the stewardship of the late Major Daingdrfield the name of the Castletonbred win ¬ ners was legion The Hon W C Whitney bred oceans of winners for the number of mares which there find a home is nothing short of phenomenal This Is particularly so in the case of the fillies I dont know how many Oaks winners are Ashland bred fot instance there is the rather diminutive Water Blossom which won both the Ashland and Kentucky Oaks beat The Finn for the Canadian Derby besides winning the big Saratoga filly race the Alabama Stakes Olive Wood won the Spinaway here in Saratoga American the Cincinnati Trophy Rush one of the swiftest of the swift won the Kentucky Oaks as did High Commands dam EllenaDale Puss in Boots could trip it off to some purposCi and now everyone is agog In an ¬ ticipation of a meeting between Distinction Miss Jemima and the best the east affords Time flies apace but it is not so many years ago since Spirituelle Kitty dive Queenlike Braceglrdlc the best of her year and1 a wonderful producer too Advantage and others were pocketing the best of the filly Stakes Did I say the Ashlandbred fillies are runners What then of the capabilities of those of the sterner sex Never was there a more capable or more honest horje than Batten David Garrick made the trip to England and there scored a signal success In the Chester Cup and of course the son of Hanover won the annual champion at the Bay Woodiake was first home for the La tonia Derby the handsome AllanaDale showed great pluck when he won the Kentucky Derby on three legs and a swinger Man ¬ ager Wai te beat the swift Chalmers on his first appearance and later along proved too much for so good a colt as Cudgel and what is more this In ¬ ternationalbred horse is going yet and retains all of his dash and action and will Jbe heard from again Tile Manager pronounced by so good a judge as official handicapper Vosburgh to be the best of the year steady there thereI I was about to leave out my special friend an honest and longwinded as hzmNbottomed a mare as ever drew the breath of life the Cup winner Star Jasmine JasmineASBXAND ASBXAND STUD HORSES BIG WINNINGS WINNINGSIn In all Ashlandbred horses during comparatively recertt time have won the handy sum of over 150 000 Proof positive tliat good horses as well as great men have their home in1 Ashland Horses born and bred at Ashland are worthy of every con ¬ sideration History yon know has a habit of re ¬ peating itself What has1 happened before is moire than likely to happen again for this reason This years crop of Ashland yearlings is worthy of more than casual passing consideration and those which will pass under the hammer during the course of the next few days ore certain as anything can be to bring additional fame to Ashland as one of the most noted bloodstock nurseries of the world Moreover all the rtwelve Ashlandcra have been landed safe and sound ke en and bright fresh pas paint at Saratoga Best thing in the world they are riot overdone with condition every trainer knows just what it means They are ready right now to begin their first scholastic exercises to reward their prospective purchasers with all the pleasure and satisfaction which comes in the proud possession of d good race horse Really a visit of inspection to the sales pad ¬ docks where how these youngsters find a tem ¬ porary home Will repay you Well do I know the majority of Ashlandcrs are fillies but what of thdt Are not Miss Jemima Cotton Blossom Bon ¬ nie Mary Toujours Cobwebs Panoply and others ihore tian holding their own with the best of them Who knows Perhaps this is a filly year Forewarned is forearmed This much I do know that no three more attractive fillies will be seen this year tham The Managers two chestnut daugh ¬ ters dams Applause and Caution respectively and Uncles bay dam Kings Daughter by Ornament OrnamentBy By the way ity is almost providential that this latter is a filly for it is a filly running family Kings Daughter Queen Errant Queenlike Allan aDale Advantage all could run why certainly the Uncles bay Moreover I know you are not going to overlook Star Jasmines brown daughter by Jim Gaffney patterned much on the order of her dam not as big and lusty as some but in the face of ithc performances of such as Omar Khayyam and Sir Barton it is well enough to pay heed to the excellences of those of small stature remember ¬ ing always that bloodstock bred at Ashland run runEXILE 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