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OLD DOMINION BLOODSTOCK Blazes, Virginias Hope in the Derby, in Fine Condition. « Imposing Display of Thoroughbreds at A. B. Hancocks Ellerslie Farm. ♦ ee.vinctov. Ky.. March B.— On the way bark to Kentucky from Maiyland the writer stopped eff nl Charlottesville. Virginia: saw Blaaea; had linn r n itli Hilly Garth, aad put i:i the following day nt Arthar P. Hancocks EBenBe stud, where the lire aad l;im of Virginias hape for the Kentucky Derby now ire. Blaaea has broadened considerably aiaee Keataekiaaa saw him carry Captain rtofi "red. I. lack and while" to victory in the Breeder* Futurity, ami be has grown somewhat taller. The viamlaril was not available at lag! •-•ii!e for men-iiro- nieni. bat through the praccaa of "chinning" the eaa-dnsiaa was reached that the son of Wrack BaanJag Mar to .w ataada fully 13.3. lie is in apteadid condition for the "Derby area" his aatate trainer has dcalgacd for him during the naftfdllll sixty days. His flesh is as firm as it is poRSitde to have horseflesh, and while he has l.leuty. be is without superfluity of it. In short, there is about I ■ tin BO ovid--ioo of uu-oni,dne — . We did not nee him in notion, but his trainer says he is gettiag his gallops regularly over the turf la a big field of rolling land. "I have never had a horse whiter bett.-r than Blares has," said Mr. Curth. "and 1 would not exchange ehanees for the Kentucky Derby with any man who has an eligible for the rate. I have sufficient confidence in Mazes to back him at even, play or pay. against any other candidate for the Derby." There ate thirty -nine horses in training at Inglo-side. but on account of the latinos- of the hour of our arrival we had no opportunity to see all of them, in addition to Blaaea we saw Paul Jones, a three -year -old son of Sea King, wliich looks as if lie may be able to give a good account of himself in affairs for borer* of his ace this year; Kalco. a three-year-aid aw of Bark View— Black Mantilla daiu of .Mary II. I. which Mr. Garth says has a world of speed: Baghoaae and Ksi|uimaa. which an- to appear •* -tcoplechas. r-. and three toppy looking two-year-olds by K. I". Sims stallion Then. Cook. They are Oimmie. dam Sack Cloth: Some Baby, dam I.ambi. and Sinarty. dam Canny Mis-. Hagh Garth, the juvenile male no tuber of this family of hor-cnu n. wanted as after dinner to "take a lantern aad go out and see the best two year-old on the place." but we decided to reserve that :,s a treat tor a later date and rested content with the young aui glowing description of the filly bj Wrack Lad] Isabel, a daughter if IIol stein, son of llanovei. and her proweaa. A bit ..f information for those who like win- was inipiirted by the master •■ lngle-hlo. aha said be had issued orders that no more blackberry bushes are to be cut on his place. REMARKABLE PAIR OF MARES. Wo went out t" lath? aide in a ford, but the journev to BUerelie was made with Mr. Hancock in a siinoy drawn by a couple of sturdy mares from IVrcheron dams and by thoroughbred sire-. They are the type wanted by the Ana] Kemount Service the type Ueateaaat Colonel Charira Sett la hi- addrees ta the membera of the Maryland legislature at Annapolis last Tuesday said the army is trying so hard to indtico farmers to produce. I i|Uiry as ti the .!- ■ of these m;:rcs occasioned astonishment. The OWBcr said tbey were fifteen aad have done general farm work since the] were broken. They looked like four-year-olds. Vet we heard the Kcv. r. I.. Powell say in an .-il.lri -- before members ..f the Keatnc-ky legialatan at Pnakfort the night before the senate wisely kill -.1 the Sims ant I -pari -mutual bill that "the thoroughbred barae is a sp.-ciali-: in racial and is uselc-- for a rj other purpose. »ut of thia raaae a thought: Is a fir-t-d.i-s pulpi: orator better qualified than a fhrat- las- caralry officer to tell the nation what a tluM-ooebbred horse is good for.-Arriving at BllersUe. lone eatabUahed and the oloano-l. best appoiated farm we -aw in that section, with its large pastures, roomy paddocks. splendid barns and stable-, to -ay BOthiag of its great Loaur and many outbuilding* of brick, made and burned on the place nearly eighty years ago, ti„. find af about forty tboroogbbred man- to 1 catch oar eyea araa Blaaiag star. Perhapa this is :, huacb thai Hilly Garth is right in thinking this mare- -on will win the Kentucky Derby. Blaring Siar is dae I" foil in a lev- days and tie iaaae will be either a brother or -i-t-r to Blaaea. v, we,.- invited to sec the five baby than urk bred- on the place. The n CW est arrival had coin-that • morning and is a brother to K-rbly and Mighty Man. by Martua- -Lad] lrma. one of the halt duaen mares the master of Ellerslie beaght taat fall from Williams Brotbera in Oklahoma. standing with Blaring star in the paddock i f the ■ foaling barn were Little Plawer daw ol Booth, LogUtilU and Boyal Me— age the flrat named two i in foal la the departed Celt. I the lalt-r to i Jim Gaffaey. Xeat we -aw the yearling* eferuteea in number. alxteea the prageay of CeM and s., uniform in size and cntoriuation that it seemed hard to make a i .1 o . e. However, the writer think- that the chestnut colt, dam Sand Dui.e a daughter of Rock Sand, i- .a. top oi the party. Th.s fellow ha- a i brother in Phil T. Chinas -table which broaght $£g,9M ai Saratoga laal Augu-t. but he dm -nt ilia d tbia tatemeat to i loaiairai him. Be baa . ample | e--i,.u- ..f his ui n. The bay filly, dam llonev Bee, i- ota of the best of in:- -e the writer ever saw. She is built for durability. Then th- re i- a brother ta Dun-bayae, a i-lieataul wdt, dam ParkaaaM; a brown I Colt, dam Dark Waier. daimhter of Da:k Donald: :t brown filly, dam Boboliak, by Willoiiyx. a great bttiyer in England, from Chelandrr 4aal of Nuii I 1 • ■ i i i i . I I Cow aid Dark Sapphire, for which .lolm Sanfotil gave -:ill.KHI at the last December sales, and also erandilam of Wrack and his half-sister. Dark Plight, for which Joseph E. Widener paid t23,00V; a che-tnnt filly, dam Network dam of Embroidery and Paddy Whack I. and Kianddain of Diinboyne; a browa filly, dam the freipu-nt winner, d lie Lery; a brown colt, dam Silent Queen dam af King Thraah; a ehestaat filly, dam LagfartUbj a man raced by Sam Hiidreth with goad laccaaa; chestnut illy, dam Poj Trot daaghter af Star Bhaot and Pas-.in. half -sister to Colin I: a chestnut colt. dam Pyramid sister to Priscillian and half-sister to Strombolil: a chestnut colt, dam Cello, by l-ingla — . and a bay fili. dam Piotra. by Pietermarilzbui «. dam Briar Boot, winner -.f the One Thousand Ouin-eas. All of these are owned by Mr. Hancock. A good -look nig brown filly, dam Toots dam of King Neptune. Cinderella. Sea Pirate and Celtol. is owned by Herman Ilippen. who gave up tteepte-clKising for am liier form of timber topping and now is a -ucces-ful lumberman. A brow n lilly. dam Primula, by St. Denis, is owned by the I.elair Stud, located near Howie in Maryland, and the chestnut filly, dam Puritan Girt, is owned by .1. 11. Shrove, a Washington commission merchant. Twa other vearlincs are the property of the estate of Wilfrid Viau. They are by Cock a the Milk. "in- beiag a sou of Prade dam of Oraady, and the other from Keadean dam of Krewcri. After luiieheoii we raw the brood marcs and I i.il- and. of roarae, the head of the harem. Wrack is .in- of the beat-looking as well as best-bred horse- ever brought t . tlii- country front England. The Austriaaa paid 0,800 for his sire. Robert hi Diablo, and hi- dam. Samphire, is by Isinglass — the great Chelandry. Wrack is a* sound as he wain training and is so free of blemishes that it become- a matter of carprtae when one recalls that he -.Mm -even of eight, races over hurdles and I was se,r nd in the other. W aaa him come quietly out of hi- box. aland at attenlion for inspection and later al exercise iiniler I.:- -roi in. a weight of 1111 pounds. Pram i every angle he is a gentleman of the eqalae world I aad his -oT . P.lazes. js a replica of him. lie 1.11 r-iio mares are uniform in type, showing carefulness in the matter of -election, and no fault i- to be found in their appearance, which i- evidence that the manlier of their keeping i- -ali-faetary. There is. iii abort, not a i r individual on the place, and that i- the reason why there are no ratty looking V irling- or weedy foal-. The oldest and most taking locking of the to,]- i-: a ehestaat colt by Celt Lady Godiva, therefore a bio: her io lalwina. Then there i- a a baj filly bj tilt Ieasore dam ■•; Betoaat. a black rail b] Cell loots and a hay flly by Wra.k Sinilas. by Htar Kl t tic la-t aaaaed being the property of the Belair Btad. These half-bred mares brawghl u- hark to Charlottesville -pee lily enough to permit of a -top i on tie- way at hi-toric Monliccllo. and as we -tooi! beside the grave of the author of our declaration of Independence are aroadared what Thomas Jef-feisoii might say were he here in this day of fniiaiioal reformation and lilierty curtailment.
