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CUDGELS FIRST YEAR BREEDING MATES MATESMelody Melody Audience and Surcingle Among the Aristo ¬ cratic Matrons Selected for Him BALT1MOKK Md March 18 At Commander J K L Koss Maryland thoroughbred nursery Koss Farms in Howard County some three miles on the boulevard Baltimoreward from Laurel the American stallion Cudgel a great horse last year and the two years before that and the British stallion Wigstone are beginning stud service this spring The Koss Farms establishment represents an invest ¬ ment of nearly 10tlOUO counting the thorough ¬ breds of various kinds the Canadian sportsman lias congregated there witli the real estate buildings and improvements It is one of th bestequipped places for thoroughbred production of which the en ¬ tire country boasts boastsCudgel Cudgel a sou of ItroomsHck and Eugenia Burcii and the winner in the course of the last few years of most of the important American stake races notably the Kentucky Pimlico Spring Brooklyn Merchants and Citizens Havre de Grace and Inde ¬ pendence Handicaps was about the best long ¬ distance running weight packer of his time In three racing seasons he got in no race with less than 12 pounds on his back In many of his race he had to shoulder ISO and more and make prodig ¬ ious concessions to threeyearolds and fouryear olds alike No other wn of Broomstick displayed in four seasons of racing the toughness of fiber that he showed and none has had anything on him in respect to conformation disposition courage and soundness He is in perfect condition now and might easily be trained for more successful racing racingCudgel Cudgel carries in rich profusion the blood of Broomstick and Hen Brush Galliard Bend Or and Touchstone In Bruce Lowe reckoning lie is a No 4 horse His family is the family of Maggie B B Iroqiiois Sir Dixon Belvidere Adams Ex ¬ press Whisk Itroom llourlcss and Helmet a family that boasts of many a successful stock horse None lias been more prolific in fact factWigstone Wigstone a sou of Bayardo the British racing sensation of his time also the sire of the succes ¬ sive champions Gay Crusader ami Gaiiisborougji and Blue Tit she a daughter of Wildfowlcr and Petit Bleu is British bred His family is the family of Flageolet sire of Kayon dOr Ogden Ferry Grey Leg and Erla Mor Commander Moss brought over Wigstono along with Bonnie Dance llillhump ton C rn Exchange Canso ind a dozen or more man and Wigstone worked brilliantly several times A series of accidents prevented his racing In the male line he is a new representative on this side of the Hampton family The high esteem in which his female family is held on the other side was indicated lust season at Newmarket when a yeirling halfbrother of his claiming Swynford for sire fetched the record price of r 7r OU Wigstone is a superb individual and Commander Koss is de ¬ termined that he shall have every chance at Koss Farms FarmsThe The mares that have been or are to be mated with Cudgel this spring are Estate by Lesterling Car cluio dam of llillhampton Sou by Hastings Soiiveraine Surcingle by Kock Sand Soiivemiiie Piivanie by John oGaunt Opera Glass Cypher Code by Disguise Pastoral Pennsylvania by Med ¬ dler Mistress Perni Misty Morning by peep oDiy Scarlet ind Green Myrtle Marian by Wools thorpe Pocketpiece Necken by Sir Archibald Badinage Audience by Sir Dixoii Sallie McClel ¬ land Wheat Ear by St Frusquin Corncnke Mel ¬ ody by Meddler Balhmtrne Anita by Voorhees Handsome Florrie Canice by Bridge of Canny Prim Alice and The Lark by Dick Welles Win ¬ ter terMelody Melody a sister of Mediant she a winner in the Tnited States of the Great Eastern Handicap and in Great Britain of the Goodwood Stewards Cup is a mure for which Commander Koss paid ftti000 at the Maekay sale at Saratoga last summer Audi ¬ ence and Wheat Ear cost him OUO each Audi ¬ ence a luilfsistei of Salvidere produced the bril ¬ liant Whisk Broom II The Lark is a sister of the Kentucky Derby winner AVintergreen AVintergreenTin Tin mares that have been mated with Wigstone are Pesky by Broomstick Perverse Golden Wed ¬ ding by Golden Maxim Wedding Day Pollie Hill by Polymeliis Villa Vista Bella H by Ballot Ellaiigowan Althea by Pridge of Allan Karelin and Ediiiirls by Edniim Polaris Bella H is a halfsister of Cock o the Walk
