view raw text
BROOD MARE MITTEN STILL PROLIFIC Has a Fine Filly Foal by Friar Rook as Her Latest Produce BY F L McKEXNEY McKEXNEYSAN SAN FIJANTIsrO Cal Miy IS Here and there in California outside of the large stud establish ¬ ments breeders are carrying on in breeding al ¬ though word of their activities seldom reaches the centers of racing On a farm adjoining ICenil worth Park Petalnma Sonoma County the stallion Kenilworth enjoyed his well earned leisure for many years and sired good winners It is the home as well of the King Kric mare Mitten one of the most consistent producers in the country Most of Mittens produce are by Kenilworth but now and then she has been bred to other sires siresLast Last season Mitten was mated witli the Hock Sand stallion Friar Hock lind along in the latter part of April she dropped a fine bay filly foal The owners are confident this foal will be the best racer ever suckled by the mare and hope with some reason that the little one after being re ¬ tired from racing will be a brood ninre somewhat along the lines of her second dam on her sires side Fairy Gold dam of Fair Ilay and other worldfamous horses horsesUy Uy to this time the best of the sons ana dangli ters of Mitten is High Cost the sprinter which won 513300 last year in competing with the best in the United States High Cost was sired by the Ben Brush stallion Aon Tromp Envy for some years a brood mare at Ceorge AAingfields Nevada Stock Farm wsis a speedy one on the race course winning five straight races in good company in Denver and Keno shortly before beinsr retired She in just sis steady a producer as her dam A beautifully formed bay filly from Envy by the stallion Atheling by Desmond AVood Daisy by Cyllene is among the yearlings to be take imp soon for preparation for twoyearofd racing next year Envys foal at the farm this year is a filly by the imported stallion Iloneywood IloneywoodKing King AAorth Honest Ceorcp Coppcrfield and others are among the winners foaled by Mitten when mated with Kenilworth
