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CHOICE YOUNGSTERS AT NURSERY STUD Man o Wars Sister an Especially Captivating Miss Much like Her Great Brother RY EXILE EXILEHaving Having just returned from a mornings visit to the Nursery Stud where by the courtesy of the manageress Mrs Kane I was accorded a view of the most valuable filly in the United States I thought it not unlikely that all horse folk might be interested to know that this chestnut sister to Iiin o War is patterned much on the order of her famous brother and far more like him iu ap ¬ pearance than either of her intervening brothers brothersMahubahs Mahubahs latest has a large star and continuous broad stripe without so far as I could see iin othrr while hair on her a rangy bright quick looking eager filly head set on as is that of Man o War a trifle high on the leg as are so ninny of the best beautifully placed shoulders and best of all she has those running hind legs of tho Fair 1lays and besides carries her flag well and this lo me one of Mie best indications of strength and vigor for the caudal vertebrae are but the con ¬ tinuation of the spinal column and no strong spinal column no race horse horseColor Color may or may not have anything to do witli the excellence of a horse but I much prefer to see brothers and sisters to racing celebrities of the same shading despite the bay chestnut black Teas Over precedent precedentIn In all this morning I was introduced to eighteen 1920 Xursery bird foals including a bay sister to Mad Hatter a brother to Dragnet and Drastic a good bay by Hourless Luiiieneusc a chestnut colt by Fair Play1 Mission by Hock Siind a charming bay filly by Ilourless Amicitia dam of the recent winner Alibi by Hastings a beautiful brown filly plenty of size by Fair Play Violet Kay dam of winners by Hock Sand a half brother and a big one by Fair 1lay Olyinpia by Hock Sand to Ole ¬ aster a good sturdy brown colt by Fair Ilay from Haute lloche a sister to Hour Glass by Hock Sand Of the entire eighteen commend me most to the tcr to Mint War and to the chestnut son of Fair Play and Mission by Hock Sand which it is interesting to note traces on his dams side to Ielle of Hunnymede sister to that great race mare Miss Woodford by Itillet and it may be just pos ¬ sible that after ail these years of comparative ill success the Fancy Jane family is to be out once m ii with a winner of the top class Anyway Missions colt is good looking enough to be the long expected champion is a big colt surely for he measured when but twentyfour hours old in height 43 inches and girthed 33 and he has the galloping hind legs of the Fair IMays free play when walking to his stifles a look about him char ¬ acteristic of his sire all the length and lilwrty possible I have not seen a better in a long time and only hope he may prove to be as good as he looks looksThe The yearlings are all fat and hearty and I am still sticking to my chestnut sou of Fair Play and Chit Chat by Hock Sand for he is bred to be a race horse mid moreover looks the part How ¬ ever I never was so much smitten with the bay brother to Man o AVar which rather seems to lack the dash and vim of the champion which traits are also so noticeable in his recently arrived sister sisterThe The Nursery stallions Fair Play and Ilourless are sir well as well can be There is no better look ¬ ing horse anywhere than the first citizen of the United States Fair Play and Ilourless has grown iito a strong serviceable solid sort of liorse just the sort to which nothing comes amiss work or play a reliable hardconstitutioned liorse which will shortly take his place l igh up among the leading stallions as the sire of winners well able to hold their own over cup courses under heavy weights weightsConvinced Convinced as I am that tho class and quality of blood stock as bred in this country has improved tremendously of lae is it not time that more long ¬ distance and weight forage racing be given in order to afford these wellbred goodlooking horses jtl opportunity to demonstrate their true worth V
