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OLD SIRES THAT HAVE MADE GOOD One frequently hears the saying Young horses for old inares if you want to succeed In breeding but turf history is replete with instances of old stallions achieving their greatest successes when well advanced in years yearsKingston Kingston was well past twenty years of nge when he got Novelty unquestionably a great race horse Lexington was In the sore and yellow leaf when he sired Duke of Magenta Bonnie Scotland ivas long pTRt the twentyyear mark when he gave Luke Blackburn conceded by many bis greatest son to the turf and the same is true of Lexington when ho produced Enquirer EnquirerThe The most recent example of this quality Is shown in the excellence of this years Kentucky Oaks winner Lorraine whose sire Ben Brush was in his twentyfourth year when mated with the fifteen yearold mare Amy J by Bendoran
