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LIGHT BRIGADE GAINS PROMINENCE PROMINENCEDaddy Daddy of Brigadier General Prodigy Helium and Scottish Chieftain Promises Much to Turf The recent sale of Brigadier General to Samuel G Kiddle of Glen Riddle Farm Pennsylvania for the reporteil price of 30000 brings into prominence the sire of that youngster Light Brigade vhicli is domiciled at the Hartland Stud of former United States Senator Johnson N Camden president of the Kentucky Jockey Chili and chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission Light Bri ¬ gade has succeeded the famous Ben Brush now dead as the hqad of that noted Kentucky breed ¬ ing establishment establishmentLight Light Jtrigtule is a son of Picton he a son of Orvieto and lie a son of Bend Or dam Bridge of Sighs she a daflghter of Isinglass and Santa Brig ida she by St Simon Bridget a sister of Melton He belongs to the Number S Family iln Bruce Lowe reckoning and represents the best there is of English thoroughbred bloo and the blending of the potent strains in him is wellnigh perfect He was a highclass race horse of a family tlfat has produced celebrated racers as well as suc ¬ cessful sires He could hold his own with the best sprinters and he maintained his sn ed under weight at distances up to one mile and a half with the stoutest longdistance runners of his time Light Brigade is a splendid breeder In Briga ¬ dier General be has not only produced a giant a twoyearold with the size and bulk of a four yearold but a horse of fine balance Brigadier Geiieral has raced so far at a disadvantage He was cut out for long distance runiiing That lie will do better when the youngsters begin to go threequarters of a mile and farther is a foregone conclusion His dam was Yolauda a daughter pf St Florian and Involved an English mare bjr Royal Hampton James Fitzsimmons representing the Quincy Stable bought Brigadier General at the Camden yearling sales at Saratoga last year for 1000 and in view of the price secured for him last wceic he was a rare bargain bargainBrigadier Brigadier General is only one of three or four promising twoyearolds claiming Light Brigade for sire that have won in this country this year Prodigy the filly that took the measure of the stake winner Tacobina at Aqueduct on June 25 is a daughter of Light Brigade and Satin and Helium the winner of four races at Churchill Downs three of them in a row is a daughter of Light Bri ¬ gade and Heliosis Another likely Light Brigade colt to earn brackets at Latonia was Scottish Chieftain This one1 is the son of Santa Susanna by Top Gallant He is the property of Judge A W Young a former member of the Kentucky Itacing Commission and was lato coining to on account of severe illness when a yearling
