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DEATjf . OF NOY ED ENGLISH STALLION A horse which has left a noble legacy to thor- oughbredom died in the Argentine last April. It was the English-bred French sire Le Samaritain. the father of" Roi Herode and grandfather of The Tetrarch. Of Iiis death a Buenos. Ayres exchange prints this: "Le Snmaritain, which stood for many years at the Haras Reyles, died suddenly at the Hnrns Ayacucho. At the recent dispersal sale of sthe Haras Reyles. Le Samaritain was bought by Darin E. Anasagasti for his Ayacucho Stud Farm, the price at which he changed hands being f 73,000. By Le Sancy, by Atlantic Clementina, by Doncastcr, Le Samaritain first saw the light of day- in 1895. Thus he had readied "the ripe old age. of twenty-five years when he died. Le Samaritain furnished the Argentine turf "with a large number of good winners, chief of his sons being Grey Fox, the only horse thdt ever lowered Botafogos colors and Gran Senor, undoubtedly one of -the best products of his year. Le Samaritains prestige as a sire is well upheld in thoiold country through his descendants Roi Herode, The Tetrarch and many others. He had only served three mares at the Haras Ayacucho when he died.. Le, Samaritains best son, Grey Fox, is to go to England during the coming winter to be established at one of the great studs as a sire.
