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H. P. HEADLEYS VISIT ABROAD Noted Kentucky Breeder impressed With Stock Farms In England. ; LEXINGTON, Kyi, December 14. Hal Price Hgailleyi , master of BeaumontF".au.aniL.one ot thfe mosftTsuecessf til breeders, of thoroughbreds in America, who recently returned from a six. weeks trip abroad, when asked for an expression of what he had seen in England, said: "I was only in England nine days, six of which were largely spent at the stock farms there. I was fortunate enough to have a letter of introduction to Mr. E. E. Coussell of the British Blood Stock Agency, who made the necessary arrangements and who . also went with me to most of the farms visited. I really feel I have learned as much by being with Mr. Coussell as from what I saw, as be is so thoroughly conversant with everything connected witli the English thoroughbred and besides is a first-class judge. The first stud visited was Childwickbury, property of Mr. J. B. Joel. It is a wonderfully well-kept place and the home of Sunstar, which to my way cf thinking is .everything that a stallion should be. We then looked at the weanlings, which were a wellgrown, fine collection, and as it was getting late we stopped only a few minutes to look at Black Jester and some of the mares, including the Oaks and One Thousand Guineas winner Princess Dorrle, which, by the way, is one of the finest looking brood mares I ever saw. "The next day we spent the day at Mr. Donald Frasers Tickford Park Stud. He has a place witli more range than the most of the places I saw, and his horses are raised more like we raise ours here in America. I saw there the Cesarewitch winner Son-in-Law, White Magic and a young horse he had just bought, The Vizier. I saw all his foals including four by Brown Prince and most of his mares, including Mother-in-Law, heavy in foal to Brown Prince. This was the stud where Brown Prince was raised and stood, so I was naturally much interested in talking with Mr. Fraser and his capable manager, Mr. Grimes. "One of the best days I had in England was the day spent with Mr. Edmunds, manager for Lord Rosebery. It was one of the few days that the sun was shining. The first horse I inspected was Cicero, which lias more quality than any horse I saw. I was then shown the entire stud of twenty-three mares, including the Derby winner Signorinetta, heavy in foal to Plialaris, and the Thousand Guineas winner Vaucleuse. I had always thought of the English mare as a general thing more or less coarse, plain and leggy, as so many of tltis type have been imported to America, but really I did not see a mare of that type in the whole of Lord Roseberys stud. After lunch we drove over to South Conrt Stud, where .Radium and the Grand Prix winner Galloper Light are domiciled. I did not see any mares there, but saw all the foals, which were a fine lot. I have never seen a foal I liked better than a bay or brown colt by Tracery Doro, a Cyllene mare. It was here thnt Tracery stood while in England and also where Iiourless was raised. "I motored down to Newmarket one day and spent tlte night there, seeing among others the Derby winners Lemberg and Grand Parade, and the young Orby horse Diadumenos, whose two-year-olds did so well this year. He is a grand looking horse and just the type suitable for Ameriqa. The most pleasant part of my trip to Newmarket was meeting Dr. W. F. Smith, whom many of tle older Kentucky breeders will remember. I also visited Cohliam Stud, where I met Mr. Allison and saw Sundridge, still a grand looking horse, looking hardly more than a four-year-old."
