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BUY FAMOUS VIRGINIA FARM Messrs B B and Montfort Jones Secure Audley Estate for Breeding Establishment NEW YORK N Y April 2 The prediction that Virginia the original home of the thorough ¬ bred in the United States would again assumo a dominant jwsition in the industry is apparently coming true Tlie studs conducted by Messrs Han ¬ cock Oxnard Kyan Walker and others are to be joined by that of Messrs B B and Montfort Jones who have purchased the famous Audley estate in Fairfax County through Cant P M Walker WalkerThe The place which is rich in historic association is called Washingtonland and comprises i 17 acres watered by spring brooks Three hundred acres are in bluegrass and the pasturage thereon is said to be as fine as anywhere in Kentucky KentuckyAlthough Although only recent recruits to the breeding in ¬ dustry the new owners of Washingtonland iiave been racing a stable of horses for the last two seasons Among their thoroughbreds is the beauti ¬ fullybred Rouleau by Tracery bought at Saratoga as a yearling for 14000 This horse will no doubt head the new1 stud when his racing days are over overWashingtonland Washingtonland was originally owned by AVarren Washington a cousin to George Washington He purchased the land from Lord Fairfax in 1743 It passed from the Washlngtors to the Lewis family in 1825 its purchaser Lawrence Lewis being a nephew of George Washington The father of his country passed much of his time at the place It was to Mrs Lewis that Washington bequeathed his sword clothing and other historic and intimate relics now contained in the National Museum at Washington Much of the Nellie Custis furniture now at Mount Vernon also came from Washing ¬ tonland tonlandWashington Washington Irving in search of data for his life of Washington was a visitor at the place and General I ee who was a kinsman of the Lewis was often entertained there A great stone smoke ¬ house still in an excellent state of preservation is a mute evidence of the quality of the hospitality dispensed at Washingtonland through all the years of its existence existenceIt It is not known when the horses and mares now in Kentucky will be transferred to the new stud but it is safe to say that next years bunch of foals will crop tin bluegrass of the rich pastures of Virginia instead of Kentucky
