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MARE SCHWALBE DIES IN FOALING BY F L McKENXBY McKENXBYSAN SAN FRANCISCO Cai April 5 Foals have come along satisfactorily this spring at George Wingfields Nevada Slock Farm There are fifteen so far with some mares yet due Both the Des ¬ mond horse Alheling and the Polyinelus liorse Honeywood are represented among the foals The Atheliiigs are the best looking of the crop of any year so far of the handsome English stallion All the Honcywoods have the accustomed sturdy appearance that marks the sons and daughters of that successful sire sireOne One of the misfortunes of the season at the big haras was the deatli of the Sain mare Schwalbe in foaling Scliwalbe was bred by the late Barney Sehreiber at his Woodlands Stock Farm Bridgeton Mo and was foaled in 1S99 She was a stake winner and of thirtyone races Following her successful racing career she was retired to the farm having her first foal in 1900 a bay filly by Bannockbiirn It was a mating witli the Hayden Edwards horse that resulted in game little Slippery Elm later on For his inches probably there has not been a better gelding in the United States than the son of Bannockbiirn and Schwalbe SchwalbeGratitude Gratitude dam of Schwalbe was of blood lines little boomed nowadays but good at that She was a daughter of Hyder Ali dam Expectation the American mare by Harry OFailon a son of Australian Hyder Ali was by the famous Leamington dam a Lexington marc marcGeorgette Georgette four years old by Radium dam the St Frusquin mare Charmeuse has linen mated with Honeywood Minefield six years old by the Triple Crown winner Rock Sand dam Fluke II by Speed has been sent to the court of the Sunstar horse Hand Grenade at A K Macombers Mira Monte Stock Farm The two mares were pur ¬ chased recently by Mr Wingfield from the Earl of Minto
