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MACOMBER TWOYEAR OLDS Fourteen CaliforniaBred Youngsters Shipped to Belmont Park for Eastern Racing SAN FRANCISCO Cal May 1 Fourteen two yearolds belonging to A K Mappmber have been shipped from Mlra Monte Stock Farm near San Jose to Belmont Park They are the pick of the youngsters at the jlacomber stud establishment establishmentAmong Among the babies left behind is a bay colt of extremely aristocratic lineage being by the Star Shoot horse Uncle from the Kentucky Oaks winner Snnbonnet This fellow did not show enough in trials to warrant sending him1 to the big time A brown youngster by Star Hawk dam the Prestige mare Orleans also failed to get a place in the shipment Just because the Uncle colt which lias been given the name of nominator ami the Star Hawk colt which is called Gunsight were not shipped is no indication they will not be heard from in a racing way later on perhaps next year Both are eligible to the Latonia Championship Stakes of 1922 There is no hurry about getting the colts into racing condition as they are late foals The son of Uncle and Sunbonnet was foaled May 15 and the other youngster May 9 9Walter Walter Jennings says Sunbpnnet was the best race mare he ever trained even surpassing the famous Briar Sweet It would be surprising if she does not produce something of note The matron was shipped to France two years ago along with other Macomber mares As a daughter of the Epsom Derby winner Sunstar and the Martagou mare Marian Hood there is nothing lacking in her blood lines The vagaries and uncertainties of thoroughbred breeding are well illustrated in the case ofv Maid Marian dam of Marian Hood The Hamptovn mare was a total failure as a racer Placed in the stud she became the dam of not only Marian Hood but also of Ppjymelus winner of the Twq Thousand Guineas and leading sire of England a number of years fraleo of the successful sire Graf ton 3VhetlierarT 3VhetlierarTnot not Doinintor ever makes a name for Himself on theiturf running tlie kind of races his name suggests his career will ever be inter ¬ esting yrThe to students of breeding yr The fourteen head selected for shipment to George Strate who is training both the Uosseter and Macomber strings were taken up early last fall and developed patiently all through the months of win ¬ ter They have shown good trials on the San Jose track which is not especially fast In fact sev ¬ eral of the youngsters set the track on fire in their works All are in superb condition and will need only a little tightening up to face the starter starterStar Star Hawk which would have won the Kentucky Derby only for bad hieing luck five years ago the Uock Sand horse Trap Hock the wellknown Dodge the Sunstar horse Hesperus and Palo Alto a grand ¬ son of Hanover are the sires of the twoyearolds twoyearoldsThe The shipment was made up of Story Teller b f by Dodge Hng Shot ShotThe The Falconer b c by Star Hawk Myrtle Gale GaleThe The Dictator ch c by Dodge Lip Stick StickPrudence Prudence br f by Dodge Pleiades PleiadesSalambo Salambo b f by Dodge Verdant VerdantRochambcau SisagaLisette Rochambcau ch c by Trap Rock Sisaga Lisette br f by Star Hawk Cugrail CugrailThe The Auricaniau b c by Dodge Hoop Skirt SkirtBrown Brown filly ty Hesperus Maid of Athens AthensBay Bay colt by Hesperus Bella Mayes Chestnut DeliveryBrown colt by Hesperus Rural Delivery InstigatidriBrown Brown colt by Hesperus Instigatidri Brown colt by Hesperus Mortoriia Bay colt by Palo Alto Rpse of Borgia
