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I i t I ■ : a j . i . t I I t i , t , . , ! j , JTRACERYS LUXURIANT HOME Vastness of the Unzue Estate and Its Diversified Array of Tenants. As has been his frequent custom the well known .-md competent English turf writer William Allison visited Argentina last winter and in one of his letters to his home paper had the following interesting things to say concerning the wondrous San Jacinto estate, where Tracery and other noted thoroughbreds a:e now spending their days: "Senor ITizu.- has conceived what I take to be first-rate idea, and that is to send some of his best mares in foal to Tracery to English time to the December sales. Nowhere have I ever seen finer mares than those of his by Val dOr, and it sec ins to me that they should prove to lie of quite sensational value. He will also send over one or two of his best mares forthwith to be covered by Grey Fox, and these, too. will be offered in December. He is himself coming over in June and intends for the future to make many visits to Europe, allele he has not been for eight years Small wonder that he is tired, in all the circumstances, with the duties of president of the B. A. Jockey Club Imposed on enormous business interests. "There is an enormous acreage of land, with almost boundless paddocks, and cattle without and feeding there along with the bloodstock. The emu so-called ostriches number about R.00O. They are as tame as deer in a park, but they fend for themselves anil are easy to catch when the season comes for reloiving them of their feathers, which are used for making brushes and are always in steady demand. Away on an inclosure of their own there are African ostriches, which, of course, are very much larger than the emus. It would be pleasant to spend a week or two exploring all this splendidly stocked estate, but we did the best possible in a few hours. VAL DOR AND OTHER STALLIONS. "Besides Tracery we saw old Val dOr, still fresh and well, though stone blind. This does not seem lo trouble him at all, for he finds his manger without difficulty and moves about his box quite freely. The gray stallion lapanatas, by Peppermint, is one of the most beautiful horses imaginable, almost too beautiful, in fact. He has already gained lasting fame as the sire of Ialospavos. This line of blood is particularly interesting, as it represents Hermit, through St. Mirin, and seems likely to carry on permanently. I wish I could convey even a faint impression of the beauties of San Jacinto, hut the place is so vast aud wide-spreading that no poor words of mine can in any degree do it justice. I could write at full length about the mares, many of which are among tiie finest in the world, and among them I was pleased to see Forest Track looking splendid. She is a four-year-old daughter of Tracery and Forest Lassie, by Isinglass — Baron -ess La Fleche. She lost her foal this year and is coming over to be mated with Grey Fox. "Senor Cnzues house has been much enlarged and improved since I was first there, a good many years ago. and it is now quite perfect, though not on too large a scale. Yet I can see that the owner longs far fresh fields to conquer, and we shall soon see hint racing in England. I saw several of his two-ye.ir-olds that were bred to English time, notably a grand chestnut filly, sister to Remando. by The Whirlpool. She is broken and will shortly go into training, so as to be tried before it is decided that she is good enough to send to Europe. The colt by Lembcrg -Sixpenny might also be sent, and there ate several others, but. naturally, the expense of such a journey will only be incurred for such as have satisfied their trainer. It is possible. I should imagine, that Tracery yearlings may lie sent to Daaeaatat in the coming years, but of that I have no certain knowledge." a a
