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LIVE BLUE GRASS NEWS Marshall Brood Mares Arc Shipped East Man o Wars New Home. LEXINGTON, Ky., July C Clem Pearce left here last night for Huntingdon Valley Farms, Meadowbrook, Pa., with eleven thoroughbred brood mares, nine of which have foals at heel. They are the property of Edward E. Marshall. Seven of these mares were purchased last winter from John 2. Madden. The other four have been here for more than a year. They have all been mated with stallions in this vicinity. Johnny Miller arrived here today from Amsterdam, New York, with a couple of brood mares, property of R. T. Wilson, which had been on a visit to John Sanfords Hurri-cana Stud and were returned to Kirklevington Stud. Fred A. Forsythc, who since the dispersal of the Cliinn and Forsythe stud of thorough-brers a half dozen years ago. has been in the automobile business in Lexington, is said to be contemplating a return to the ranks of the breeders and is looking at farms in the vicinity of Lexington for that purpose. Willis Sharpe Kilmer is in a deal for the yearling half brother to Exterminator. Th.s colt, by George Smith, dam Fair Empress, is 1 the property of C. W. Patterson, Jr., of Jamestown, N. Y., who is the fortunate owner of a suckling sister to Exterminator, it being ! now at Mere Hill Stud near here, with nls venerable dam, which Mr. Patterson bought from E. Cary Ward of Georgetown, who had purchased her from "Dixie" Knight. Julio Jorrin, suger grower and refiner of Havana, Cuba, was a visitor here today for the purpose of seeing the yearlings by Von Tromp and Troutbeck at Edward Cebrians farm. Mr. Jorrin is a nephew of the president of Cuba and he is going in for racing. His colors, "all mauvein," are the colors his father used in Spain. KILMER TO BUY FARM. There is a rumor afloat here to the effect that Willis Sharpe Kilmer may purchase or : lease a farm in the Blue Grass region. Phil T. Chinn has returned from New-York and says he intends to remain here until time to ship his fifty yearlings to Saratoga for the Fasig-Tipton sale. Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield i3 making preparations to move Man o War and Golden Broom and the mares and foals belonging to Samuel D. Paddle and Walter M. Jeffords from Hinata Farm to the Jefferds farm, which was purchased last winter from Col. Louis Lee Haggin. The Hinata Farm is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lebus and is under lease to former United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey, who, it is understood, intends to again sublease it, he having his horses now at his own Donegal Farm. While here recently Walter J. Salmon of New York leased forty-five acres additional from William Petit, at whose place his horses now are. A. B. Hunley, owner of Mcnictta Farm at Danville, was here today arranging for transportation of his yearlings by the Ben Brush horse Everest to Saratoga to be sold in August.
