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G. W. WiNGFIELD YEARLINGS In Demand Because of Success of Atheiing 11. and Honeyvood Juveniles. RENO, Nov., July 13. Encouraged by the great success his filly Lady Myra, by Atheiing II., has scored in her eastern engagements this year, M. L. Allen, a San Diego. Cal., sportsman, has arrived here and is negotiating with George W. Wingfield, owner of the Nevada Stock Farm, for the purchase of a number of yearlings which he intends to race at Tijuana next winter and then ship East a few months later for summer campaigns in Kentucky and New York. The high degree of success which this young turfman attained at Tijuana last winter with Lady Myra and Paisley, which is a daughter of Honeywood, also from the Nevada Stock farm, prompted him to attempt to get more of the Atheiing and Honeywood offspring, and he is here for thij purpose. As has always been the case when western horses were making their maiden appearance on eastern tracks, their past performances were greatly discounted, and this indisposition on the part of the easterners to accept the western product led again this year to extremely liberal prices being quoted against Lady Myra and Paisley in their eastern engagements. Paisley earned brackets on two occasions out of three starts, and Lady Myra won three out of her five. Each time cither went to the post there was a fat price and it is reported that the five victories which the two turned in resulted in the eastern layers getting a severe drubbing. These two young misses were trained by Lonnie Tryon, who is known as the "boy plunger" of the West. Hes one of those thorough horsemen who only sends a runner to the post when it is ready for the races. Also he backs his judgment to the limit, and its not surprising that Allen, Tryon and their associates won great sums on the victories of the two Nevada-bred fillies. Another Atheiing offspring which probably would have been a grand horse had he not encountered a mishap in shipping, is Melachrino, winner of the Tijuana Futurity last winter. Discerning horsemen proclaimed him the greatest colt the West had produced in years, but the accident in shipping took him out of training, much to the disappointment of James McKay of Reno, his owner. However, Mr. McKay has great hopes for the colt next year and to many it would not be surprising to see Melachrino come back to the races and win some of the more important events on both the Western and Eastern tracks.
