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AUGUST BELMONTS STABLE Seventeen Horses Two and Three Years Old Preparing for Eaces Messenger Which Went Wrong Last Tear TearExpected Expected to Be Star of the Aggregation Ten Juveniles In Barn I NEW YORK X Y January 29 Seven ¬ teen horses are being fitted by Louis Feustel to bear the silks of August Belmont during the 1923 racing season Of these seven are threeyearolds and ten twoyearolds They are all the product of Major Belmonts Nursery Stud in Kentucky and they bid fair fittingly to represent the chairman of the Jockey Club All are liberally engaged and the threeyearolds in addition to being eligibles for the stakes of that division have been named for the handicaps where they will be required to meet older horses horsesOf Of the threeyearolds most of the interest centers about Messenger the handsome big chestnut son of Fair Play and Mission a daughter of Rock Sand that raced well her helf This big fellow was only raced three times last year but his victory in the Grab Bag Handicap at Saratoga was so impressive that after that running it was announced that he would be reserved for the Futurity Unfortunately he went slightly wrong after his winning race and he was thrown out of training for the year yearQUALITY QUALITY IX EVERY LIXE LIXEThe The winter of idleness has brought him back to a condition that suggests his being a tremendously good threeyearold A colt of magnificent size and substance he has quality stamped all over him and unless all signs fail he will be easily the best in the Belmont string stringThe The other threeyearolds are Osprey Dia ¬ gram High Hand Metal and the fillies How Fair and Amusement AmusementOn On the racing of last year it would seem that How Fair is best of these others She is a daughter of Fair Play and Hour Hand that showed plenty of evidence of high class in her performances Osprey is a colt that also ran some decidedly creditable races Diagram and High Hand were not started while Metal was only brought to the post once so that the quality of all three of these is problematical Amusement is a firstclass filly but of them all the highest hopes are for Messenger MessengerOf Of the ten juveniles seven are colts and three fillies Of the colts there is a half brother to the good performer Lucky Hour This one is Lucky Play a son of Fair Play and Lucky Catch CatchIn In this division there are seven the get of Fair Play two are by Hourless and one by Ormondale All three of the fillies are the get of Fair Play and Oval one of them is a sister to Osprey Following is a com ¬ plete list of the stable stableThree Three Year Olds OldsOsprey Osprey ch c by Fair IMay Olympia by Rock RockSand Sand Diagram b c by Fair Play Mission by Rock RockSand Sand Mcssencer eh c by Fair Play Mission by Rock RockSand Sand lliRh Hand b c by Fair Play Haute Roche by byRock Rock Sand Metal br or blk c by Hourless Moneta III by bySpearmint Spearmint How Fair li f by Fair Play Hour Hand by byKthclbert Kthclbert KthclbertAmustment Amustment b f by Hourless Amicitia by Hast ¬ ings ingsTwoYearOld TwoYearOld Marblcr ch c by Fair Play Malachite by Rock RockSand Sand Lucky Play b or br c by Fair Play Lucky Catch Catchby by Trap Rock Illind Play b c by Fair Play Blue Glass by byPrince Prince Palatine PalatineLadkin Ladkin ch c by Fair Play Lading by Tracery Hough and Ready br or blk c by Hourless Rock of Gold by Rock Sand SandRatsiuttn Ratsiuttn ch c by Hourlcss Bridlcwisc by Tra ¬ cery Ordinance b c by Ormondale Dona Roca by byRock Rock Sand Fair Monica b f by Fair Play Moneta III by bySpearmint Spearmint SpearmintRcvy Rcvy clj f by Fair Play Bclvale by Watervale Oval ch f by Fair Play Olympia by Rock Sand
