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TRAINER BURCHS STABLE Nevada Stock Farm Horses Pre ¬ paring for Spring Season Three YearOld General Thatcher Considered ConsideredStar Star of the Aggregation Will Be Started StartedBoth Both in Preakness and Kentucky Derby WASHINGTON D C March 22 There were eighteen juveniles by Athqling II raced last year and only one of them Humboldt failed to win That gives an idea of the quality of George Wingfields imported stock horse Here at Benning Preston M Burch has a string of seventeen that he is fitting for the races and thirteen of them are the prog ¬ eny of this magnificent son of Desmond and the Cyllene mare Wood Daisy Nine of these are twoyearolds three are threeyear olds and one a fouryearold The remainder of the stable is composed of three twoyear olds by Honeywood another of the Nevada Stock Farm stallions and the threeyearold General Thatcher a son of Sweep SweepWhile While the success of the Atheling II colts and fillies is of much more moment to Mr Winglield than that of outside stallions it must be admitted that General Thatcher at this time is the star of the stable Of course just where the Atheling II youngsters will fit in remains to be seen but General That ¬ cher has already proved himself and those who have watched his preparation consider him a potential eligible for both the Prcak ness and the Kentucky Derby DerbyGENERAL GENERAL THATCHER HARD TO TRAIN TRAINGeneral General Thatcher did not show his best form early on account of his immense size and he won his first race at Laurel on October 25 But after Burch had him ready he proved himself a good one by following ft up with three other victories before the close of the year in November at Bowie BowieKing King Charming one of the Atheling IL threeycurolds was not raced until late in the year and he was a winner at Bowie on November 29 Ambler also by Atheling JL and a threeyearold was winner of two races during 1922 The maiden is Hum ¬ boldt a three yearold son of Atheling IL and Celesta by Sempronius He ran several impressive races without earning brackets and Burch has every reason to expect that he will keep up the excellent record of his sire sireAnother Another Atheling II in the string that is a maiden is Apricot a fouryearold that has never been raced racedThis This important racing string is particu ¬ larly well advanced in training and it will be one of the early stables to be seen in action Probably Btirch will show the silks at Bowie and his campaign plans are de ¬ cidedly ambitious this year yearAfter After the running of the Preakness at Pimlico May 12 General Thatcher will be taken on to Churchill Downs for the Ken ¬ tucky Derby and later he will be returned to New York He is not particularly well en gaged in the early closing stakes but Un ¬ doubtedly will do considerable racing over the New York circuit Following is the Nevada Stock Farm racing stable stableApricot Apricot b g 4 by Atheline II Scarlet Oaks by byDick Dick Welles WellesGeneral General Thatcher br c 3 by Sweep Polistcna by Polymelus PolymelusKing King Chi miing ch c 3 by Atheling II Island IslandQueen Queen by Dick Welles Humboldt b c 3 by Athcling II Celesta by bySempronius Sempronius Ambler lir jr 3 by Atheling II Ida by Peep PeepoDay oDay Illaek Huler br g 2 by Atheling II Ina I by byOtis Otis Main Street ch rr 2 by Atheling II Suavita by bySt St Ixronards Conscript oh s 2 by Atheling II Thistle Belle Belleby by Knight of the Thistle Wong Bok b t 2 by Atheling II Ira by Peep PeepoDjy oDjy Go Foin b c 2 by Atheling II Thrifty by Og Ogden den Queen Changing ch f 2 by Atheling II Island IslandQueen Queen by Dick Welles Small Star b f 2 by Atheling II Casket by byVoorhees Voorhees Lady Choo ch f 2 by Athclins II Chocolate Chocolateby by Kitimat For Keeps b f 2 by Atheling II Uosclawn by byOrisini Orisini Wood Iady lir f 2 by Honeywood Trinity Belle Belleby by Star Shoot ShootItan Itan Son ch f 2 by Honeywood Bells by Leo ¬ nid Ruddy Light br f 2 by Honeywood Washoe WashoeBelle Belle by Sweep
