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PONCE AT IDLE HOUR FARM Reports to Trainer Thompson J I Smith Departs for forSun Sun Briar Court LEX1XGTOX Ky April 1 Jockey C Ponce has reported to trainer Dick Thomp ¬ son and is busy with the horses of Col E R Bradleys Idle Hour Stock Farm Ponce realizing last fall that he was out of form quit the saddle after the Pimlico meeting and put in the winter having a rest the first in four years He believes he will be able to ride in his best form this year because of this rest and recouperation recouperationThe The Idle Hour Farm string that is to race at the Lexington meeting will be tent to the Kentucky Association track during the next ten days Col Bradley and manager Barry Shannon are due at the farm rrom Palm Beach next Tuesday TuesdayJohn John Lowe who is training a dozen horses for Edward Cebrian in addition to tnose of his own came over from Louisville yesterday and spent a portion of ihe day Tit Keenlund Farm He was much impressed by the Cebrian yearlings and particularly liked the brother to his good twoyearold colt Star beck a half brother by Troutbcck to Miss Star one of the best of the fillies of 1922 Iowe has arranged for stalls for a ban dozen horses he will send here from Louisville He wanted to send twelve but could not get sta ¬ ble room Those who have not reserved stalls for the Lexington meeting will be out of luck because there are none to ce nad unless one does not object to stabling across town and leading or vanning to tile race course courseJohn John I Smith departed tonight for Havre de Grace to assume his duties as trainer of a division of the AVillis Sharpe Kilmer stable If he makes as big a success for the Bing hamton magnate as he did for the late Her ¬ bert H Hewitt of Buffalo he will have wrought well indeed for his new employer Smith has a host of friends hereabouts who hope that he will realize his ambition which is to have a small but good farm in the Blue Grass region regionWALIACK WALIACK 31 AUKS HAVK FOALS FOALSTwo Two of Judge John S Wallaces marcs have foals and both are chestnut colts One is by The Manager dam Legotal and the other is by Huon II dam Vision Legotal has been mated with Ballot BallotOne One of the finest foals dropped in this section this year is a bay colt by Troutbcek Corfu dam of Eastern Star by Watercress the property of Edward Cebrian CebrianWhite White Clover by Short Grass Sister by Uncle and Miss Kate by Sain Amelita by Sempronius the property of former United States Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas arc being trained by John Gocde at the Kentucky Association track White Clover was purchased by W 1C Caskey out of the Hewitt dispersal and was resold to Senator Bailey Miss Kate was purchased by the latter last September at the George J Long dispersal sale at Louisville and was broken by Henry Williams at Hinata Farm where she had been training until Friday with the Phil T Cliinn horses which are to be sent into the Kentucky Association track dur ¬ ing the next ten days daysOne One of the speediest horses seen in this section during a long period is in this string He is by High Time The name Horgan in compliment to the manager of the Hotel oin ton at Cincinnati has been claimed for Edward B McLeans Troutbeck Appariliun colt in this string
