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j | ! | I j | I ! j ! ; l WIDENER BACK FROM FARM . Reports Wide Interest in Coming Dispersal of Nursery Stud — Expects Record Crowd. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 4.— Joseph E. Widener, who has been in Kentucky in company with his friends. J. Ellis Postlethwaite and John E. Cowden, inspecting the Nurs?ry Stud, which he recently bought from the executors cf the late Major Belmont, and which he will offer at public auction at the farm near Lexington, Ky., on May 15, has returned from the Blue Grass state. "I found everything in good shape, both at the Nursery and Elmendorf Studs," said he. "and everywhere the coming sale is the i chief topic of conversation. From present j indications the attendance will surpass all records of a public auction on bloodstock ! i in this country. Capacity reservations are . ! reported by the various hotels in Ixington. j "Because of the expected crowd, and its j proximity to the brood mare barns, we have I decided to hold the sale in the paddock near ; the bungalow in which Major Belmont lived ; during his visits to the farm. With its fine j spread of oak trees, it is one of the most j i delightful spots at the Nursery. There will j be ample space for everybody to move about j and inspect the various offerings before they enter the ring." .MANY FOALS EXPECTED. During Mr. Wideners stay Fury, by Hour-less — Ferment, by Octagon, foaled a filly by | Fair Play. Yesterday morning he received a! telegram from Mrs. Elizabeth Kane, super-! intendent of the stud that Tuscany, by Rock j Sand — Toscana, by St. Blaise, had foaled aj fine colt by Fair Play. There are a number Of mares due to foal within the next two! I weeks. All but a few of the mares will have I ! foaled by the date of the sale. Violet Ray, ! by Rock Sand, is due to Top Hat on May I; Moneta III., by Spearmint, to Fair Play on May : ; Catspaw. by Lemberg, to Fair Play Ion May 4: Chit Chat, by Rock Sand, to Fair, i Play on May 5 : Hevy. by Fair Flay, to Sand Marsh on May 10 : Bridlewise, by Tracery, to Hornless on May 12: Blue Grass, by Prince Palatine, is due on May 15, the day of the sale. She was bred to Grey Lag. the star of the Rancocas Stable. Malachite, by Rock Sand, winner of the Alabama Stakes, is due j : to Stefan the Great on May 17. Mr. Cowdin, who is secretary and treasurer of The Jockey Club, and a good horse-1 man, having been active in amateur racing | circles since boyhood, was enthusiastic over the quality of the Nursery collection. He was particularly impressed with the in- I dividuality of Fair Ilay and Stefan the Great. "It was some years since I had seen Fair: Play." said Mr. Cowdin, "and I was amazed: at his virility and general quality. He does not look more than half his age. He is a! wonderful horse; and whoever gets him will have a prize. He and Stefan the Oreat were ; the outstanding horses I saw in Kentucky."! Mr. Widener reported the railroad author- ities at Lexington as eager to render every j assistance in handling the private cars of sportsmen who will attend the sale.
