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. I , : I . i i PRAISE J. N. CAMDEN MARES Noted Breeders Fulsome in Their Praise of Brood Mares to Be Sold at Nearby Sale. With the dispersal sale of the Hartland Stud of Hon. Johnson N. Camden, at Versailles, Kentucky, only two weeks distant, interest in the vendue, which will be the most important since the Nursery Stud was broken up, is on the increase. Every day has found breeders and fanciers at Spring Hill, inspecting the superb collection of bloodstock, which it has taken a generation of research to establish. Among the most recent to pass judgment on the members of the notable stud were Arthur B. Hancock, Maj. L. A. Beard, H. P. Headley, J. G. Lang, Lucas B. Combs, W. B. Miller and Thomas Piatt, all well known in the field of bloodstock production, and competent to be classed as experts. The first named came to Hartland to look at a group of fifteen or twenty mares and foals. Having seen these the merits of others that passed in review forced a more extended inspection. Familiar with the best types of thoroughbred matrons, Mr. Hancocks ability to qualify as a connoisseur, lent force to his criticisms. "A lovely bunch of mares, sound and well-bred, and with good foals, they are sure to provoke strong competition," was his parting comment, as he assured Senator Camden that he would visit Hartland again in company with some friends from New York and Boston, for another view before the sale. Major Beard, who has charge of the bloodstock interests of both the Whitney Estate and the Greentree Stable, and who is in the same class as his friend Arthur Hancock, when pedigree, individuality and other qualities of a thoroughbred are under discussion, was quite as laudatory in his comments, as his fellow expert. "I am surprised at the quality of the mares as a whole," said the Major. "Even the biggest of the mares by Light Brigade have that feminine look we all like so much in a brood mare. Those from dams by Ben Brush show it particularly. The foals are the best proof in the world of the merits of the Hartland sires. This is my first view of the get of Hydromel, and I never saw a nicer lot of straight, well-made foals by any young horse. Those who want to strengthen their studs, or are founding a thoroughbred nursery, cannot afford to stay away from Spring Hill on the twelfth of May." The other visitors named were equally complimentary in what they had to say. +
