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-g DISPERSAL OF NOTED STUDS « Himyar and Shandon Stud Farm Horses at Auction. ♦ Turfmen En Route to Louisville for Derby Plan to Stop at Lexington for Sales. $ The vanguard of the racing host leaves today for Kentucky, the region of the blue grass, the land of beautiful women and blooded horses. Lexington, the center of the famed blue grass, will be the first objective of the racing caravans. Here they will tarry for two or three days, filling the lobbies of the Phoenix and Lafayette hotels, pending the dispersal sales of the famous Himyar and Shandon Studs. When these important sales are history and the blooded stock dispersed, the big trek for Louisville and the Kentucky Derby will be under way. As bloodstock history was made at the dispersal sale of the Nursery Stud of the elder August Belmont, of the Bitter Root Stud of Marcus Daly, of the Belle Meade Stud of William C. Whitney and of the Castleton Stud of James R. Keene, so, too, will history be made when the choice offerings of the Himyar Stud and the Shandon Stud are sold. The immortal Patrick Henry observed over a century and a half ago, "There is no way of judging the future except by the past," and the statement of the Virginian is as sound today as when it was uttered. The value of the produce of Himyar Stud is proved by the fact that during the period from 1921 to 1930, inclusive, this famous nursery sold at public auction 644 yearlings for a total of ,774,450. In the five years from 1926 to 1930, inclusive, thoroughbreds disposed of by the Himyar Stud won 1.391 races and ,849,756. Among the Himyar Stud products have been such stars as Sarazen, Carlaris, Black Maria, Misstep. Master Charlie, In Memo-riam, Silver Fox, Nassak, Roguish Eye. Bracadale, Mr. Mutt and Karl Eitel, to cite a dozen that come immediately to mind. Four sires, headed by the superb High Time, will be offered. Among the brood mares offered are the choicest blood strains of two hemispheres — the vast majority of them young and with their futures before them, many with foals at their side. Most of them have been bred back to outstanding sires. The sale takes place Thursday. May 14. at the Old Hickory Farm. The Shandon Stud of the late Gifford A. Cochran represents the expenditure of countless thousands of dollars and years of labor and selection. There are four sires, all young, three of them having already given stars to the turf in the form of stake winners, the other is a son of Man o War and the Star Shoot mare, Fairy Wand, and made his first stud season in 1930. That the Shandon Stud was rapidly attaining a place in the first rank among American thoroughbred nurseries, is proved by the fact that in 1930 horses bred at this stud won eighty-four races and 82,834, assuring it thirteenth place on the list of leading breeders. It was there Flying Heels, winner of two futurities and over 00,000 was bred. It was there that Genie, winner of the Dwyer Stakes, the Riggs, Bowie and other handicaps, first saw the light. It was from Shandon Stud that Epithet came forth — the only horse that ever humbled the brilliant Jamestown. Anions the mares to be sold will be the dams and near relatives of these famous performers. This sale takes place Friday, May 15. at Shandon Farm. In addition there is the evening vendue at the Lexington Sales Paddocks on the night Of May 14. following the Himyar Stud dispersal. There are a number of very choice mares in this vendue, a number of jumpers that have shown well and should attract the hunting crowd and some yearlings by good sires. It is doubtful if ever again will breeders be afforded such an unparalleled opportunity to acquire such choicely bred sires and mares. It is too much to expect the repetition of such a chain of circumstances that make such sales possible — and the bloodstock and racing history in the years to come will, in many instances, have its beginning in these particular dispersal sales.
