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PILGRIMAGES TO NOTED FARMS ■ I Planned as Part of Derby Week to Aid Garden Club. • Funds Raised to Be Used to Restore the Garden of Ashland, Henry Clays Home. — — ♦ The thoroughbred horse will be honored in unique fashion in Kentucky this week as a part of a jubilee occasion, ending with the running of the Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Saturday. Judge C. W. Hay, general manager of Washington Park and owner of Scotland Farm, Frankfort, is in co-operation with other Kentucky breeders, aiding the Garden Club of Lexington, which is sponsoring a visiting pilgrimage to notable estates of the Blue Grass section, the purpose being to raise funds to restore the garden of Ashland, home of Henry Clay, and to farther extend the Kentucky Botanical Garden on the grounds of the University of Kentucky. Among many shrines and places of interest attractive to tourists will be Faraway Farm, home of Man o War, super horse; A. B. Hancocks thoroughbred farm, Claiborne, where Gallant Fox was foaled; Scotland Farm, home of Judge Hays Paicines and Sir Peter; Elmendorf, Whitney Estate, Castleton, Walnut Hill, Dixiana, Idle Hour and other establishments which have sent to the races some of the worlds most famous horses. Not often is the public privileged to gain such an intimate view of Kentuckys famous thoroughbreds, including historical objects and homes of the Blue Grass section. Judge Hay will have a number of house guests during the festivities, conspicuous in the party Tbeing Mr. and Mrs. Baron Long and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sherman of San Diego, Calif. Mr. Long, international turfman, hotel proprietor and part owner of Agua Caliente race track, is combining his Derby trip with an inspection of racers prior to sailing for Europe, an annual custom. The Long party will leave French Lick Springs to go to Scotland Farm early this week. Willard Mack, playwright and sportsman, writing Judge Hay from Hollywood, regrets his inability to be in the Long party. «
