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McLEAN WILL SELL HORSES » Washingtonians Breeding Stock to Be Auctioned June 15. ♦ Stallions Include The Porter, Prince of Wales, Neddie and Timemaker — Forty-Four Brood Mares. LEXINGTON, Ky„ May 20.— Word was received here today that E. J. Tranter, president of the Fasig-Tipton Company of New York, has made an agreement to sell at public auction the thoroughbred stock of Edward Beale McLean, publisher of the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer. The sale will take place June 15, at Belmont Plantations, Mr. McLeans 200-acre estate near Leesburg, Va. The McLean disposal, which will include all the McLean thoroughbreds except the racing stable, follows on the heels of a series of sales in Kentucky, in which 306 lots were sold for 12,640. There will be cataloged for sale four stallions, forty-four broodmares, about thirty foals of 1931 and twenty-six yearlings, all reported to be in first class condition. The stallions are The Porter, Neddie, Prince of Wales and Timemaker. The Porter, by Sweep— Ballet Girl, by St. Leonards was the first thoroughbred to achieve notable success under the racing colors of Mr. McLean. Racing against the cracks of his time, he beat Cudgel, Exterminator, Billy Kelly, Sun Briar, Sir Barton, Tippity Witchet and On Watch. He won twenty-six races and 6,866. Toro is the best of the racers he has sent out since being retired to the stud. This year The Porter is already represented by seven two-year-old winners. The other stallions are all young horses, only recently retired from racing. The undefeated Colin, now in his dotage, is not to be sold. The mares to be sold are a choice lot. Brocatelle, dam of Toro, is among them. This mare, despite her sixteen years of age, may be one of the best of the sale. She is a half-sister to June Rose, dam of Brown Bud and Primrose, and is by Radium — Pietra, a representative of a noted producing family. Black Flag, the dam of Neddie, will be sold and so will the good mare Dream of Allah and her sisters Devils Garden and Garden Rose, both winners and producers. The McLean sale will attract much attention, for the farm is stocked with some of the finest breeding material in the country. Racing horses of his own breeding, Mr. McLean in 1928 topped the money winning owners with a total of 34,640. Since Mr. McLean began racing in 1917 his horses have earned a total of 98,938. Princes of Wales first crop of foals is beginning to race this year. He now has one winner, the colt Etcetera. He is an eight-year-old brown stallion, by High Time — Sand Pocket, by Rock Sand, second dam Pocket Piece, by Hanover. He was one of the fastest sons of High Time, winner of twenty-three races and 4,245. Neddie, five-year-old son of Colin and Black Flag, by Light Brigade, showed fine speed as a two-year-old, winning 4,000 and was one of the best young racers that ever bore the McLean colors. An illness in the winter, however, almost proved the end of him and he was not able to race successfully at three. Timemaker is a six-year-old stallion by The Porter — Garden of Allah, by Colin. He showed fine speed during his brief racing career. ♦ i -
