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LOWER FEES FOR STALLIONS 1 Economic Depression and Loss of Prestige Responsible for Lower Prices During 1932 Season. Marked decreases are noted in the advertised fees for services of thoroughbred stal- . lions this season. It is not difcult to find f the reason. It has long been argued by J breeding sharps that the fees for sires J standing in America have been too high. The economic depression compelled owners of leading stallions to reduce them this year. In some instances the reduction was due also to loss of prestige. 1 Heading the list of sires, according to the amount charged for services, is Willis Sharpe Kilmers great horse, Sun Briar, seventeen-year-old son of Sundridge Sweet Briar. Sun Briar is standing at Court j Manor, Va. Heretofore he was a private stallion, but this season he is standing pub- licly at a fee of ,000. Cash at time of service is demanded. No other sire in America commands such i a large fee. The mighty Man o War stands privately, and is bred almost exclusively to , Riddle-Jeffords mares. What his fee would be in public service is problematical. Sun Beau, by Sun Briar Sweet Lady, and i tha worlds greatest money winner, is also i standing at Court Manor. His fee is ,000. He was retired from racing last fall, and this is his first season in the stud, 1 DIS DONC NOTABLE EXCEPTION. Also in the ,000 class are Sir Gallahad HI., twelve-year-old son of Teddy Plucky t Liege, and his son, Gallant Fox, from Mar- , guerite. They are standing at A. B. Han- ! cocks Claiborne Stud, near Paris, Ky. The . fees for these sires have not been reduced from last year. One of the very few stallions whose fees : have been increased this season is Dis Done, 1918, by Sardanapale Lady Hamburg H. The phenomenal "performances of Top Flight, two-year-old champion last year and greatest money-winning juvenile, regardless of sex, accounts for this. Dis Done, which is owned by C. V. Whitney, stood for only 50 last year. This season his fee is ,000. St. Germans, leading winning sire of 1931, which is an eleven-year-old son of Swynford Hamoaze, is standing at his old fee, ,500. Twenty Grand, winner of the Kentucky Derby and champion three-year-old last year, is St. Germans most notable son. Pompey, 1923, by Sun Briar Cleopatra, owned by W. R. Coe, master of Shoshone Stud, stood for ,000 last year. This season his fee is ,500. His fir.-t get came to the races last year, Osculator being the best of the crop. FIFTY PER CENT REDUCTION. With the exceptions noted, fees have been reduced materially. Black Toney, 1911, by Peter Pan Belgravia, which heads E. R. Bradleys stud at Idle Hour Farm, is now available to the public at ,500. Last year he was at the top of the list at ,000. Following arty the most notable reductions in stallion fees this season: Sire. Decrease. Sire. Decrease. Black Toney. .,500 Crusader $ 500 Pennant .. 1,250 Chicle 500 Mad Hatter. . . 1,000 Chance Play. . 500 Royal Minstrel 1,000 Flying Ebony. 500 Epinard 750 Chilhowee 250 Espino 500 Black Servant 250 Toro 500 Diavolo 250 Wrack 500 Upset 250 Golden Broom. 500 Polymelian ... 250 Mars 500 Pharamond .. 250 North Star ni. 500 Chatterton ... 250 Polydor ...... . 500 Ladkin 200 Blue Larkspur 500 General Lee. . . 150 Brown Bud... 500 Bagenbaggage. 100 Bubbling Over 500 Sweep On 50
