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S ..... r -f I CATALOGS OUT FOR SALE . AT LEXINGTON MAY 2 l . - ! LEXINGTON, Ky., April 20. Catalogs for the sale of thoroughbred horses to, be held in the Lexington sales paddock under the auspices of E. J. Tranter Thursday afternoon, May 2, came from the printer today. The catalog embraces sixty-nine head, the principal consignments constituting the dispersal sales of the studs of two recent deceased prominent Kentucky breeders, Maj. Thomas C. McDowell and Allan B. Gallaher. The McDowell estate consigns eight highly bred brood mares and te"n yearlings. The Gallaher estate consigns ten brood mares, which were splendid performers on the turf and likewise good producers, and five yearlings, in addition to Cherokee, a good race horse and now a successful sire. There are two other stallions, American Smile and Sun God II., the former the property of M. J. Beauchamp- and the latter owned by I. J. Collins of the Ohio State Racing Commission. Lee Rosenberg, owner of Kerry Patch, consigns eight brood mares, six which have foals at foot and have been again mated with Desperate Desmond. Several of the mares consigned by the McDowell and Gallaher estates also have foals at foot by good sires. Horace. N. Davis Blue Grass Heights Farm, on behalf of one of his patrons, is consigning five mares and a yearling. There are also to be sold four mares, the property of the late Mrs. A. D. Piatt and her grandson, Thomas Carr Piatt, in settlement of the estate. Charles Nuckols, of Midway, is selling three two-year-old fillies which have been well broken, but not tried. There are several other mares and horses in training in this sale, which is expected to be the most important spring vendue in recent years. The eight horses in training, property of the estate of A. B. Gallaher, will be sold in the paddock at Churchill Downs at noon Tuesday, May 14. These horses are now at Churchill Downs in training in charge of trainer C. Ormsby.
