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t LEXINGTON TURF NOTES ! £ _ S The Lexington purchasing and breeding headquarters of the Remount Division of i the Unitea States Army announces the acquisition of five thoroughbred stallions. Vindicated, by Flittergold, was bought from J. O. Sullivan of Chicago; Etcetera, by Prince Cf Wales, from Leo J. Ramm of Chicago; Red Hans, by Dozer, from Herman H. Goldberg of Kenosha, Wis., and Play Hooky, by My Play, from Charles Bacharach of New Orleans. Kentucky Cardinal, good North Star III. racer of a decade ago, was presented to the Remount by Terry J. Drug-gan of Oak Park, 111. William C. Goodloe reports that he has destroyed the mare Fairy Wand, upon instructions from her owner, George Atwell, Jr., son-in-law of the late Gifford A. Cochran, in whose stud she was a good producer. Fairy Wand, one of the fastest mares of her day, was the dam of the stakes winners, Genie and Epithet, and other winners. Red Head, dam of Head Play and now owned by W. C. Goodloe, was bred this year to Display. The American Thoroughbred Breeders Association has just issued to its membership from its offices here a bulletin containing copies of the constitution and by-laws, a roster of the members, and a note on a type of contagious abortion which appears to be becoming more prevalent on thoroughbred breeding farms. The disease, which will sweep through a band of brood mares and cause every one of them to lose her foal within a few weeks, was noted on three farms this year, the bulletin states, adding that it is the first time it has been recognized in so many places in the same season The cause of the disease has not yet been determined, but a method of halting the contagion when it appears has been devised. The breeders association bulletin recommends laboratory examination of any aborted fetus. 4
