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I LABROT SALE INTEREST KEEN Eighteen Youngsters to Be Auctioned Saturday at Havre. Vendue to Be Held in Ample Time to Allow Buyers to Watch Chesapeake Stakes Card. BALTIMORE, Md., April 16. Interest Is rapidly increasing in the Labrot sale at Havre de Grace, Saturday, Chesapeake Stakes day. Beginning at noon, the eighteen two-year-olds to be offered will have passed through the sales ring in ample time to allow those present to witness the full card, featured by the race which has been won by Mr. Khayyam, Cavalcade and Plat Eye in the past three years. Among the eighteen youngsters to be sold are the colts, Guy Fawkes, by Happy Time Rocket Glare, by Skyrocket; Jackinthebox, by Hi-Jack Mary Lee, by Marta Santa, and Guy Chieftain, by Greysteel Thessaly, by Plaudit. Five have been unsexed, Snap Judgment, by Chance Shot Unconcerned, by John P. Grier; Chiriqui, by Chicle Thee, by Mars; White Hat, by Sir Greysteel Miss White, by Cicero; Potiphar, hy Pharamond II. Mary Delia, by Durbar H., and By the Sword, by Light Brigade Nobility, by Nas-sovian. The remaining ten are fillies, five by Sir Greysteel, three by Happy Time, one by Light Brigade or Happy Time, and one by Tryster, who stood at Holly Beach for a season some three years ago. Sir Greysteels daughters, beside being racing prospects, will have a double appeal in their later potential promise as brood mares. The five daughters of the ill-fated English sire which reflected considerable credit on the Labrot breeding establishment are May Music, from Marlene, by St. Germans; Grape Shot, from Reigh-shot, by Sunreigh, sire of Reigh Count; Gra-mercy, from White Glade, by White Eagle, and thus a sister of the winners Anne Arundel and Greyglade, and half sisters to the winners Mad Mahdi and Night Signal; Gray Blossom, from Silver Clasp, by Sir Martin, and Cloudy Sky, from Sunny Love by Sun Briar, the dam of three winners. LOSS TO AMERICAN BREEDING. A splendid sire with an almost perfect disposition, Sir Greysteels death was a distinct loss to American breeding. As the sire of the sturdy mare Tred Avon she defeated Equipoise and Mate in the Washington Handicap, Springsteel, Boscobel, Open Hearth, Monel, Friend Charley and Little Dinah, the big gray son of Roi Herode proved he was a sire worthy of his ranking as "head man" at such a stud as Holly Beach. His last crop will be born this year. The three fillies sired by Happy Time are Happy and Gay, from Calne Lady, by Friar Marcus; Springs Here, from Shireoaks, by Volta Shireoaks is dam of the winners Lion Hearted, Boscobel and Rocket Glare, and Happy Dinah, from Dinah Did Upset, by Upset, and thus a half-sister to the winner, Little Dinah. Glad Wings, by Light Brigade or Happy Time, is from Mary Hume, a winning daughter of Sporting Blood. The black Tryster filly, Sweeping In, is from Swept Out, she by the fleet Whisk-broom II. AH of these fillies are well engaged in stakes but they also appeal for their stud possibilities, especially Happy Dinah. Inbred to Domino, she should make a good outcross for imported horses. RECORDS OF JUVENILES. As this is the first sale under the Labrot plan of selling ready-to-race juveniles, it may be well to glance back at what has been accomplished by some of the thirty head which went under the hammer at the dispersal last year. Not all of that band were two-year-olds, but as the majority of the stock were from the same sires and dams represented this year, the references are not out of line. Little Dinah, a three-year-old which sold for ,300 and has earned ,280 to date, for instance, is half-sister to this years offering, Happy Dinah. Mad Mahdi, which sold for ,600 and earned ,400 in the 1935 racing season is a half-brother to Gramercy. Others in last years sale which earned their way are Peeper, cost 00 and earned ,040: Stain-forth, ,000 winner of ,140; Bull Market, ,100, winner of ,165; Greyglade sister of Gramercy, ,200, winner of ,500; Staff Officer, 00, winner of ,010, and Kings Pleasure, which cost ,000 and fell short of his purchase price by 90. Not all of those sold last year won a race. Some were bought as steeplechase prospects. Others did not start for various reasons while stili others started, but have yet to win. About one half of the thirty won, and as the others are comparatively young horses, the record on the whole, is splendid. This crop contains some youngsters which will pay their way in this years two-year-old season. All of the two-year-olds to be offered may be inspected at Stable 20, Havre de Grace, after Friday. For those planning to attend the sale, arrangements have been made with the Pennsylvania Railroad for special stops at Havre de Thrace of the train leaving New York at 8:10 a. m., and the train leaving Washington at 10 A. M. Catalogues may be had from E. J. Tranter, president of Fasig-Tipton Company, 604 Fifth Avenue, New York City; The Blood Horse, 166 Barr Street, Lexington, Kentucky; Holly Beach Farm, Annapolis, Maryland, or at Stable 20, Havro de Grace race track. . .
