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THREE DS FUTURE BRIGHT Nineteen Well-Bred Yearlings Being Prepared for 1937 Debut. Youngsters by Display, Chance Play, Flying Ebony and St. James Included In Group. ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct 14. The Three Ds Stock Farm, owned by E. Paul and Guy L. Waggoner, who also control Arlington Downs, where the Texas Jockey Club will stage its fall meeting of thirty-three racing days, starting October 22, is on the threshold of perhaps its brightest future since the late Col. W. T. Waggoner launched it several years ago. Always regarded as one of the most pretentious stock farms west of the Mississippi, there has been a steadily increasing program of expansion since its inception, awl this year finds nineteen fashionably bred yearlings being put through their paces in anticipation of their racing debuts in 1937, and twenty-six foals now being weaned. Among the former, in keeping with E. Paul Waggoners desire to infuse new blood lines, there are seven youngsters, two by Display, one by Chance Play, one by Flying Ebony, one by St. James, one by Claptrap and one by Sting, all noted sires, and all from well-bred mares. The home-breds include four by" Liberty Limited, four by Phalaros, two by Stamford and one by Kilkerry. There is also a filly by Quatre Bras. II. In the 1936 foals, Liberty Limited, which gives promise of developing into a splendid sire, is represented by eight nicely proportioned youngsters. Kilkerry has six good looking foals, and Royal Ford, sire of Heel-fly and Gin. Daisy, has three well marked youngsters to carry on. An addition was the son of Kilkerry, from Bissagos, recently purchased from the Spreckels interests. A filly by Macaw, from Miramint; a colt bjrLadkin, from Turf Queen, and a filly" by Flying Ebony, from Sunny Ann, fills out the group at Arlington. Arriving from Kentucky this week-end are nine foals, including four by.Display-and two, by Ariel, which were purchased by Mr. Waggoner this year. Accompanying the. newcomers will be the three foals of Pansy Walker, Girl Scout and Thats That. The mares remain in Kentucky, along with Can-fli. Girl Scout and Thats That have been bred to Chance Play; Pansy Walker and Canfli to Display, and it is Mr. Waggoners plan to allow the mares to remain in Kentucky until they foal in 1937. after which Pansy Walker will be bred to Sickle. Girl Scout to Ariel, Thats That to Display and Canfli to Gallant Fox. After weaning, the entire 1936 group will be quartered at the former polo field, which has been turned into a nursery.
