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SELLS THREE FOR 6,500 Church Disposes of Proclivity, Valiant Fox and Danke Schon to Unnamed Seattle Sportsman. LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 18. Norman W. Church yesterday stated that he had sold Valiant Fox, Danke Schon and Proclivity to an unnamed Seattle sportsman for 6,500. The trio will be shipped from the Church ranch near San Jose some time next week to Longacres. With them will go five other Church racers, including Termination, a high class distance galloper; Fair Lead, an excellent Derby prospect, and three two-year-olds. Church had intended racing his stable at Delaware Park, but cancelled his reservations there when he made the sale, and also in view of trainer Woody Fitzgerald being detailed on a trip of inspection of the Church breeding stock, maintained at A. B. Hancocks nursery in Kentucky. This will be the first year since 1925 that the Church colors will not be shown in the East And Middle West Church owns nearly a hundred thoroughbreds of all classes, maintaining two large ranches in California, besides those kept at Claiborne Stud in Kentucky. He has three sires, Gallant Sir, Plucky Play and Riskulus.
