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LE MAR STOCK FARM HORSES Two Divisons of Fifteen Horses Each to Campaign This Season. A. G. Woodman to Train Kentucky String and C. Jaeger Will Be in Charge of Division to Race in Ohio. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 5. Two divisions of fifteen horses each will begin the coming season for the Le Mar Stock Farm, which is maintained by Leo J. Marks, Columbus, Ohio, merchant whose silks have been familiar in the Middle West and East for a decade. All of the horses have names beginning with the letter "M," a custom adopted a few years ago by Marks. A. G. Woodman and Charles Jaeger, both veteran horsemen, are in charge of the two divisions, the former being established at Keeneland and the latter at the farm near here, which is equipped with a three-quarters mile track. Woodman is noted for having developed Cotlogomor and Boon Companion, while Jaeger more recently was connected with the H. C. Hatch stable. With the conclusion of the Keeneland meeting, Woodman will take his division to Churchill Downs and then move to Lincoln Fields for a Chicago campaign. Jaeger will ship to River Downs and his division will remain on the circuit, which also embraces Thistle Down and Detroit. He has eight two-year-olds in his care, whereas Woodman is training only a pair of youngsters, a colt and filly. MAJORITY HOME-BREDS. A majority of the horses in both divisions are home-bred and were sired by Le Mar stallions, the most noted of which is Misstep, which carried the Marks silks to victory in the Fairmount Derby and other important races and was second in the Kentucky and American Derbys. In Woodmans string are two promising three-year-olds, one of which Mar Le is by Misstep. He won the Nayatt Handicap at Narragansett Park and was third in the Chicago Heights Handicap. Mad Money, like Mar Le, a gelding, is by North Star IH., and has the Hyde Park Stakes at Arlington ard Chicago Heights Handicap at Lincoln Fields to his credit. He also was third in the Shawomet Stakes at Narraganett. Neither horse was named for the Kentucky Derby, as it is the intention to develop them slowly this spring. Also in Woodmans care is Millie M., a four-year-old sister to Roman Soldier, which has defeated good company in her two previous campaigns. Her half-sister, Miamba Girl, a daughter of Misstep, is among the juveniles training under Jaegers direction. YOUNGSTERS PRAISED. The Le Mar youngsters have drawn considerable praise from all who have inspected them. They are being prepared slowly, as it is Marks purpose to give them every chance to develop. The complete stable is as follows: Mar Le, Mad Money, Maleman, Merrymopd, Mightily, Millie Ml, My Gracious, Miss Damara, Marmara, Marbold, Moorish, Markme, Must Be, Miamba Girl, Mad Rush, Marbite, Myman, Maymiss, Myponne, Miss Ponne and Miffed. The two-year-olds are: Midair, chestnut colt, by Misstep Flying Girl; Matchup, bay colt, by Misstep Matches; Mutinous, bay colt, by Misstep Sunny Spain; Miss Selma, bay filly, by Halcyon Selma; Merrily San, chestnut colt, by San-Utar Merrily Yours; Monopolize, chestnut filly, by Canaan Kindred; Mammoth, chestnut colt, by Misstep Golden Stairs; Moonish, chestnut filly, by Misstep Moongazer; Mascot, chestnut colt, by Misstep Fairy Stone.
