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THOMAS PIATT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE OF RACING RACINGMaster Master of Brookdale Farm Sees Bright Years Ahead for Sport SportLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky May 26 Thomas Piatt master of Brookdale Farm where stands Transmute Chance Sun Epithet Good Goods and Maedic and where many leading owners winter their racing stock and keep their brood mares believes that 1941 will be one of the most brilliant years in the thoroughbred industry industryThomas Thomas Piatt has been raising thorough ¬ breds for more than three decades Brook dale Farm is on the Spurr Pike within five miles of Lexington and much of it is across the road from Walter J Salmons Mereworth Farm Tom Carr Piatts Crestwood Farm adjoins it itPiatt Piatt not only believes that 1941 will be a banner year for the thoroughbred but that the condition will continue for several years Thoroughbreds yearsThoroughbreds are being raised in many states and will continue to be said Piatt Racing has been extended and consequently there is a greater demand for horses At present the purses for winter racing are as much and more than they were at many tracks during the summer The stakes also are as rich It is up to the owner to decide whether he wants to race on the East or West coasts Consider California for ex ¬ ample Two tracks will operate there at the same time and both offer fine programs There always will be a big demand for good horses and it is up to the breeders to raise them themTransmute Transmute is the top sire at Brookdale This Whitneybred son of Broomstick and Traverse by Tracery Last year he was the sire of seven twoyearold winners A daugh ¬ ter Erin is the dam of Bold Irishman win ¬ ner of the Pimlico Futurity FuturityChance Chance Sun won the Belmont Futurity under the silks of Joseph E Widener His first crop were twoyearolds last year and five were winners Epithet a son of EpF nard and Fairy Wand by Star Shoot has sired seventeen winners including this years stake winner Within and the other winners Bo Fiddle Epiget Cleo Louise and Hasit
