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EMERSON WOODWARDS FOREIGN IMPORTATIONS IMPORTATIONSOwner Owner of Valdina Farm Acquired Saint Andrews Primarily fyc Stud Duty Thirty Mares Purchased PurchasedHOUSTON HOUSTON Texas May 31 Emerson F Woodward Houston sportsman and capital ¬ ist has become one of the countrys leading importers of thoroughbreds In recent months the master of Valdina Farm has pur ¬ chased thirteen horses in England and Ire ¬ land and all have arrived safely on these shores It is reported that he plans to pur ¬ chase others taking advantage of the splen ¬ did opportunities to acquire fine stock caused by the war and cancellation of the principal race meets in England While no announcement has ever been made as to the cost of his various purchases it is certain that the total is considerable considerablePrincipal Principal acquisition though reportedly not the most costly is the prospective stal ¬ lion Saint Andrews The world record hold ¬ er at a mile and a quarter was purchased primarily for stud duty but is being given a year of racing in this country before em ¬ barking on a stud career Fairway out of Spring II by Ksar and tracing back to Cor ¬ rection sister to Domino Saint Andrews of ¬ fers great promise as a sire sireThe The mare Sea Gem by Beresford Black Gem by Black Jester a stakes winner In England is understood to have been the most costly of Woodwards purchases Sea Gem is rated one of the finest brood mares in England She is now in foal to Hyperion one of Englands greatest sires FOUR MARES IN FOAL FOALOf Of the five mares acquired four were in foal and two of them have already dropped their offspring Three of the mares had foals at side when purchased and their foals were acquired along with the mares This trio yearlingsWoodwards two fillies and a colt are now yearlings Woodwards purchases include Saint SpringII Andrews ch h 9 by Fairway Spring II by Ksar Colorado Lad ch c 3 by Colorado Kid Kissoue by Gainsborough Fairmond b c 3 by Fairway Almondale Almondaleby by Buchan Persian Tapestry ch c 3 by Dastur Silk SilkMeadow Meadow by Phalaris VaJdina Way b c 1940 by Fairway Dul Dulzura zura by Teddy TeddyValdina Valdina Faith b f 1940 by Shining Tor Salvation by Sandwich Valdina Spirea b f 1940 by Canon Law Spiraea by Flamingo Unnamed bay colt 1940 by Bahrain Lovetie Dulzura b m 1922 by Teddy Sweet Cy Cyrilla rilla by Cyllius in foal to Fairway Salvation b m 1935 by Sandwick Saintly Sister by Friar Marcus foaled a filly by Pherozshah PherozshahSki Ski II b m 1934 by Schiarvoni Moc ¬ casin by Phalaris PhalarisSpiraea Spiraea ch m 1935 by Flamingo Dur silla by The Tetrarch foaled a filly by byWyndham Wyndham WyndhamSea Sea Gem b m 1931 by Beresford Black Gem by Black Jester in foal to Hy ¬ perion
