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Texas Farm Notes J O Harts good brood mare Rainwater by High Cloud Gorilla by Ballot foaled a dead colt by Valted She has been bred to Blue Train TrainJane Jane Sweepall which raced successfully in the colors of Mrs Mary G Browning dropped a finelooking colt foal by Royal Ford at Top o The Hill Stock Farm It is lier first foal She will be returned to Royal Ford Newfangle twentyfpuryearold brood mare by Atkins Bessie Frank by Abe Frank has been retired to pasture for the rest of her life by Reynolds Brothers The mare had her last foal a filly by Lost Cause in 1940 She is believed to be the oldest brood mare in Texas Earl B Smith San Angelo owner and andbreeder breeder shipped his eighthorse stable to Churchill Downs and plans a Summer cam paign on midwest tracks Six juveniles sev eral of them homebreds are in the Smith barn Smithbarn and one a filly by Hygro Broomiola is especially promising Grey Gold good son of Sir Greysteel pur chased recently in Kentucky has been transferred to the Edward Rachal Ranch at Falfurrias Grey Gold succeeds the famed Upset as head of the Rachal Stud Upset died recently First foals of the stallion Sirasia son of Sir Gallahad III Anastasia by Wrack have arrived at W C Stroubes Melody Meadows near Corsicana Sirasia was re ¬ turned to racing this Winter in Florida after having been bred to several mares last Spring It is planned to retire the horse permanently after this season One of the bestlooking foals in Texas this season is a bay colt by Questionnaire Fur ¬ tive by Sir Gallahad HI which arrived at Valdina Farm on April 10 The U S Remount Service has more than 100 stallions stationed in Texas this being more than in any other state Included in the lot is Follow Thru a son of Epinard Mary Belle by Ballot which brought 36000 in the Saratoga Yearling Sales of 1929 and Aga Khan one of the best route runners of his day winner of a Lawrence Realization and other stakes earning 88660 Aga Khan stands at the Rahl and Woody Ranch Gold thwaite and Follow Thru stand at G C Brareales farm at Cleburne Marcabala a good winner in several sea ¬ sons of racing has been asquired by the U S Remount Service and has been sta ¬ tioned at the H C Allen Farm near Robert Lee Marcabala foaled in 1933 is a son of Ariel Marquette by Huon and makes his first season at stud this year Bud Burmester Fort Worth breeder and sportsman announced sale of a halfinterest in two brood mares Cherry Creek and Span ¬ ish Gourd to C M Armstrong Seagraves breeder Both mares have foals by Gay World at foot They will be transferred to the Armstrong Ranch Cherry Creek has been bred to Gala Hour and Spanish Gourd has been bred to Slapjack One of the finest foals at Top o The Hill Stock Farm is a colt by Royal Ford Purple Display by Display Purple Display is out of Purple Ruby by Sir Gallahad ITL a halfsister to the good stakes winner Ann ORuley Fred Browning has purchased the four yearold filly Baby Lamb by Pharamond II Precious by Stimulus and she will be bred to Royal Ford Baby Lamb a winner is a halfsister to the stakes winner Hope Diamond The second dam is Helens Babe one of the best race mares of her time timeWillie Willie Molter successful young Pacific Coast trainer is another product of the days when racing was legal in Texas Molter be ¬ gan his career as a rider on the Texas fair circuit in 1925 He rode for the late Jack P Atkin for several years then purchased many of the horses from the Atkin estate and branched out as a trainer in 1937 1937Eleven Eleven of the eighteen foals which have arrived at Tulahteka Farm are fillies the get of the stallions Hygro and Liberty Lim ¬ ited All breeding stock of the T P Morgan John L Sullivan partnership is quartered at Tulahteka owned by Willian F Morgan Mose Newman Sweetwater cattle rancher recently made an inspection of stock farms in tlie Fort Worth area Newmans family bred the immortal Pan Zareta one of the gifeat sprinters and weight carriers of all time Another Texasowned stallion which at ¬ tracted much attention from visitors jx Lex ¬ ington is Whichone recently acquired by R W Morrison of San Antonio and Spofford and which heads Ira Drymons stud outside of Lexington Standing with Whichone is High Quest property of the Brookmeade Farm and Okapi also owned by Brook ¬ meade but Whichone draws a fair measure of attention and patronage from breeders Sire of sixtythree winners from eighty three starters the Texasowned son of Chicle Flying Witch by Broomstick has made a successful start at stud and in the event he is brought to the Lone Star State South ¬ western breeders would have a good chance to breed to a top stallion stallionTexas Texas horsemen visiting Kentucky recent ¬ ly for the Derby drove to Lexington after the big race and inspected many of the leading studs there Coldstream was host to several score of Texans after the Derby Manager Charles A Kerihey remembered as one of the officials at Arlington Downs paraded Bull Dog Coldstream and Reaping Reward for the edification of the visitors Later Kenney put the crack Coldstream yearlings on exhibition and also the brood mares and 1940 foals Dale Shaffer owner of Coldstream stated that he and his father will not ship any yearlings to the Saratoga sales this year but will place all of them in training and send them to the races in 1942 Shaffer said he had some excep ¬ tionally goodlooking prospects for 1942 Jack Howard will train the Coldstream colts and fillies He is in charge ol the Cold stream racing division headed by the crack twoyearold Albatross and Curious Coin now at Belmont Park J O Hart reports foals by the stallions Sangreal Royal Ford Khamseeri Mallimou and Letalone at his nursery near Hurst Hart a pioneer Texan is reentering racing and breeding after a long absence from the sport sportThe The stallion Out Bound by Luke McLuke In Bounds by Fair Play is standing at the farm of State Senator Jesse E Martin near Fort Worth Out Bound won thirty three races arid was ranked with the top sprinters of his day He had several winners out last season Lew Jenkins lightweight champion of the world has acquired a ranch near Sweet water and plans to go into thoroughbred breeding Jenkins manager is Fred Brown ¬ ing owner of Top o1 the Hill Stock Farm where stands the stallion Royal Ford FordAdd Add Sammy Baugh T C U football im ¬ mortal to the growing ranks of thorough ¬ bred breeders in the Lone Star State Baugh now the premier passer in pro football ranks has a ranch in the Sweetwater area and has several choice brood mares there Ben A Whitaker Dallas sportsman who is racing a string at Belmont Park in charge of J H Blackie McCoole recently in ¬ spected his brood mares quartered at Jack Howards Rockwood Farm near Lexington which is under the management of Paul Ebelhardt when Howard himself is at the races Whitaker for whom Howard former ¬ ly trained has Albania one of Bull Dogs bestknown daughters with a filly at foot by Sickle Albania out of Cristart by North Star III is the dam of Elbasan Jay Islam son of The Porter and she also has a year ¬ ling filly by the sanle sire Teddys Qutien by Teddy out of Croix Rouge also owned by Whitaker is there as is Quasimodo Whitakers former race horse by Leonardo II out of Ann Earn which has been re lired and ultiiriately will head Whitakers stud Ebelhardt who formerly was associ ¬ ated with J O Keene and has been with Howard for several years has Rockwood Farm In excellent condition and his mares are thriving
