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Virginia Notes Tremendous interest was aroused in Vir ¬ ginia breeder ranks through the stretch run photo finish that Walter Chrysler Jr put on to obtain the North Wales property in Warrenton He telephoned with only a mat ¬ ter of moments remaining before it was to be put up at public auction May 19 was the date set for the motor moguls day of taking possession His immediate plans have not been announced although it is known that his first step will be to build a sizable brood mare barn This barn presumably to take the place of the old racing barn untenanted since the late William B Streett wintered his chasing charges there will house Chry ¬ slers many mares many of which are now at Charles Williams Stadacona Farms near Glyndon Md where also the new North Wales owners imported Chrysler II stands standsBy By next season Chrysler H will have quarters readied for him at North Wales and it is even possible that other stallions in which the automobile manufacturer has in ¬ terests in will make their 1942 seasons in Virginia VirginiaSo So desperately hard have been the turf fields which chasing trainers in Middleburg frequently utilize to work and gallop their charges that the William F Hitt Home ¬ land Farm training track and the William Ziegler Burrland Farm oval have been put to constant use These tracks are used by Jack Skinner and Henry Frost Jr well known in the chasing game while Thomas Redrock who handles the destinies of the Hitt flat hopes as well as others keeps his farmed horses going here during the sum ¬ mer while he Is away at Pimlico Belmont Delaware and Saratoga Rodrock scarcely missed a days gallop on the Hitt track dur ¬ ing the winter Colin MacLeod Jr well known member of the recently organized Virginia thorough ¬ bred breeding association and a breeder who yearly ships to Saratoga is another who has horses in work at Burrland these days daysMacLeod MacLeod is propping six twoyearolds three by Belfonds that striking gray son of Isard IL imported to this county from France these four years ago and now stand ing at Abram S Hewitts Montana Hall near White Post Va Belfonds has his first crop of twoyearolds racing this year and MacLeods string numbers three very prom ¬ ising youngsters Other twoyearolds in the masters of Huntlands Farm string are by Ariel Stimulus and Pompey PompeyOut Out at Huntlands Farm possibly the most beautiful plant in Virginia MacLeod has eight yearlings he is heading for Sara ¬ toga These are sons and daughters of such fashionable sires as Belfonds Pilate and Milkman A striking individual in this lot is the Belfonds roan colt out of a High Time mare a halfsister to Chiquita Mia leading moneywinning twoyearold today in the re ¬ markable string of Charles Lucky Howard Another colt which will undoubtedly cause tremendous interest at the Spa this August wlen he arrives for the sales is the chestnut son of Milkman out of Question a seven eighths sister to Chance Play and Chance Shot a mare which has already proved her ¬ self in getting the stakeswinning Quel Jeu JeuMacLeods MacLeods luck has run afoul of fillies with foal arrivals numbering only two colts in the six now flourishing at Huntlands Whim daughter of Broomstick has a filly foal by Pilate The Abbots Trace mare Littany also has a Pilate filly Other fillies are the Gino daughter of Confidence by Wise Counsellor a halfsister to Mr Khay ¬ yam and Andy K and a Pilate filly Con ¬ fidence is a recent addition to Huntlands brood matron ranks She was acquired from Mrs C Oliver Iselin of New York and will be bred tg Quatre Bras II Foal colts at Huntlands are the Wrack mare Lady Modishs son by Belfonds and a son of High Velocity out of Ebony Blue a daughter of Flying Ebony EbonyA A M Chichester master of Widworthy Stud at Leesburg Va reports that five foals arrived on the farm Three are by Whizz away one by Happy Argo and one by Rock Time The Happy Argo colt which is out of Golden Billows is a full brother to Golden Voyage The Whizzaway colts are out of Morden Tody West and Olemistess and the Grand Time colt out of Rock Court CourtJohn John S Phipps who operates an ever ¬ growing breeding establishment near here which for years was solely used to raise polo ponies to mount his international polo playing son Michael once rated at ten goals is now breeding racing stock in an all out for American Blenheims This compact son of Blandford foaled in this country from the imported mare Flying Squadron has had re ¬ markable success with his progeny which have reached the tracks having had only a limited number of mares suitable for pro ¬ ducing racing stock stockMr Mr Phipps and his brother Howard Phipps who races the Wheatley Stable string flew to Middleburg this past week to visit Blenheim Farm Shelton Glascock manager has seven sons and daughters of Blenheim foal arrivals of this spring now in his care also foals by Gino Sun Briar Sun Beau and Neddie the latter produced from matron acquisitions from the Court Manor sale of last fall Blenheim foals have run in a high percentage of colts six to one Giggling by Pompey the lone mare to have a bay daughter of the Blandford son sonBlenheim Blenheim has stamped his 1941 foals Bay colts are out of Nantpkah by Ultimus Fes ¬ tive by High Time Black Duck by Wildair Marne by Snob II Beauty Star by Sweep Queen Mab H andby Sunstar Other Blen ¬ heim FaVm foals are chestnut colt by Gino Sun Rouge by Sun Briar chestnut colt by Sun Briar Pharahawk by Phara mond H bay iilly jy Sun Beau Dark Love by Traumer andia bay filly by Neddio Sun Dancer by Sun Briar Still to foal is Swinfords daughter the imported Felina IL inbred to Blenheim BlenheimThe The Phipps Blenheim Farm breeding in ¬ terest suffered a severe reverse last winter when Design the Lucullite matron dam of Blensign died At the time of her death she was at the Holly Beach Farm near Annapo ¬ lis Md in foal to Quatre Bras II Design died foaling twins on January 10 Phipps had planned to breed her this season to Blenheim for another Blensign BlensignStepenfetchet Stepenfetchet with a middling book has many home farm mares coming to his court Bon TTuit entire son of Royal Can ¬ opy full brother to Mrs Whitneys great conformation show ring champion Grey Knight in between his open jumping and working hunter winning performances in horse shows of the current season has had a book of a dozen mares
