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j BROTHER TO AFTERDAWN FOALED AT WIDENER STUD STUDGeorge 1 George D Wideners After Dark Has Colt by Challenger II IICHESTNUT CHESTNUT HILL Pa June 28 There was much sorrow around at the Milky Way Farm stable of Mrs Ethel V Mars at Santa Anita Park last winter when After Dawn broke a leg and was destroyed Recently there was much joy at George D Wideners Erdenheim Stud at Chestnut Hill Pa when After Dark foaled a fine colt to Challenger IL and gave the racing world a brother to that crack colt The George D Wideners whose breeding and racing interests are di ¬ rected by Andrew Jackson Joyner of South Carolina purchased After Dark from Chris ¬ topher FitzGerald after After Dawn had passed through the Saratoga Springs ring to become the property of Mrs Mars MarsThe The Wideners responsible for Jamestown and Johnstown for St James carried the Erdenheim silks to victory in the Paumonok Handicap his last race and then begat Jamestown the sire ready to enter the stud at their Old Kenny Place adjoining Elmen dorf Farm near Lexington Eight Thirty will be rested at Erdenheim for thirty days and then will be sent to his future home homeAt At Erdenheim there are three foals two the progeny of Jack High another Widener bred and the Challenger II After Dark colt At the Old Kenney Place which Wil ¬ liam King manages are fourteen sucklings eight of which are colts There are eight yearlings at Old Kenney five being colts and at Erdenheim are three yearlings The yearlings at Old Kenney soon will be shipped to Erdenheim where they will be made ready for racing racingJoyner Joyner relates that the first time he in ¬ vaded New York racing way way back when and the first bet he made was when Luke Blackburn fell I took 4 to 10 against Luke Blackburn said Joyner He also re ¬ lates walking from Jersey City to Sheeps head Bay to view his first race and being knocked down by a policeman when he at ¬ tempted to scale the fence
