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r™ ; ■ i JH ml/ jl H / H K B BBHSfcy - wot ■ k»" andand*"* l VliiwilWlllllHBwiBlnwiiliiilii1 iiimiiniilMiiii iiiiipiiii hmMImbBi iii i iiitoiiW LITTLE RISK — Shown above under colors, but now a matron at Warren Wrights Calumet Farm. She has her first foal, a bay colt by the Widener winner, Bull Lea. News From Nations Breeding Centers Kentucky ] LEXINGTON, Ky., May 6. Silverette is barren. Garrett Watts faithful old chestnut mare, retired to the stud last year, did not conceive to the services of Cravat, but she is returning again to his court this year. One of the most consistent race mares in recent turf history, Silverette raced for eight seasons under the colors of her breeder, winning 43 races and 7,815. Several times the daughter of Vandergrift was a stake winner. H. Burnette Robinson, former manager of Duntreath Farm, is assisting the manager of Hartland Farm, Horatio Mason, during the breeding season. The head stallion at Col. W. V. Thraves Longridge Plantation is the twelve-year-old Crap Shooter. Thraves, favorably impressed with the foals of the bay stallion, believes the son of The Porter — Surplice will make good as a sire. The colonel purchased Crap Shooter several years ago because of sentimental reasons. Surplice, his dam, was once one of his best brood mares. In 1925 he sold her for ,000 to Edward B. McLean, who bred Crap Shooter and who also bred from her Time Supply, winner of 44,995. Summer Time, the full sister of Bull Lea, recently produced her first foal at Coldstream Stud, a brown filly by Reaping Reward. A daughter of Bull Dog — Rose Leaves, the young matron also is a full sister to the stake winner Nectarine and a half sister to -the stake winners Espino sire of Esposa, Ruddy and Bois de Rose. J. L. Johnson, New York breeder, has sent his Sir Gallahad III. mare Donnella, to Hartland Farm where she is being mated with Arnold Hangers He Did. Donnella, a winner, is a full sister to Glastonbury and Heedless Gal. She was bred by Robert Fair bairn. The death of Wise Counsellor brought an end to the "Hanover sire line" unless some son of the story book horse succeeds at stud. Smith G. Baker, Sr., squire of Meadow-brook Farm, is considering mating his recently retired Charlotte Dear with Galla-hadion. He points out that it is an ideal cross, Charlotte Dear being a small, fine filly with lots of speed and Gallahadion being a big, coarse horse with lots of stamina. Gallahadion stands at Henry H. Knights Almahurst Farm. Pretty Jane Collins, daughter of Robert W. Collins, reports that a full sister of Sweet Willow arrived at her fathers Elm-hurst Farm. The miss is a bay filly by Lee O. Cotner — Sweeping Willow, and she has the same conformation, color and markings of her noted full sister. Sickle T. is sterile. The son of Sickle-Tea hasi been blistered in front, and will go back into training this week. Whitaker sent Sickle T. here from Florida two months ago to enter the stud at Charles Nuckols farm, where it was discovered that he is impotent. Sickle T. has won sixteen races and 6,380. Robert M. Young, son-in-law of Thomas Piatt, lost the brood mare Perfect Model, in foal to Good Goods. She died of colic at his Home wood Farm. Little Risk, a half sister of Sky Larking, has her first foal, a bay colt by Bull Lea. Warren Wright bought Little Risk as a yearling from Arthur B. Hancock for 6,000, and under the Wright colors the bay daughter of Stimulus won the Hialeah Stakes and Correction Handicap, and was second in the New England Oaks and Schuylerville Stakes. This year Little Risk is being mated with Blenheim II. Dotted Swiss is now retired. The chestnut mare, bred and owned by Arnold Hanger, has been bred to another Hanger stake winner, He Did. Winner of the Newcastle Handicap and second in the Beldame Handicap. Dotted Swiss is probably the best filly racer yet sired by Quatre Bras II. She is the only mare Hanger retired to the breeding ranks this year. The Jack High mare, Lets Dine, who recently produced her first foal, a bay colt by Jamestown, is a half sister of Eight Thirty. She is owned by George D. Widener. Edwin K. Thomas, owner of Timberlawn Farm, is pleased with the first crop of Tiger foals, arriving this year. "Every one looks like him," comments Thomas, "and thats a good sign. Tiger is a son of Bull Dog. Meadowbrook, a juvenile colt bred and owned by Smith G. Baker, Sr., was named for Bakers picturesque Meadowbrook Farm. The youngster is a son of the nurserys best brood mare, Peggy Lehman.
