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Hunter Mare Dam Of Stake Winner Noahs Daughter Foals Shine ONighr, Oaks Filly, to Coyer of Man ONight GALLATIN, Tenn,, May 20. The story of Shine ONight is an interesting turf item. The stake-winning- mare is a daughter of a bay mare once well known in the hunting fields around here and Nashville. At the meeting point for a fox hunt one Saturday, a young huntsman, Pat Cain, appeared on a new mount. The late John Branham, a thoroughbred breeder and lover of fox hunting, inquired of Cain the mares pedigree. "Shes by Noah," was the reply. "She couldnt run much; raced several times as a two- and three-year-old, but never got close. Im converting her into a hunter." The mare was Noahs Daughter. Noahs Daughter developed into a fine hunter. On one hunt Branham galloped alongside Cain and remarked, "When you retire that mare Ill give you a free season to my new stallion, Man ONight." Cain accepted the offer. At the Tennessee State Fair at Nashville the same year the bay mare won the model class for hunters. Several exhibitors in the class were inclined to challenge the decision because she was "over in the knees." v In the fall of 1935 Branham died. But he told Mrs. Branham of his promise and she phoned Cain, "Pat, I know about Mr. Branhams promise to give you a free service to Man ONight for Noahs Daughter. I want to keep the promise for him." Dam and Foal Sold The young stallion and mare were mated. In the spring of 1937, March 20, came a bay filly. When the miss was a yearling, Cain sold her for 5 to W. Campbell Hobson and also Noahs Daughter for 00. Hobson selected the name, Shine ONight, for the yearling. Shine ONight won a couple of races as a juvenile. As a three-year-old she soundly defeated the best race mares at Arlington Park in the Arlington Matron Handicap. A month later she won the New England Oaks by a nose from Little Risk. Earlier in the season she had finished third to Inscolassie and June Bee in the Kentucky Oaks. As a four-year-old, in 1941, Shine ONight continued to shine brightly. Again she won the Arlington Matron Handicap. She also won the Queen Isabella Handicap, was second in the La Salle Handicap and third in the Peabody Memorial, Hannah Dustin and Douglas Park Handicaps. The Hobson mare is now in training to return to the races this year, but her return is doubtful. Suffering from a bowed tendon, it is a question whether she will stand training. Noahs Daughter has not produced a foal since her first, Shine ONight. This year she was sent to the court of Carrier Pigeon, who stands at the C. V. Whitney farm at Lexington.
