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Letter From Down Under Gives BurmestSr Twinge TwingeFORT FORT WORTH Texas June 10 Bud Burmester Fort Worth experienced a nos ¬ talgic twinge several days ago when read ¬ ing a letter from George Hume prominent Australian sportsman The Aussie stated that he was negotiating for the famed Bonnie Vale Stud close to Geeiong in Vic ¬ toria You should remember this spot for it is close to St Albans Stud Farm where you were born commented Hume feurmester remembered it indeed indeedHume Hume bred Miss Hua who is racing in Sydney and Melbourne under the colors of Bing Crosby Californian Shes a right smart mare and her sire Hua was one of our finest race horses in his day aiid now looks to be a potential successor t to Beau Pere Humes letter said saidAnother Another item of interest in Humes letter was the news that Alari Cooper is offering Talking perhaps the best young sdn of Magpie in the Antipodes for sale Talking won three Derbys and sired a Derby winner in his first crop of foals Walter Salmon of the Mereworth Stud Lexington and W R Miller of the Greenwich Stud Sought Talking in 1937 and offered Cooper a con ¬ siderable sum for the thoroughbredCooper one of the richest men in Australia de ¬ clined to sell them