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Sire Agrarian Incurs Leg Injury and Is Destroyed DestroyedSTICKNEY STICKNEY HI May 30 According to information received here the death of the 13yearold stallion Agrarian owned by Frank J Heller of Scarsdale N Y re ¬ sulted from an injury suffered when the horse fell in an attempt to hurdle a pad ¬ dock fence at the Spendthrift Farm of Leslie Combs TJ chairman of the Ken ¬ I tucky Racing Commission CommissionIn In failing to make a successful jump the horse fractured a leg and it was necessary to destroy him himAgrarian Agrarian finished third behind Caval ¬ cade and Discovery in the 1934 Kentucky Derby and had been a successful pro ¬ ducer since his retirement Several of his latest get to reach racing age are cam ¬ paigning at the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club meeting here Agrarian was a son of imported Sickle and Mary Jane by Pennant PennantAgrarian Agrarian is the second stallion lost by American breeders in a short time Sev ¬ eral days ago the sudden death of Hi Jack was reported from the Far West The son of John P Grier and Playcany died at the ranch of F C Brophy in Arizona
