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BLUE SWORDS Count Fleets shadow during the early part of the 1943 season goes to High Hope Farm in Kentucky for additional rest Blue Swords Will Be Shipped to Farm To Give Injured Leg Chance to Mend To Take Up Simmons Colt In November Preparatory To Campaign Next Winter WinterAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L L N Y June 15 Allen T Simmons the Akron Ohio patron is shipping five horses to the High Hope Farm of Douglas Davis near Lexington Ky Included in the shipment is the grand colt Blue Swords They were to be shipped from Belmont Park ParkBlue Blue Swords was purchased as a yearling at the sales at Saratoga in 1941 for the sum of 3300 and won the sum of 58065 during his two and threeyearold sea ¬ sons It was the quite unfortunate coinci ¬ dent for the son of Blue Larkspur and Flaming Swords to be out the same years as the mighty Count Fleet otherwise Blue Swords may have amassed a greater amount of purse money moneyBlue Blue Swords went amiss following his Preakness engagement was turned out and again taken up this spring and put in training However upon the advice of trainer William Douglass who did not think the colt was training satisfactorily but as he had shown no signs of lameness he thought that a few more months of rest would be more beneficial and his injured leg get set more solid solidHas Has Future in Stud StudMr Mr Simmons agreed with this idea as he has very high hopes of Blue Swords future as a sire and would not want to have any thing happen to him that may be detri ¬ mental to his career as a stud hence the decision However Blue Swords will be taken up in November and given a prepa ¬ ration for a winter campaign in Florida at Hialeah Park If he does not come to hand to their thorough satisfaction he will be returned to Kentucky in time to make the season in the stud of 1945 and will be bred to a few choice mares owned by Mr Sim ¬ mons and others othersAlso Also in the shipment was the very prom ¬ ising twoyearold Hard War This colt is a threequarter brother to Seabiscuit He is by Hard Tack Brown Biscuit He showed splendid form in one race he was second to the good colt Hitem He will have his ankles punched for oscelets The others are the twoyearolds Epistar by Epithet Miss Sheila and Big Teddy a very growthy colt that will run out to get more development and Sun Theen a three yearold that showed splendidly at two and bowed He will also be fired
