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;. 1 - i Fletchers in Blue Grass LEXINGTON, Ky., May 15.— J. C. and J Mrs. Fletcher, whose Alton Lodge Stud is the largest New Zealand bloodstock nursery, are visiting the Blue Grass farms for a few days. They have Beau Peres half-3 brother, Ealloch, who has sired numerous g two-year-old winners down under, and 0 the Dastur horse, Gold Nib, at Alton Lodge, along with the leased sire, Revelation. , There are about 30 mares at the Fletcher . place, but the number often increases to more than 100 during the breeding season, when mares booked to the Alton Lodge sires are quartered there. A mest success-full filly that the Fletchers are racing now is Ladyship, a daughter of Foxoridge, acquired as a yearling with the thought of eventually retiring her to Alton Lodge Stud. The Fletchers do not rlai to buy horses here for export.
