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diiil f JUDGES STAND by charles hatton LEXINGTON, Ky., May 15.— New Zealands leading breeder is J. C. Fletcher, who is visiting the Blue Grass farms, has been impressed by Claibornes array of sires, and has enjoyed some of the sport at Churchill Downs. He is the owner of the Alton Lodge Stud of 30 mares and the sires, Gold Nib and Balloch. Balloch turns out to be a half brother to the Combses globe-trotting Beau Pere, and he is not unlike "Beau" in that he sires a good many two-year-old winners. Fletcher will have some of Bal-lochs progeny to offer at the New Zealand yearling auctions, and he has been toying with a notion of breeding him to some mares "on American time," so that buyers in the States might be more interested. Whereas New Years is our national birthday for thoroughbreds, it is August 1 in Australasia. The world is, indeed, "becoming smaller all the time," and something may come of Fletchers idea in some future season. He has not bought any horses for export during his stay in Central Kentucky. It is explained that our horses may not be shipped into New Zealand because of a rather strict regulation to prevent the spread of encephalomy litis. We have learned another fact, which may be entirely useless to you unless you find yourself asked the question on a quiz program. Kindergarten and Majesty are the "big names" on the Australasian turf just now. AAA Paul Ebelhardt staged a yearling show for the Wrights and Joneses at Calumet this afternoon and the trainer saw several that he fancies. One is the Bull Lea colt out of Dustwhirl, who shall be known to racegoers as Good Ending, for he is the last foal of Whirlaways dam, and he looks as if he might be any kind of horse. Then there is a sister to plucky little Twosy, and a half-sister to Sun Again, by Whirlaway, not to mention a New Zealander May Breed for U. S. Market Dustwhirls Last in Calumet Baby Parade Armed s New Brother Is Named Rearmed1 All Branns Kentucky Mares Foal Colts filly by Bull Lea out of Mar-Kell. By the way, Jones indicated that Faultless may turn up in the Withers field, as he is a colt who seems to take a good deal of work and he tends to be sluggish in the mornings. He only exerted himself just enough to stand off challengers in the Blue Grass Stakes and the Derby Trial, and many of the best second guessers feel sure he would have won the Derby itself had the track been a bit faster. AAA There appears to be no end of running two-year-olds in the Calumet string this year and Bewitch, Airy, Whirl Some, Whirling Girl and Whirl Blast all have shown more or less dash. Airy impressed everyone by setting a new five-furlong record of :58% with a flourish of speed to spare at Havre, but if you care to know the filly, Bewitch, is considered the best prospect among those of her age and sex at the present time. Ben Jones already Is pointing the colt, Whirl Blast, for the 1948 Kentucky Derby, and this son of Whirlaway will not be "sweated for the brass" as a two-year-old this season. By the way, Airy is another first foal who is nevertheless plenty well nourished, we should think. She is out of the stakes winner, Proud One, who is, in turn, by Blenheim n., out of Some Pomp, the dam also of Some Chance. Proud One has since foaled a corking Pensive colt, but this youngster was kicked one day and died. An autopsy showed five broken ribs. Proud One now has a brother in the Calumet string, an obscure horse called Master. He might make his presence felt if ever he learned to run on the ground, instead of spending so much time in the air, but we are afraid that horses do not change their action in any marked degree. So much has been made of naming the brother to Armed that we think you might like to know he has finally been granted the name. Rearmed. AAA Most of the foals we saw at W. L. Branns place in Maryland are fillies, but Jimmy Drymon tells us that the six mares he has in Kentucky all have produced colts this spring. One of these is Challedons sister, Challe-dona, who has an Isolater colt and has been bred to Shut Out. We dont suppose that Brann will complain too much about filly foals, however, for they have done about as well for him as have the colts. "Great" is a word that turfmen rarely ever have any occasion to use, but we heard Pete Widener say that he considers Gallorette a great mare, and he is rather fastidious about such terms. Brann once had Gallorette booked to Blue Larkspur, but the idea now seems to be to eclipse Bushers earnings record. She is approximately 0,000 short of the mark, but is obviously a sound sort of campaigner. AAA Turfiana: A derrick is at Faraway Farm, swinging the base for Man o Wars statue in place. . . . Bill Rose is another recent winner bred by small breeder, Lewie Tutt. . . . Requested was the first foal he ever reared. . . . Wait until George Widener sees the Eight Thirty filly foal out of Pretty Marsh at Elmendorf. He has always liked the mare. . . . Cosmic Missile is not to be a starter in the CCA. Oaks, according to Ed Moores present plans. . . . On Hand is a sensible mare, as well as a good producer. She is turned out with perhaps 15 other mares at Greentree. Unlike the others, she does not wheel and run when something unusual occurs, like the appearance of a strange car, but walks right up to it to investigate.
