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JUDGES STAND CHARLES HATTON LEXINGTON Ky May 10 How much horse is Citation Paul Ebelhardt was asked just to make conversation we suppose Sixteen hands he replied waggishly and it is all horse The Derby hero already this season has occasioned four minus pools and it seems inevitable that he will be a death and taxes favorite for Saturdays 100000 Preakness The racegoing public are prepared to see a sort of exhibition in each of the two remaining Triple Crown events Whether or not the races actually turn out so bloodless we expect that the crowds will turn out to see them for all the world loves a champion You may remember that 25000 turned out at Pimlico to see Whirlaway walk over for a Pimlico Special We should think that the fact Citation is the only performer to capture both the Belmont Futurity and the Kentucky Derby would give him a great deal ofbox office The qualities which are prerequisites of Futurity and Derby winners are not the same things you know and it is unusual for one horse to be endowed with them He has become a kind of jinx buster busterA A A A Citation is a colt that even the disciples of Bruce Lowe consider a potential sire of merit He comes of a branch of the No 3 family which Lowe credits with being a reliable agency for both speed and the factors that make sires Citation also fits the breeding pattern propounded by those who favor the Dosage System in principle He is an outbred horse and has no name re ¬ peater in the first four generations of his pedigree Those who are sticklers for class in the dam find him less easily explained and we are afraid they must put him down as an exception Of course his grand dam won the Epsom Oaks This was Toboggan but she produced only one winner from nine foals and the only one of her daughters to gain fame at stud is Hydroplane II None of Hydroplane IIs earlier foals have shown class remotely like that of Bull Leas son Citation CitationA A A A AQuite Quite without any fanfare J S Phipps has assembled a stud of 27 mares including Hfghclere Planetolo oiciiy and Designate Twentyfour of these producers are kept at A B Hancocks vast Claiborne Farm over near Paris three others at Phipps Blenheim Farm which is near The Plains in Virginia Highclere fetched 75000 at the LaBoyteaux dispersal and since joining the Phipps stud she has foaled a brother to the clever filly Pipette Desig ¬ nate is to foal rather late we think to Count Fleet and Planetoid is barren this spring One of Phipps better bred foals is a colt by Whirlaway from Tierce Phipps plans to offer the yearling output of his stud at the Spa in August except for a few fillies In the group that farm manager Chilton Glascock has at Blenheim Farm are colts by Count Fleet out of Responsive and by Whirlaway out of Dark Love There are indications that theyearling market will be steady this season in the sense that the really worthwhile offerings will make satisfactory sums For instance Mrs John Payson Adams is said to have offered 40000 for a Blue Larkspur colt on a recent visit to the Blue Grass GrassA A A A ABreeders Breeders in Ohio and Tennessee will be delighted if Torrence Melroses filly Seely turns out to be as capable as she seemed to many The Darby Dan Farm of John W Galbreath will have a number of Best Sellers to offer atrKeeneland and Volunteer Staters have mares by Man ONight who serves at Mrs Branhams lovely Foxland Hall near Gallatin Best Seller is by Blue Larkspur from Bazaar and won two runnings of Arling ¬ tons rich Equipoise Mile Man ONight went wrong showing speed in training and at stud has compensated ior being rather a shy breeder by siring the high class fillies Night Shadow and Shine ONight A A A ATurfiana Turfiana Russell Sweeney tells us Better Times roses were used in making up the Derby wreath Thus pedigreed horses ran for pedigreed posies as they will also iriSaturdays Run for the BlackEyed Susans But we do not suppose their owners mind so much about that so long as the 100000 isnt cross pollenated with Con ¬ federate money Trains were booked solid for two weeks after the Derby which helped to swell Downs attendances Duvie Headley has shipped to Delaware Park The Calumet twoyearold Good Ending was shipped to Louisville with Citation and remains in Ben Jones string Cars wjifji Ohio Nebraska California and New York tags were parked at Calumet last week ¬ end
