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JUDGES STAND 1 By Charles Hatton 1 1E E K Thomas Notes on Honeymoons Dam Frenchy Eppy Ish on Scene at Chicago Brookdale Consigns 14 to Keeneland Sale Piatt Offers Kin of Turfs Great Alsab AlsabLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky June 16 16Californias Californias richest race mare is Honeymoon who will return to Chicago for Arlington and Washington stakes For the sake of candor she did nothing very spectacular here in the Middle West last summer but she seemed at the top of her form in Belmonts recent Top Flight Handicap Most attractive of Arling ¬ tons agenda of fillyandmare stakes are the 25000 Modesty of six furlongs on July 1 and the 30000 Matron of a flat mile on July 29 Honeymoon may prove a bargain for Harry Warner even before she goes to the stud L B Mayers sales are no low pressure areas They are staged in a swanky atmosphere with nice attention to details such as the lighting effects and a course in diction for the auctioneer At one of these vendues Warner went to 135000 to obtain Honeymoon and the huge daughter of Beau Pere has won about 90000 Be Faithful was another expensive item sold by Mayer for 100000 to Dale Shaffer and she came within a few dollars of winning herself out before her retirement last winter Honeymoons dam Pano ¬ ramic has been a sort of mint on legs for Mayer ever since her purchase from E K Thomas of Timberlawn over near Paris At that time she was carrying a Burgoo King foal who turned out to be Mulligatawney a frequent winner at two Then of course there is her daughter Hemisphere Mrs Thomas retained one of Panoramics daughters a mare called Nimble by Flying Heels who won often and ran six furlongs in 110 I suppose the researchers would put down Panoramic as an indifferent race mare Thomas says but I think we only ran her twice and she was second in her first start then hurt her stifle in a bad spill in the next nextFrenchy Frenchy Pinon and his mare Eppy Ish are back in Chicago where they first made the headlines several years ago Tinon is a colorful soldier of fortune of the turf whose career as a jockey extends from France to Algiers and more recently Mexico His age is guessed at 60 but he rode Happy Issue in a stake at El Hipodromo after satisfying officials he still could ride by winning an over nighter on Fate a stablemade of Happy Issue Happy Issue now is eight but she was second in Washingtons Beverly last summer when she won upward of S30000 S30000It It as a pleasure to inspect the 14 well grown colts and fillies that Tom Piatt is conditioning at Brookdale for the sales here next month The group is comprised of a bay colt by Alsab Algalla br c by Maedic Bright Dress ch f by Good Goods Corn Field ch f by Bolingbroke Dustit b c by Ale turn Farm Lady b c by Good Goods Flip Flap ch c by Sir Damion Fly Chic blk c by Chance Sun Francine W b f by Maedic Imperial Play b c by War Dog Libby Gal b c by Hoop Jr Mama Julia b c by Good Goods Soeur Blanche b c by Chance Sun Super Child and a bay colt by Balladier Uniform The Alsabs and Balladiers are hot just now and the first Hoop Jrs come to the sales this summer The get of this Derby winning son of Sir Gallahad III and One Hour are expected to capture the buyers fancy A colt that seems certain to appeal to talent scouts and students of con ¬ formation is the bay by Good Goods from the capable mare Flip Flap We thought the colt by Sir Damion reminiscent of Witch Sir who won the Equipoise Mile and the Stars and Stripes Piatt has been breeding thoroughbreds for a half century and there is rarely a racing day that at least one product of Brookdale does not win a race somewhere somewhereRacing Racing produces many Sunday horses so to speak but one sees a rare few truly great race horses in a life ¬ time Such a performer was Alsab It seems that if he is to succeed at stud it must be the bard way but Tom Piatt has bred to this product of Brookdale each season In addition to the Alsab colt he offers a Good Goods colt who is bred like him at Keeneland Winds Chant now is rearing a brother to Alsab who has action as if he is on springs and is smart as paint according to Brook dales broodmare man Courtney Winds Chants family is a strong one for Eulogy also produced Peto Agincourt and Hedemora the dam of Aonbarr and Arabs Arrow However the Broomstick influence seems to predominate both in her own conformation and temperament and that of her noted son Broomstick bred a great deal of fire and the best of feet and legs legsTurfana Turfana Good Turn is making a come back at Lincoln atWashington Gus Ring is talent scouting the Keene ¬ land Sales yearlings Greentree attendants like a Count Fleet colt foal out of Court Manners Henry Knight is another Kentucky breeder to acquire highly bred Shorthorns as the nucleus of a herd at Almahurst Bimlette has been bred to Questionnaire Maj Louie Beard is expected in Lex ¬ ington by the time you read this Alex Gordon is4nspecting the sales yearlings
