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I TCA Members Awaiting Colonel Chirms Address Veteran Turfman Has Wealth of Experiences From Which to Draw LEXINGTON. Ky.. May 14.— Col. Phil. T. Chinn will be one of the principal speakers at a luncheon meeting of the Thoroughbred Club of America to be held at the Lafayette Hotel here Saturday. Colonel Chinn will relate some of his many and varied experiences in racing during the last half century. Ever since his boyhood in Mercer County, Ky., where his father, the late Col. Jack Chinn, was a noted horseman, Colonel Phil has been closely associated with horses in every section of North America and in many foreign countries. On the foreign markets he gained a reputation as an astute judge of thoroughbreds. He imported Carlaris, Master Charlie, Mandy Hamilton, Enchantress II. dam of In Memoriam*. Silver Fox. Lord Chaucer, Colonel Vennie, Royal II. and others of : note. While the mare, Fatima II., was imported by Lucas Brodhead Combs, Colonel Chinn played an important part in the history-making sale of her foal, Hustle On. Fatima n. was in foal to the English sire, Hurry On, when she was brought to this ; country. She foaled a colt in which Colonel Chinn bought a half interest at weaning ; time. In 1927 the colt, then a yearling, went to Saratoga in Colonel Chinns consignment and brought the then record price of 0,000. W. R. Coe was the buyer and the colt was named Hustle On. To this day, only one other yearling has brought a higher price at auction in North America. Colonel Chinns fame has not been con-: fined to importations, however. His Ameri-• can horses have included the great Sara-■ ■ zen, High Time, Misstep, Roman Soldier. ■ Black Maria, and many others, and more I recently his successful sire, Zacaweista. At Saratoga for years the mention of Colonel Chinns Hinata Stud yearling consignment started talk of record prices and outstanding horses. For a considerable period the Chinn yearlings average was approximately double the general average at Saratoga. On Saturday, Colonel Chinn may tell about these horses and sales, or possibly his many racing experiences dating back to his first "important" racing win — a "Derby victory at Somerset, Ky. He may tell how he sold mules in Europe. He may give presiding officer George Swinebroad. new president of the Thoroughbred Club and a graduate of Centre College, a few pointers on the old days at Centre where Colonel Chinn was manager of the football team after his father forbade his active participation in the sport. Horsemen are not too much concerned about which experiences will be related. They know that practically every Chinn experience makes an interesting story.
