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j I j REFLECTIONS By NELSON DUNSTAN Continued from Page Forty -Eight lines, so why experiment along inbreeding lines with the horse who now stands out as one of the great sires of all time? AAA There is plenty of excitement and also headaches on the breeding farms these days. At A. T. Simmons Idle Hour Farm last Monday night a mare suddenly decided to drop her foal, although it was not expected until a few days later. Many of the men around the farm had left for their homes, so Simmons took off his coat, loosened his tie, and said he would help with foaling the youngster. When the offspring arrived.it was a colt, and that relieved everybody, for she was the last mare on the farm due to deliver. The net result of the breeding season was 13 colts and two fillies, and that is about as good an average as this writer has ever heard, of. There may have been better averages, but the Simmons contingent was delighted. In the group are seven youngsters by Blue Swords, and one of them is a full brother to Blue Man, who was one of the outstanding three-year-olds early in the 1952 season. Last year, A. W. Abbott, owner of Blue Man, bought the younger brother in the Keeneland salesring for 2,000. It is a question who will be the top bidder for the youngster foaled this season and who will go into the salesring next year.
