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JUDGES STAND By CHARLES HATTON Continued from Page Forty 31 now in production could be mated with Native Dancer without inbreeding. These include Next Move, Now What, Now and Again, Kitchen Maid, Buffet Supper, Roman Candle and Irisen. Geisha and her 1953 foal, a corking big sister to "The Dancer, will be shipped from Dan Scotts Kentucky place to Sagamore in about two weeks. At the same time, Now What, who foaled a Count Fleet filly at Sagamore this spring, will be returned to Kentucky to be bred again to the Hertz stallion. Loser Weepers first crop of foals please Kirche-al and he will have a full book this season. The aging Discovery, now 22, will be limited to 12 mares, in an effort to conserve him. Many breeders take a dim view of booking a great many mares to stallions of any age, or degree of fertility, for usually this comes to a number of late foals. And if the horse is standing on a live-foal basis, there is negligible difference in the revenue from him. In addition to the mares he has at Sagamore and in Kentucky, Van-derbilt has one, Not That, in California. She has an On Trust filly foal and visits Count Speed. Breeders always wonder about mares that have campaigned long and hard as broodmare prospects, but Kircheval observes that Irisen has conceived to Discovery each season, and her oldest, a two-year-old colt called Look Alive, is a youngster of some promise. AAA Turf ana: Louis Lee Haggin II. tells us work on Keenelands enlarged grandstand is well under way. . . . A. T. Allens Thin Dime, who won while she was in foal last season, is a winner in Maryland again this spring. . . . John D. Jackson is a veteran of the RAF. . . . The International this year will follow the Prix de Triomphe. . . . Lucien Chartrand, general manager of Blue Bonnets, and chairman of the Quebec Racing Commission, will attend the Preakness. . . . Ditto Rosa Ponselle, the opera star. . . . Conflicting dates preculde Jack CKeefe from serving as presiding steward at Blue Bonnets this season, but he will continue director of racing there. . . . Most horses are obtuse animals, but Bill Winfrey credits Native Dancer with having a lively imagination. . . . Few races will be attempted over Pimlicos new turf course this fall.
