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, 1 — — Kentucky By Joe Thomas Big Day of Racing for Claiborne Farm Nashua, High Voltage, Insouciant Score Leach to Address TCA Meeting Saturday LEXINGTON, Ky., June 1. — Claiborne Farms sensational Nasrullah came close to having stakes winners in three important areas last Saturday. His son Nashua , scored scored a a brilliant brilliant victory victory hi hi the the scored scored a a brilliant brilliant victory victory hi hi the the Preakness; his daughter, Insouciant copped the Coronet Stakes in Chicago; but his son, Mister Gus wound up second in the Argonaut Handicap at Hollywood Park after staging an exciting speed duel in the early part of the Argonaut with the world record-holder El Drag. But the per-tormances of the Nasrullahs were only a part of a brilliant day day for for the the stallions stallions at at the the A. A. B. B. 1 — — day day for for the the stallions stallions at at the the A. A. B. B. Hancock nursery near Paris, The Coaching Club American Oaks winner, High Voltage, is by Claibornes Ambiorix and third in the race was Manotick, a daughter of another of its stallions, Double Jay. Blenheim JL, who now is retired at the Claiborne nursery, sired Nashuas chief rival, Saratoga. Nashua, High Voltage, and Manotick were all raised at Claiborne, as was Lalun, runner-up to High Voltage and a daughter of Almahurst Farms Djeddah. Decathlon Product of Hurstland Farm The .Nuckols Brothers of Midway may have come up with another racer bred on their Hurstland Farm to carry on for the ill-fated White Skies. The trio of Charles, Jr., Hiram and Alfred bred and raised Decathlon, New Englands unbeaten two-year-old leader, who won his third straight in winning the Bay-State Kindergarten Stakes last Saturday at Suffolk Downs. The Olympia colt, who was sold last summer at Keene-land by the Nuckols for 5,500 to Robert J. Dienst, set his second straight track record as he covered the five furlongs in :58%. In his previous start, he had sef a new four and one-half furlongs standard of :52%. The Nuckols sold White Skies as a yearling to W. M. Wick-ham for ,500. George "Brownie" Leach, Churchill Downs director of publicity, will be guest speaker at a luncheon meeting of the Thoroughbred Club of America at 12.: 15 p.m. Saturday at the Lafayette Hotel. Hell show films of this years Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. "Touts" are not alone in becoming their own victims. Even a "Hard Boot" can often oversell his product. Heres a true story of one who invited a prospective buyer over to inspect one of his homebred fillies. As the miss was led forth from her stall, the seller immediately began to extoll her .virtues: "Ever see a sharper lookin filly, got the look of eagles. . beau-tiful head. . . . Did you ever see a better shoulder? . . . Short backed; marvelous quarters. . . . Look at that driving power. . . . Not a pimple on her. . . . Sound as a dollar. . . . Best footed horse I ever raised." After listening and looking, the buyer asked, "How much did . you say you wanted for her?" The breeder pondered a moment; took, another look at the filly. Then replied: "Shes not for sale. But Ill keep you in mind and should I decide to sell her, Ill get in touch with you." Belmont Stakes Proves Breeding Point An indictment often levied against American racing is that there are too few important tests of stamina. And that it is because we fail to adequately test" our native breds endurance and -staying capacity, that we are dependent upon .importations. But, if our only source of stamina is abroad, why is it that in the last 20 runnings of the mile and one-half Belmont Stakes* only two winners — High Gun and Whirlaway — had an imported sire? Blades of Blue Grass: Alidon, sold as a yearling by Leslie Combs U., is Alibhais 12th winner of more than 00,000 Royal Fan, winner of the Colonial Handicap, is another stakes winner bred by Duval Headley. Her second dam is Headleys stakes winning, Sparta, a daughter of Alcibiades. . . . Over half the stakes run in 1954 were limited to two- or three-year-olds;
