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— 1 ♦ Virginia By NANCY LEE Rolling Plains Farm Extensive Mrs. Walker Proud of Yearlings Milkman Still Important Factor THE PLAINS, Va., June 2.— Rolling Plains Stables Saratoga consignments in years gone by came from the late Mrs. W. Plunket Plunket Stewarts Stewarts farm farm Plunket Plunket Stewarts Stewarts farm farm near here. She sold for the last time in 1948 and, following her death, a complete dispersal was held in November of that same year. The successful sire of the farm, Milkman, was buried there, and Mrs. Stewarts daughters, Mrs. Joseph Walker, Jr., and Mrs. John John Hannum Hannum bouerht bought John John Hannum Hannum bouerht bought several mares, whom they took to Pennsylvania. Since that time, Mrs. Walker has branched out on her own and now has about 300 acres near Unionville, Pa., which are known as Rolling Plains Farm. The first horses were moved to the new farm in 1950 and moving in with them as manager was G. Kenneth Staunton and he, along with Earl Hanna, handle all the breeding stock as well as the hunters in the Walker barn. The new Rollins: Plains Stable has been selling yearlings since 1949 and Mrs. Walker points out proudly that every yearling they have sold through the sales ring has won with the exception of one and this one did not start. The group has also included two stakes winners, Card Trick and Moby Dick. Last year, she had two yearlings consigned, but when the English-bred colt by Saya-jiro was hurt, she withdrew him and the colt by Bold Venture — Willing Hand as she did not want to ship just one to the Spa. Now two-year-olds, the Sayajiro has been named Bengal Lancer and the Bold Venture is named Kidnap. The latter is in training and Max. Hirsch hopes to start him at Belmont. Bengal Lancers dam, the Hyperion mare High Stepper, has a chestnut filly foal by Case Ace and has been bred to Tom Fool. Her yearling is a chestnut filly by Coaltown and, since the policy of the farm now is to keep fillies to race and retire to the broodmare band, this outstanding youngster will not go to Saratoga. For the moment, she is enjoying the spotlight in yearling classes at a few Pennsylvania shows. The Brazado mare, Willing Hand, has been bred to Greek Song. Her yearling is a bay filly by Shut Out and she, too, will be kept. Milkman continues to play an important role in the set-up at Rolling Plains; not only does his halter hang in the tackroom for good luck, but a number of the mares are either by him or out of his daughters. Two of the yearlings going to the sales are out of Milkman mares; a chestnut colt by Citation and a chestnut colt by Polynesian. The Polynesian is quite a good looking colt and the Citation is very well, proportioned, but heavier than the former. Rytina has"«a chestnut filly foal by Mahmoud and has been tested in foal to Citation, while Skimmer, dam of the Polynesian yearling, has been bred to County Delight. The third yearling is by Eight Thirty— Ladyofshalott and is a full brother to Ladys Night, whom Brandywine Stables bought from this farm in 1952. Ladys Night has been bred to Greek Song. The Eight Thirty is a big, rangy colt. His dam has a bay colt foal by Hill Prince and goes to Sun Again. The success of the defunct White Skies brought about this years booking for the mare as she and White Skies dam, Milk Dipper, by Milkman, are out of the Man o War mare Afloat. In partnership with Mrs. Robert L. Gerry, Mrs. Walker has the Roman mare, Romanelli, who has been bred this year to Bolero. She has a brown yearling filly by War Relic. Another Walker-owned Continued on Page Forty-One f VIRGINIA ~| V By NANCY LEE Continued from Page Seven mare is Cheesecloth Good Goods — Cot-•etage- Cheese, by Milkman , who had not dropped her foal by Eight Thirty and is scheduled to visit Battlefield. The home-bred Case Ace mare, Trickery,- out of Dairy Lady, by Milkman, is a young mare .and goes to Beau Gem. Mares who are bred in Kentucky stay at Dan Scotts* the ones with foals returning to Pennsylvania and the barren ones remaining in Kentucky. Anyone who has followed the show rings, hunter trials or point-to-points will remember Farm Belle, by Milkman. Now at W. B. Cocks Hermitage Farm, she has a l ay colt foal by Peterski, winner of the Jaryland Hunt Cup in 1948. She was bred 1p Loser Weeper and from this mating there is a two-year-old chestnut colt at the farm whom they are just breaking and •frill be eventually seen over brush or timber. After she dropped this foal, she returned to the hunting field and last year was bred to Peterski. This year, she has been bred to Mr. Cocks new stallion, Brown Rover, the Belair Stud-bred horse who finished second in the Irish Derby, then won the Irish St. Leger. The aforementioned Bengal Lancer has not been put into work and also being roughed at the moment is Memory . Maid, by Milkman — Ladyofshalott. This •mare was foaled May 26, 1949, just one year to the date after Milkmans death *and is the last foal by this sire to be dropped. She is a half sister to the stakes winner Master Mariner, the winner Gala-tnilk and the producer Lotamilk. She is r of the same family as White Skies, Level JBest and IVa* Relic. Another daughter of Milkman is Cheerful Dawn, out of Gay light, and her full sister, Gay Dawn, a jfformer good hunter -and point-to-point ■aare, is represented by a five-year-old Halberd gelding-. An interesting addition to the rough ranks is John Schiffs former chaser, Phiblant, Mrs. Walker not only is planning to hunt him, but also Hopes she can run him in point-to-points. The three sales yearlings are being brought along to sales shape, but, as with all former Rolling Plains Stable youngsters, they will not carry an abundance of weight at sales time, which no doubt delights the trainers who will have to break them.
