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1952 Yearling Sale Standout; Five of Top 10 Sold That Year Hasty Road, Determine, High Gun, Helioscope and Errard King Make Up Select Group By JOE THOMAS LEXINGTON, Ky., June 11.— With the 1955 Keeneland Summer Sales now only-six weeks away, nearly all horse talk and lnt.prpsf. Viprp in t.Vip Blue Grass is cen-| tered around yearlings. The July 25-27 vendue will be the thirteenth conducted at the local race course; but few, if any, breeders have any s u p e r s~t i t i o us qualms over that fact. Rather, most -are looking forward to the sales with optimism. Reflecting over the past auctions held here, the 1952 sale stands out — not in point of average, but on the basis of quality. It is almost unbelievable, but five of the 10 largest money winners ever sold at public* auction as yearlings came from that sale. Oil Capitol, who was sold in 1948 for 5,000, ranks as the most successful publicly sold yearling with total earnings ofj 80,756. But he could be relegated to j second place today should Determine cop the 00,000 Californian at Hollywood Park. Determine is one of the four exceptional money winners to be sold in the summer of 1952. j Going into the Californian, he ranked third on the list, his earnings of 28,110 placing him behind another 1952 sale, Hasty Road, whose winnings are 40,732, as well as Oil Capitol. In addition to Hasty Road and Determine, the other top money winners sold in the summer of 1952 are High Gun and .Errard King. Helioscope also was to have been sold in that vendue, but an injury kept him out and he went through the fall sales instead. Here are the 10 most successful yearlings ever sold at public auction: Horse Year Sold Cost Earnings Oil Capitol 1948 5,000 80,756 Hasty Road 1952 23,100 540,732 Determine 1952 12,000 528,110 Battlefield 1949 4,500 474,727 High Gun 1952 10,200 362,525 Alsab 1940 700 350,015 Imbros 1951 15,100 339,500 Helioscope 1952 17,000 329,675 Errard King 1952 7,600 317,575 Greek Ship 1948 23,000 312,050 These 10 a"lso rank among the worlds 60 leading money winners. Ask Opinions on Bell Proposal Ira Drymon, president of the Thoroughbred Club of America, is requesting members to forward their opinions concerning the proposal of John A. Bell IH. in his outgoing speech as president of the horsemens group. Bell suggested that the club hire the most competent man available to serve as an, executive secretary and that the club assume a constructive leadership in promoting the thoroughbred industry. Drymon appointed a committee, headed by Bell, and consisting also of Arnold Hanger, Bill Evans, Charles Asbury and Charles Nuckols, Jr., to explore the possibility of following through with the proposal and ► the committee wishes expressions from the membership. It is believed an adequate financing program can be worked out if enough interest v is shown by TCA members. Reneged, Woodley Lane Farms two-year-old Revoked colt which - equaled the worlds record for four and a half furlongs down the Widener chute this week at Belmont, was sold at last summers Keeneland sales by Hurstland Farm for 3,700. His breeder, Jonabell Stables, had sold him to John ,H. Clark the previous fall at Keeneland as a weanling for ,200. Henry H. Knight has a lot of faith in the stud future of Djeddah and this year bred a number of his best mares to the syndicate-owned French importation. Already pronounced in foal to the horse are the stakes winners Say Blue, Romanette and Miss. Kimo. Two Bred to Native Dancer Ira Drymons Wise Scholar and Mrs. P. A. B. Wideners Vixenette returned Thursday to Drymons Gallaher Farm from Al--fred Vanderbilts Sagamore Farm in Maryland where they were bred to Native Dancer. Both mares are in foal. Wise Scholar is a stakes-winning sister of the speedy Kinda Smart. Trainer C. R. Valentine moved into Keeneland this week with three two-year-olds owned by the Estate of Samuel D. Continued on Page Forty-Nine — ADVT. 1 Pnofo by Meadcrs. OIL CAPITOL — Largest money winner of any horse sold at public auction. ■ 1952 Yearling Sale Standout With Five Topnotchers Sold Continued from Page Twenty-Eight Riddle. The trio have jaeen in training at Faraway Farm for the past 60 days. Two are fillies which were retained as future broodmares-Roman Colors, a daughter of Roman and War Admirals sister, Our Colors; and Brushkin, a full sister of Brush Burn, by Bernborough and My Brush. The, other is Bold Relic, a colt by War Relic and Betsy Ross II. Blades of Blue Grass: Fairy Palace foaled a full sister of Parlo at Dan Scotts farm here this spring ... By Far, recent winner of the F. M. Alger Memorial Handicap at Detroit, was foaled when his dam, Escutcheon, was 24 years bid . . . Seven of 1955s 10 leading sires were imported to America from England, Ireland, France or Australia . . . Mrs. Helen H. Fortune will sell a half-brother Qf Tiger Wander by Grand Admiral at the Keenelanti Sumnier Sales.
