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ASPIRES TO BREED HIS OWN RACERS. L. P. Doerhoefer Planning to Establish Nursery for Thoroughbreds in Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., July 29. Trainer Shelby West has added to L. P. Doerhoefers establishment at Churchill Downs the three-year-olds, Danger Mark and Freckle, that were turned out for a considerable period. Freckle has not started since last season as a two-year-old . and since last December has been at IL P. Headleys La Belle Farm near Lexington. She looks in splendid trim now, however, and trainer West expects her to race well the coming fall. Danger Mark has been out of training now since the tirst of the year and appears to have been greatly benefited by his long rest. Both trainer West and Owner Doerhoefer think he will stand training and look for him to add strength to the stable the coining fall. As a two-year-old he Avon the Hanover Stakes and Winged Foot Handicap and several other races and during the entire season was racing against the best two-year-olds in training. Mr. Doerhoefer paid a fancy price for Danger Mark when lie added him to his stable, but he Is likely to get all his money back witli interest if trainer West can got the son of Sempronius to the post in good condition the coming fall. Mr. West n6w has two yearlings in his stable at the Downs, both of which are lillies by the Hanover stallion, The Elector. One, a bay in color, is out of Meddle, by Meddler, and the other, a brown, Is out of Enamel, the dam of Judge Troen. The latter is owned by J. B. Lew-man, whoso horses are trained by trainer Wests father. Pros AVest. but the Ally out of .Meddle belongs to Mr. Doerhoefer, who owns the dam. Mr. Doerhoefer has decided to have a private breeding stud and the coming fall will pick up some fashionably bred young mares for his new establishment. He already lias a start in this line with Meddle, Melisande and Mary Davis, Tillies Nightmare, Freckle, Gold of Ophir and Ursula Emma will all lie in the new Doerhoefer breeding establishment when they are done with racing. Mr. Doerhoefer aspires to race horses of his own breeding, and believes that he will be successful in producing high-class horses from the type of mares he will use for stud matrons. Melisande has not been sent from the track to the farm as yet, as her injured left front leg has been in such a swollen condition as to keep her closely confined to her stall. As soon as she is able to walk fairly well on her injured leg she will lie turned out. No effort will be made to train her again. As a two-year-old Melisande won seven races and earned .4,100, and then after being off the turf for a year she came back last season as a four-year-old and won six races and earned hB1,913. Among the big events to her credit -are the- Clover, Demoiselle. Laureate and Vernal Stakes. Melisande is richly bred, being by Disguise IL Sylva Belle, by Ben dOr, an English Derby winner. Trainer Dan Lehan has taken up the two-year-old Casey Jones, which was turned out following the spring meeting here, and the youngster now looks good and Is going soundly. Mr. Lehan also has In training a two-year-old named Chief Lindsey. which he is thinking of laying aside until he is a three-year-old on account or his bulk. He Is by Wools-thorpe Tasmania, by Hanover, and is eligible to the Kentucky Derby of 1912. He said yesterday he might start Chief Lindsey a time or two the coming fall, but he would not let him race much this season as a two-year-old. A yearling in George .T. Longs collection, which is attracting much attention at the Downs, is a half-sister to the Kentucky Derby winner. Sir Iluon, ami the stake winner, Altuda. She is a bay in color and is by Sempronius. The, lilly is of line size and a good looker and as promising as any yearling lilly ever raised at Basliford Manor Farm. She is the last foal of the great race mare and slud matron, Ignite, which died some time ago. A car containing the broodmares and sucklings owned by William Gcrst of Nashville passed through the city yesterday on their way from Lexington to Tennessee. The mares have liecii in the blue grass section since early spring and were left there after they foaled to 1m; mated with various popular sires. Pat Dunne, in an interesting talk at Churchill Downs upon the failure of the New York tracks to reopen for racing this year, made the statement that during his career as a turfman he had won races with his horses on no less than twenty-live race tracks, the gates of which are now closed. The racing string of ,T. C. Ferriss has arrived here and is now quartered at Douglas lark. The Kentucky Oaks winner, Bettie Sue, is the star of the collection.
