The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

Brown Ally. dam imp. Dut h Fia=. by Dutch
Skater.
Brown fly. dam Hore on. b. Imp. Hopeful.
EEENE'S r LUCKY.
The Castletcn Stud Farm Of J. r. &
p. Keene has had a marvellous run Of luck
with foalS this year. of over sixty colts
and lilies that have been dropped there
lie recorded. The only Happening at this
famous place in the way of misfortune in
the breeding department being the dropping
OF a dead 1oal By one Of the mares. The
present crop of stockings is the largest
ever raised at this noted stud Manager
f. A. Dangerfirld has also had remarkable
foai and estimates that fully 81 per cent OF
those bred this spring will stand. He is
very sweet on the future stud success OF
the sensational CCmfando, and the flying
Imp. Voter. The sucking colts and fillies
by these two great horses fulfill the ex-
pectations of this excellent judge predicts
that both will reproduce himself in the
near future
Proprietor of the Melbourne Stud an
ncunces the stud book OF the Brooklyn
season of 1903. Thir;y-seven mares have
been bred to the son Of Lonsfcllow this
spring. IF which only thirteen are the prop
erty of RainboH's owner.
Water Lily. the dam OF Vendale. which
son Of the SaTd has just won the .iGh
here last fall for the Insignificant sum Of
drew the capital prize. for while the mare
il now Il years old. Il foal out of her is
worth thousands of dollars. Water Lily is
another Illustration that a great -ace mare
Will finally reproduce herself. for previous to
Vendale none of her produce were sensa-
tional. The famous mare which just es-
capped the grasp of the Breeders Associa-
ton. was disposed of when Powers occurred
her. at a sale of mares from the Chest
brook stud OF A J: Cassett. the multi-mil-
Railroad. Cassatt raced Water Lily and she
won the Camden Stakes. Bridge Handicap
and other big races in his colors.
There is much gossip here over the pro-
verbal i'll fortune in the breeding business
which follows Elliot c. Cowden. Mount
Kisko. n Y. who so long had his stud
lucky. 1t has leaked out that his disgust
enabled John +. Madden to purchase Of
him for a ridiculousiy low figure the Flu
whose arrival at Hamburg place is now
hourly expected.
COwDEN SELLING OUT.
The Brooklyn Handicap winner Exile 60
ing mad and having TO be shot. has added
another to Cowden's long string of Ill luck
as 4 breeder, so he is selling out and for
awhile at least will quit the game. Exile
when in training was a most vicious brute
trouble. Still. the son of Imp. Mortemer
won thirty races and sAa11s on the turf. He
had the re2u t;, at Eairyiew OF having
only needed Cowden's bad luck to make
him again develop the bad characteristics
which so marked him when racing on the
turf. .cowden bought him to secure a few
FLIES by him for future broodmares, as his
lines were of the blood royal Of both the
old and new world.
The noted broodmare. Ella H, by imp.
Great Tom. dam Butress. by Virgil. owned
by H. L. Martin. Midway, KY, recently
dropped a chestnut colt by Handsome at
Farm. for which Martin this
week declined an oIfer of 81 800: This young
ster Is a half-brother to Clay Pointer:
Of 1900. Linguist. for which $4,000 has been
refused.
Sam Lazarus. Abiline. Tex. writes to a
friend here that he has eight foals out Of
thoroughbred mares by the Hindoo horse.
Macy. which once great performer Is agatn
racing in Lazarus colors at st. Louis this
races won on the turf. and 1t looks like he
has certainly earned a retirement for the
rest Of his days He Is now 8 yeara old