The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14
LEXINGTON TURF NOTES.
Noted stallion Tn Bard 60 End His Days
at Chester Brook Farm.

LEXINGTON. KY, July I5.--Ship the old
horse home that he may spend the last days
OF his life among the green fields OF Chester
Brook Farm. which he has helped to make
famous as a thoroughbred breeding farm
throughout the country" wrote A. j. Cassatt
OF Pennsylvania to William Steele. this city,
In answer to a letter written by the latter
acquainting him with the condition OF his
once noted stallion. The Bard. whose health Is
rapidly failing and whose death is expected
at almost any time. MIR. Steele requested
that he might be allowed to kill the horse and
thus end his suffering, but IL was the wish
Of the Cassatt family that their fathers
favorite horse be allowed to die a natural
death amid the scenes OF his triumphs. The
Bard Is now IS years old. but has been doing
stud service In Kentucky for the last three
years. He is by Observation-Disclosures.
by War Dance. He was a brilliant racehorse.
having been the champion three. four and
Of his day.
The sensational Colin is the latest foal
OF the famous imp. Pastorella. as the mare
was barren both last spring and in 1906. and
as a consequence has neither a y~earllng nor
weanling now at Castleton Farm. She was
bred to imp. Voter this spring at Mr..
Keene's suggestion, as in case she fosls a flly
in 1905 he wanted a purely bred English young
mare to succeed the daughter of Springfield
in the stud, keene paid $1,000 for imp.
Pastorella at the closing out sale Of the
Bitter Root stud Of the late Marcus DAILY:
The mare was a stake winner in England
and dropped one foal In that country in 1899.
L being the chestnut colt Cathaire Nor, by
now brilliant young broodmare Passan.
by Hamburg. the dam OF Prince OF Orange.
s so6. f IsSy 1T W;Sisaad Ses si AXE , wan9 qeals sh To- r sea-
stephen, by Hamburg. was imp. Pastorella's
next foal In this country, and she then foaled
the winner Masaniello. by Kingston. In 1908
she was barren and in 1904 her colt by Ben
Brush did not live to be old enough 20. be
registered. Colin was the next and last foal
to date.
Trainer william Phillips this week trans
ferred his two mares, Pamela by Hamburg
Marquise by Miser and Marohioness by Qnon-
Cars farm here 20 bis new breeding plant
in Shelby county. Both mares. were. bred
now has az her side a bay flly by that horse.
hut Pamela was bred for the first time this
season. Bessie Spahr, owned by Fred Coon
breeding establishment. she having again
been bred this season to Dick Welles. She
now has both a y~earling and "A sucking colt
y. Il. Madden only paid s.. 900 for Passan,
the dam Of Lady Winifred and half sister 70
colin; surely a rare nn, bargain as Ss the nTd d ,hs 6nsr
mare ever dropped by Collins dam. Passan
was sold In a sale of castof mares by the
late w G; Whitney. He paid 5000 for her
Trainer Bill Phillips has purchased Of Tom
Dolan, this city, a yearlina colt by Jean Berand
so far this year by Phillips or his racing part
ner, Fred Cook. While here Phillips made
colts and the deal for the bunch Is still pend
ing. Phillips is a little blue over the likeli-
hood of soon losing Jockey Dave Nicol. The
boy il rapidly growing too heavy for the
Western riding weights and will even. soon
be beyond the bigger scale prevailing In the
East and or. foreign tracks, Nicol is going
to stick to the turf as a trainer and PHILIPPE
and the Jockey may some day, not so far in
the future. be to the Western turf what the
firm Of Fred Burlew and ex-Jockey Frank
O'Neill is in the East to-day.
Montgomery by his victories in the Crescent
CITY Derby. Jockey Club weight for age race,
commonwealth Handicap and Broadway and
Bavchester Stakes this season. IL nearing the
line of $40. 600 turf winners. SO far this sea
son he has won sS6. Oo5, which added TO his
earnings Of ~. 4O5 as a two-year-old last season
makes his total winnings foot up $40. 40.