The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-06-25
WAL TER DIRECT 2.O5s
NAY TAKE PLACE Of
SIRE N THE STUD
OWNERS OF THE LATE DIRECT
HAL ARE NEGOTIATING
WITH OWNERS.
CHAfFIE WOULDNOI LEASE HORSE
But Might Sell the Great Sire Of
Speed-Wonderfu Record Of Mau-
ry County Stallion Has Attracted
World Wide Attention.

Walter Direct 2:054 may pOssibl.
take the place Of his noble sire Direci
Hal 2:O41s. whose death occurred re
Gently in the stables of trainer NJ. ]
Lane at Elwood, Ind.
This deal is trying TO be made b.
Cobb Bros, Of Willyille, N. Y, the
owners of the late Direct Hal. F. D
Chafin, the surviving member of the
firm of Chafin Bros, received letter
recently from Cobb Bros, in which
they stated that they would like tc
lease Walter for the balance of this
season and for 1916, as they want t.
place him at the head of their stud
to take the place Of his sire.
Mr.. Chafin in answer to the letter
stated that 1t was impossible to lease
the horse out now from the fact thai
he would have to be sold in order &c
wind up the estate of his late broth
er, w. T. Chafin and in case Of 9
lease, that the horse would have to be
sold subject to that lease, which
would greatly hamper his sale. But
that il the horse remained in his
charge that it may be possible that
the deal could be closed.
Cobb Bros. realize that there is not
another horse in the country that can
fill the place of Direct Hal as com.
pletely as can his son, Walter Direct,
and according 10 the records Of the
two horses as speed producers, he is
a better horse than his sire, although
he never showed as fast a mile which
was no doubt due to the fact that he
happened TO an accident just at the
time when he could have possibly
gone the mile in two minutes fat.
There is not another horse living
or dead that can show what Walter
can at his age. He is the sire of Ma
poleon Direct 2:021a, Walter Hal
2:04, The Assessor 2:04A, Manitoba
2:04&, Annie Laurie 2:05A, Merry
Direct 2:06z. Jessie Direct 2:07A,
Geers Direct 2:10A, and fifteen 9TH
ers in 2:20 and better and seven 9TH
ers in less than 1880. Merry Direct
is the holder of the FIVE mile worlds
record on ice, negotiating the dis
lance IN the fast time Of 12:27A.
Messrs. Cobb Bros. could not make a
better selection than to place this
great horse at the head OF their stud
and it would be a fitting compliment
to the great Tennessee champion to
step into the shoes Of his noble sire.
Both of these great horses were
bred and raised by Chafin Bros.
They were nursed by that noble
horseman and good citizen, and there
possibly never was a man who lived
in Maury county that new a good
horse better. and appreciated one
more. than ", T. Chafin. Chaffin
Bros. sold Direct Hal as a three year
old for the handsome sum of $4,000,
and when Walter Direct was i've
years old and when he won the Cham
Der Of Commerce stake at Cleveland
and took his mark of 2:05% they re-
fused $4,000 for him, and within a
week from that time he happened
to an accident in shipping and was
never able to go back into the cam
paign again.
1t would be a great loss indeed to
Maury county and to the South in
general to remove this great horse
from here. He has reputation mat
Is world wide. Letters are coming
every week to Mr.. Chafin from for
sign countries wanting colts by
Walter Direct. Mr.. Chafin now has
In his possession inquiries for colts
by this horse from two foreign coun-
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