The Washington times., 1933-08-17
$1,000 OFFER
SPURNEDBY
OWNER
BY HARRY COSTELLO


LEESBURG, Va, Aug. H.
A dark brown Cor black colt by
The Porter, out of Caller Herrin,
is indexed No. / among "a Vir-
ginia thoroughbred yearlings listed
for sale by auction at Saratoga
Monday by the Herring brothers,
C. G. and T. c., of Bridgewater.
Va.
The catalogue, available today,
is of the Heronford and Retire
ment Studs (Herring BrosJ, w.
H. Lipscomb and others, the stock
to be sold Monday with the Court
Manor yearlings.
Other owners listed include A.
M. c'Buck") Chichester, jr., David
N. Rust, jr., Admiral Cary T.
Grayson and Mrs. Leon H. Fyfe.
The dark brown Cor black
colt by The Porter. indexed as
No. l and catalogued as No. II,
It is understood here, attracted a
recent offer of $1,000, which was
turned down by Buck" Chi
chester, the owner, who figures to
get a better price at the Saratoga
sale.
Four Other YearIings
Four other yearlings by The
Porter, two bay colts, a bay filly
and a brown filly, are included in
the list of "a catalogued. Other
Sires represented are Imp. Trau-
mer, by two yearlings; Imp. Coz
Gaulois, by two; Imp. Bright
Knight, two; Tall Timber, two,
and Brooms, Pennant, st. Henry,
Imp. Royal Canopy, Imp. Herodot,
Rockminister, High Time, Dunlin,
Imp. Happy Argo, Imp. Sun Briar
and Sweep, by one each.
Buck Chichester'S colt, which Is
expected to draw in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 at the Saratoga
sale, perhaps better, has an in
teresting pedigree.
The Porter, as most race fol-
lowers know, was a winner of 26
races and $73,866, including the
Laurel Stakes, Latonia Inaugural,
second in 2reakneSs, third in To-
SSS1ASASSPS
POcahOntas Eighth Dam
The first dam, Caller Herrin, is
by Luke McLuke; second dam,
Caller Out, by Imp. Oddfellow;
third dam, Indifference, by Him
var; fourth dam, Imp. Glide, by
Chippendale. The eighth dam
was Pocahontas. Thence the line
goes back to mare by The Byerly
Turk (No. - family.
Caller Herrin won on the flat
and over jumps, and her sire,
Luke McLuke, won the Kentucky
Handicap, Belmont and Carlton
stakes and sired the winners
Anita Peabody (Futurity. etc.,
Nellie Morse (PreaknesS, Pimlico
Oaks, etc.. Mr.. Sponge, Stock
Market, Simpleton, Miss Muf-
fins, etc.
Caller Out was winner and
produced MillWick (Ohio State
Derby, etc., Full Moon (37 wins;
also produced Hughie, II wins);
Marie Blanche II, Motor Chief,
Tent and Choice Caller.
His Stake Winners
The Porter sired the stake win
ners Toro (American Derby, La
tonia Derby, Cincinnati Trophy,
Granger M e m morial |. Lincoln,
Queen City, Sweitzer handicaps,
ETC., and $142,530), Stepinfetchit
.(Latonia Derby, Dixie Handicap,
also second in Classic and third
in Kentucky Derby, Greenock
l(Dearborn Stakes, Collinsville,
Chicago Heights handicaps),
Algol, Luggage. Port Harlem,
islam, Silverdale, Portam, Broca-
do. Time Maker, Port O. Play,
Paulina L., etc.
The list of "a Virginia foaled
yearlingS to be sold at auction
at Saratago, with names of SELL
ers, color and sex of yearlings,
names of sireS and names of
dams:
blk c., The Porter. Caller Herrin.
Mrs. Leon H. Fyfe-B. c., The Por-
ter, Imp Helioden.
The Porter. Codina; ch. c.. Brooms,
We.
Herring Brothers-Ch. f.. Pennant
Imp. Fresnay;, b. f, Tail Timber, Imp.
Gracenote; CHI. c., Imp. Traumer,
Hussy; b. f., Tall Timber, Lady We'll
come; b. or br. c., Imp. Cog Gaulois
Mary G.; b. f., The Porter, Moncitoo;
CHI. c., st. Henry, Nell McChord; b.
or br. c., Imp. Bright Knight, Rock
Haven; b. or gr. f., Imp. Royal Canopy
Sister Sue; blk. f.. Imp Coo Gaulois.
Imp. Sobranje; ch. c., Imp Traumer,
Sunbranji; b. c. Imp Herodot, Vive
MCGEE; ch. f., Rockminister, Imp
War News.
W H. Lipscomb-Br. c. High Time
Cinema; b. f., Dunlin. Crack O. Doom;
br. f.. Imp. Bright Knight Dread
naught; b. c., Imp. Happy Argo
Flower Girl; b. c., sweep, Lassatr; br
c., Imp. Sun Friar. On Top.
David N. Rust, jr.-B. c.. The
Porter, Hasty Maid.
Buffalo Man Claims
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