Evening star., 1940-08-28
From the
Press Box
Buying Noes BoffIing
To All Save Aga Khan
Bx JOHN LARDNER.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
Aug. % (N.A.N.A).-By a strange
coincidence which may have some
thing to do with the number of
rupees in his strong box, the Aga
Khan, "spirituaP' leader of thou
sands of barefoot natives of India,
has developed the two great thor
oughored stations of the last
decade.
The foals of Blenheim II, who
now stands in Kentucky, bring
enormous prices every year at the
yearling sales in Saratoga, where
the racing world does its loftiest
swapping of horses. This year Mrs.
e. Graham Lewis and the Millsdale
Stable paid $4,000 and $12,500 for
a pair of Blenheim colts. Last year
Samuel D. Riddle, owner of Man
o. War, went to $4,000 for a year.
ling by Blenheim-Argosie- a
couple of other sons of this popular
gold mine fetched $1,000 and
$4,000.
Considering what a blind gamble
1t Is to buy any sort of yearlng
horse for racing or breeding. you get
some idea of the respect the
spenders have for Blenheim.
High Spenders Bottle
For BIenheim Colts
The animal has a record to speak
for him. Bred by the Aga Khan, he
won the EPSON Derby. England's s
most famous race, in 1880. When
he went to the stud, all Europe
scrambled for his offspring. One
Of them, Mahmoud, reigned in
England and won the Derby all over
again. Another, Blue Bear, ran
wild in France. A third, Donatello
II, cleaned up in Italy. Meanwhile
the Aga Khan pocketed the pounds
sterling, the francs, and the lire
with great nonchalance and sent
the dough home to his cash h-box to
rub shoulders with most OF the rest
Of the money in the world.
Two years ago he sold Blenheim
to an American syndicate for $780,
600. The Blenheim yearlings of
1889 came from the Kentcky farm
Of Harry B. Scott and were the first
born in this country. The next two
or three racing seasons will prove
their worth.
AT the moment you merely have
to show the nose of a Blenheim
colt in the auction paddock at
Saratoga and the high spenders
fight to get their wallets out first
with the most.
Bohrom Quickly Bought
BY U. S. Syndicate
Last summer Jock whitney and
his sister, Mrs. Charles Shipman
Payson, ran the bidding UP to
Sl8,0OO for a Blenheim-Ast colt.
Finding themselves tied at this fig
ure, they tossed coin and the lady
won. That is the kind of business
this Blenheim is doing, and I think
some friend with his best interest at
heart should tip him off. The horse
knows nothing about it. They pay
him in oats.
Five years after Blenheim won
the Derby the Aga Khan came I'D
with another, name of Bahram.
Bahram captured the Derby and
most of England's major 3-year-old
stakes in 1885. His first offspring
came to the races last year, and
three OF them were stake winners.
Well. you don't have to draw
diagram for the Aga Khan. He
promptly sounded the American
market and found himself another
syndicate. willing to buy-Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, Walter Chrys-
Ter, jr.. and Sylvester Labrot. They
are said to have paid S160.O0O for
Bahram, but most of the better
minds believe the figure was higher
than that.
Bahram arrived in the United
States this month. aboard a freighter
which thumbed its nose at many
mine and submarine to deliver its
golden cargo.
Must Go Some to Tie
American Horses
The horse will stand at Wander
bits farm in Maryland. Just as
feeler, Mr.. Chrysler bought an i'm
ported Bahram colt for $4,000 at the
Saratoga sales this year, to see what
sort OF sire he was getting for his
cut Of the syndicate.
Though they stand pre-eminent in
the last 10 years, Bleheim and BAH
ram still must 60 some to tie two
American horses, Man O. War and
Sun Briar, who alone among living
stations have sired winners of more
than S2,000,000 in racing prizes.
Man O. War and Sun Briar colts
still bring high prices at the year.
ling sales. Other leading sires of
today. according to the Saratoga fig
ures, are Bull Dog, of the Coldstream
Stud in Kentucky; Sir Gallahad III
of the famous Claiborne Stud; Phar-
amond II, and Alfred Vanderbilt S
Discovery.
But you never can tell. Now and
then a horseman finds himself in the
position of buying the foal of a sire
he owns himself, and still just guess
ing. Last year William Woodward
purchased a colt by Granville, his
own stallion, for $4,000. He named
the youngster Greville, and turned
him loose in race last week.
Greville ran last. It is a very