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Show L SIRE OF STALLION HULL AGAIN SIB St. Gatien, at Ae of Twenty-Four, Twenty-Four, (iops to the Long Breeding Stable. I Tribune Special Sporting Service. LOriSVlLEE. Ky , Jan. J.-St. Gatlcn. sire of the great stallion Meddler, and who dead-heated for the English Derby of ISM with Harvester, has be.-n purchased !: o"i:;' J Long, the Louisville breeder and racing man. St. Gatien has had a somewhat checkered career. By The Rover out of St. Editha, he Is considered In England a "chance bred" horse, though he has the blood of some of the greatest horses In the English stud book In his veins. Record as a Two-Year-Old. lb- won even race for which he started as a two-year-old. was unbeaten at 3, beaten only once at -1, and only twice as a flve-year-old. His record shovs three defeats In four seasons on the turf His races Include the dead heat with Harvester Harvest-er for the Derby. Gold Ynso at Ascot. Cesarewltch, Gold cup at Ast, Alexan- I Ha Plate and Jockey Club Cup He sold lor T7".'fi i , Ccn any frr stud pur- , DO ' s lb sired many good winners there, bul was taken back to England and later brought to this country. Sired Meddler. In England he sired Meddler, who was unbeaten as a racehorse ami who also was i Imported to this country to become one of the leading sires. He was at the head of th a i -iing stallion list .if io-j-i with almost al-most S.OOo to the credit of his get. ; Among St Gatlcn's get in this country to urn distinction Is St Bellane, who won the Muhldpal handicap and welght-for- j age race at two miles and a quarter at Belmont :ark last October. Nov. Twenty-Four Years Old, At the Rancho del Paso snlf St. Gatien was knocked down to James D Haggln for COO, He Is now 4 years old, but If ..t-ks count for anything still has a few years of usefulness ahead of him He was shipped to Lexington with the other Hag- gin stock. Mr Long asked John Morris to look the horse over. His report e 1-dently 1-dently was satisfactory, a deal was made, j and St Gatien has already been shipped it Louisville. I |