Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1901 — AN OLD KENTUCKY BREEDER ILL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AN OLD KENTUCKY BREEDER ILL.

News comes from Lexington, Ky., that Maj. Barah G. Thomas, one of the oldest breeders of thoroughbreds in Kentucky, is dangerously ill at his home there. He is the only horseman now living who saw the famous Wagner-Grey Eagle race at Louisville in 1839, and

he has witnessed nearly every important turf event lu America since then. He was for years the owner of the famous Dixiana Farm, which was named for the first race mare he ever owned, and has bred scores of noted performers. Among these are Domino, Correction. Ban Fox, King Fox, Hitnyar, Banburg, etc. He sold King Thomas to the late Senator, Hearst, of California, for $38,000, the highest price ever paid iu this country for a yearling.

MAJ. BARAH G. THOMAS.