Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 16

16 HERTE STABLELST N MYSTERY BLACE Reigh Count, Derby Winner, Saved—Echo of Taxi War Is Seen. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 2.—The John D. Hertz racing stable near Cary, Ill, in which were quartered Reigh Count, 1928 Kentucky Derby winner, and 14 other thoroughbreds, was destroyed last night by fire of mysterious, pos- sibly incendiary, origin. Eleven thoroughbreds, valued at more than $200,000, were burned to death. Reigh Count, who is generally regarded as the premier three-year-old of the American track, was brought un- scathed from the burning barn by a quick-thinking stable boy, Jimmy Allen. Anita Peabody, another star of the Hertz string and winner of the 1927 Belmont Futurity, also was saved. Among the animals lost were Leona Ett, named for Leona Hertz and being groomed for the 1929 Kentucky Derby; Sandal Fan, Insula, Sandal Bar, St. Lucia, fillies by Black Servant, Kohn- kona and Sir Gallahad, and fillies out of Luanna. Taxi War Seen. John D. Hertz, owner of the model stables, is chairman of the board of directors of the Yellow Cab Co. Two large garages of the cab company were bombed Sunday night. The fire at the Hertz farm, following within less than 24 hours of the two bombings, was seen by Chicago police as another vio- lent gesture in the “taxi war” which flared a week ago when a taxicab driver was shot dead. Cary officers found several indica- tions of incendiarism. Fire broke out simultaneously at opposite ends of thé long brick barn, they said. There were indications that oil had been used to give the flames quick headway. A gaic some distance from the stable was found to have been broken down. Following the garage bombings Sun- day night, extra precautions were taken to guard the valuable thoroughbreds at the Cary farm. Extra watchmen were employed, and a close guard was ar- ranged to be kept in the vicinity of the stable itself. Hertz and his farm superintendent, Arthur Naylor, both said they had no suspicions as to the origin of the fire, and both were reluctant to see any connection between it and the trouble of the » Co. and first to reach the barn. smoke he groped his way to Reigh Count’s stall. All about him the high- RS S S SSSASAAARAARRRRR THE. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 1928. " It was pointed out by Cary police that the stable was of most modern cdn- struction and presumably fireproof, Boy Saves Reigh Count. Tons of hay were the tinder that gave flames from four sides. e alarm. the flames a start which resisted all efforts of firemen. Authora Naylor, 10- year-old daughter of the farm superin- tendent, was the first to see the fire, | which even then was sending a border She spread Jimmy Allen, a stable boy, was the ‘Through the between employes of Hertz' Yellow Cab | strung thoroughbreds were stamping in irfvers of Checker cabs. thelr fright. Allen placed a blindfold about Reigh Count's eyes, vaulted to the nervous animal's back and drove the Derby winner to safety. Anita Peabody was stabled in an- | other building, but was brought from | her stall as flames from the main stable | endangered other structures on the farm. Sheriff Sanford, after an investiga- tion early today, telephoned to Hertz in Chicago: “This undoubtedly is a plot growing | out of the trouble begween the taxicab | men, manifest by the bombings Sunday. I strongly urge you not to venture out tonight on these lonely country roads. Gredt personal harm may be intended A S R N e N N R e N A e A A A e S A S AR S Rt e [ S S s eSS ; “NATIONAL'S” ? ‘\\\\!\‘\“\\\\\\\\“\\S‘\“fl for you. Don’t come out until daylight and then with a police escort.” The sheriff assigned 14 deputies to guard the place, augmenting the pri- vate guard previously employed by Hertz. Leona Farm, a 720-acre tract about | 30 miles from Chicago, was designed by Mrs. John D. Hertz as a paradise | for the aristocracy of race horses. | Measured food, measured _exercise, measured steam heat in Winter and a Jarpe group of trainers and helpers were a few of the precautions taken to guard | the thoroughbreds. There were even special skylights through which the sun’s rays were filtered into the animals’ stall Living quarters of stable attendants were ciose enough so that the slightest 4 e unusual noises among the costly racers could be heard. ‘The stable, completed only a month ago, was built in furtherance of Mrs. Hertz's idea that it is not necessary | that fine race horses be quartered in the South during the Winter, RO e Returns From Waste Heap. Thirty years ago furfural was a chem- ical curiosity, selling for $30 a pound. Agricultural chemists found a way to 1manu(acture it from corncobs and other | farm wastes. Now it sells for as little as 10 cents a pound in quantities, It in manufacturing synthetic resis nts and_insecticides, and agricul- ture is getting some return from a waste. ome office that from entering E: at were described tic methods, but the au- |AIMEE, IN LONDON, | SECLUDES HERSELF McPherson landed unheralded at Har- —_— |mrh yesterday ‘and came to London N N | last night. Los Angeles Evangelist Permitted| "¢ the h,am;‘“”,m of '?'r ;—2,,, - | Square Gospel Churcn it was stated to- to Enter England and Will Rest | Gay that the evangelist was somewhere : England and would rest quietly until Before Campaign. unday. when she would make her first e ey public_ app that day she By the Associated Press. | LONDON. October 2.— Aimee | Semple McPherson, Los Angeles ev The hor: | gelist, was stated to be in seclusion | the speediest, and with the exception | somewhere in England today. of a few varieties of sharks, the largest Representations had been made to of the New En: ast. 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