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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20645



                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 1)


                            BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
                                (Name of Issuer)

                              Class A Common Stock
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   115637-10-0
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                 James S. Welch
                              Ogden Newell & Welch
                               1700 Citizens Plaza
                            500 West Jefferson Street
                           Louisville, Kentucky 40202
                                 (502) 582-1601
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                 January 1, 2000
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


         If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box [X].



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                             CUSIP NO. 115637-10-0
===============================================================================================================
<S>                                                                                  <C>
(1)    Names of reporting persons...................................................        Dace Brown Stubbs
       S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons .........................           ###-##-####
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)    Check the appropriate box if a member of a group                              (a)
                                 (see instructions)                                  --------------------------
                                                                                     (b)
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(3)    SEC use only ................................................................
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)    Source of funds  (see instructions)..........................................               N/A
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5)    Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items
       2(d)or 2(e)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6)    Citizenship or Place of Organization ........................................   United States of America
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with:

       (7)  Sole voting power ......................................................              1,000
                                                                                     --------------------------
       (8)  Shared voting power.....................................................            9,444,864
                                                                                     --------------------------
       (9)  Sole dispositive power .................................................            9,445,864
                                                                                     --------------------------
       (10) Shared dispositive power ...............................................            9,444,864

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(11)   Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person                             9,445,864
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(12)   Check if the aggregate amount Row (11) excludes certain shares                             N/A
       (see instructions).
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(13)   Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)...........................             32.59%
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(14)   Type of reporting person (see instructions) .................................               IN
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</TABLE>



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ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.

                                             Brown-Forman Corporation
                                               Class A Common Stock
                                                 850 Dixie Highway
                                            Louisville, Kentucky 40210

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

         a)       Name:                              Dace Brown Stubbs

         b)       Principal Business address:        135 Sago Palm Road
                                                     Vero Beach, Florida 32963

         c)       Private Investor; Director, Brown-Forman Corporation

         d)       Criminal Convictions: No criminal convictions in the last five
                  years (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

         e)       Securities Proceedings: No judgments, decrees or final orders
                  enjoining further violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
                  activities subject to federal or state securities laws or
                  finding any violations with respect to such laws.

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

         N/A

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

         No transactions by the undersigned are reported on this Schedule. This
Schedule is filed to reflect a change of name of the undersigned as well as
certain changes in beneficial ownership which have resulted from stock
repurchases by Brown-Forman Corporation and stock splits.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         The amount of shares beneficially owned by the undersigned as of
December 31, 1999, is as follows:


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  Aggregate         Percent
                                                    Number          of Class
                                                  ---------         --------
<S>                                               <C>                <C>
         (a)      Beneficially Owned              9,445,864          32.59%

         (b)      Sole Voting Power                   1,000
                  Shared Voting Power             9,444,864
                  Sole Disposition Power              1,000
                  Shared Disposition Power        9,444,864
</TABLE>

         (c)      No transactions in Brown-Forman Corporation Class A Common
                  Stock of the issuer were effected by Dace Brown Stubbs in the
                  last sixty days.

         (d)      The undersigned, as a member of the Advisory Committee to
                  certain trusts, with two other Advisory Committee members,
                  shares voting and disposal powers over 9,444,864 shares of
                  Brown-Forman Corporation Class A common stock. Those other
                  advisors are W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr., Hilliard-Lyons Center, 501
                  Fourth Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, Retired, former
                  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
                  Brown-Forman Corporation, and Owsley Brown Frazier,
                  Brown-Forman Corporation, 850 Dixie Highway, Louisville,
                  Kentucky 40210, Vice Chairman of Brown-Forman Corporation.
                  Neither Mr. W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr. nor Mr. Owsley Brown Frazier
                  has been convicted of a criminal offense or been found liable
                  in a civil action involving securities laws in the last five
                  years. Both are United States citizens.

         (e)      Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
         RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         None.

SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


Date: February 8, 2000


/s/ Dace Brown Stubbs
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Dace Brown Stubbs




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