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KACERS IN KENTUCKY. i The eastern scribe who writes about horses under the nom do plnme of "Kelston" has been taking stock of the horses in Kentucky and here is the result of some of his observations at Louisville and Lexington. "Mr. Wimmer owns the three-year-old Yankee Man, which showed great speed, as a two-year-old, but was unlucky. He is very much improved in appearance and will win races. In the bay colt by Macduff -Lima B Mr. Wimmer has a very promising two-year-old on the round barreled, compact, well furnished order. Ben Holladay, which has recently been punch fired and blistered on both front ankles, looks bigger than I ever saw him, and there is every reason to expect that he will be as good a horse next season as he ever was. "At one time Mr. Wimmer had decided not to train him for any of the earlier events, but the present intention is to enter him in the Suburban, should he come to hand and be in good fettle to give him a wind-up preparation for that event. Macleod of Dare has done well since the end of the racing season. Still he has not furnished and let down, just as I would like to have seen him. He has not developed over the back and loins as he should have done, which in a horse of his type is not in favor of his carrying weight over a distance. But as he is in healthy, thriving condition he may show wonderful improvement in the next four months, which, in my opinion, is all that he needs to do to give him a chance of proving one of the best three-year-olds in training. "Mr. Wimmer intends shipping all of his string to Morris Park about the middle of April, and, taken as a whole, I think he has a decidedly promising lot, and with ordinary luck will be a good deal in evidence. John H. Morris, who occupies his old quarters at Churchill Downs, has a string of sixteen, which includes Dr. Black, 4; Azucena, 4; Jerid, 3; Greyfeid, 3, and the two-year-olds, all homebred ones, bay colt, by Azra Outspeed; bay colt, by Sabine Espanita ; chestnut colt, by Azra Anadem; chestnut colt, by Sabine Fe-dalma ; bay colt, by Sabine Selika ; bay colt, by Azra Julia Magee; chestnut colt, by Azra Outstep; bay colt, by Azra Starlight ; bay filly, by Pardee Katie Creel; chestnut filly, by Sabine Rainfall, and bay filly, by Eothen Glo-rina. "As most of these youngsters were on the ailing list when Mr. Morris returned from the east, they are practically untried. The string will, under present arrangements, be shipped east at the close of the Louisville meeting. "I had a look at The Kentuckian and F. F. V. in B. F. Vanmeters string. The latter, which did not race at all daring the past season, is a big framed and very powerful looking horse. His trainer is of the opinion that he will stand training next season, which is to be hoped he may do, as he is undoubtedly a good class horse. The Kentuckian is a bit on the light side, the result of racing him late in the season. He is, however, thriving well. He is a nice type of horse and shows fully as much class as any of the get of his sire, Pirate of Penzance. "There are in the neighborhood of 200 horses wintering on Churchill Downs, and with many more due in the course of the next few weeks, the meeting of 1899 is already looked apon as certain to be successful. "At the Lexington track, where I spent a short time yesterday morning, there are at present about 130 horses, mostly two-year-olds, I understand. The only string I looked at was that of W. H. Laudeman, which was shipped to Memphis today. Albert Franklin will continue to handle Mr, Landsmans horses, and I i am pleased to sap that this clever young trainer has some very likely material to work on. "The now three-year-old Onomastus, which showed a good colt in the west last season, went amiss at Sheepshead Bay in the fall, when, on his work, it looked as if he would trouble the best of his age. He is now all right, and if nothing happens to him he may take some beating from the best, as he is certainly a very bloodlike looking horse. Indeed, in some respects, I think he is the most finished son of Onondaga I have ever seen. He is just a little bit straight on his pasterns, but has good open feet, and is such a nicely balanced horse that there is no reason why he should not train on. "Of the two-year-olds in the string there are two very promising colts, one a straight barreled, smooth turned bay colt by Hanover Miss Winkle; the other, a good sized tear and wear looking colt by Fonso Lesbia. He looks certain to race, and as he showed an exceptionally good trial for the handling he had, his owner is naturally rather sweet on him. "Like many other prominent western owners, Mr. Laudeman will send Tiis string east about the middle of the season. In the four-year-old Goodrich, Mr. Laudeman thinks he owns a horse that will show to advantage in the long distance races in the metropolitan district, bat if he has a second Locohatchee I expect it will prove to be the bloodlike Onomastus."
