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BLUE GRASS BREEDING FARMS. Gastleton Stud is stronger now in stallions ; than it ever was, there being nine of them, rep-xesenting various types and various strains of blood. They are St. Leonards, Chorister, Tour-nament, Kingston, Ben Brush, Handspring, Hornpipe. King Arthur II. and Horoscope. The latter has developed into a very handsome and bloodlike horse on lengthy, level lines, and is "full of quality. I was very much impressed -with this horse, and as he is royally bred, it is to be hoped that he will get the opportunity in the stud to which he would seem justly entitled. Horoscope was possessed of a wonderful turn of speed, and but for meeting with a mishap -which put an end to his racing career would, ! feel certain, have demonstrated that he could stay. Amphion, the sire of Horoscope, was a good racehorse in England, and Fair Vision, his dam, is a royally bred mare, by Touchet out of Enchantress by Scottish Chief, and she out of Lady Love by Lord Lyon. Handspring, which now measures fully 16.1, lias furnished and let down considerably, and there are few handsomer or more bloodlike young stallions in the country. As there is no -doubt as to his class and stamina, I look for him to prove a success from the start. Ben Brush, although in big, hard condition, does not look gross at all, and with the many rangy mares of fashionable English breeding in the Castleton Stud this stout-hearted son of Bramble ought to neck well. Kingston, the hero of so many victories, and -who retired sound and clean of limb, is another sire that Major Dangerfield is justly very proud of. Chorister, which is a horse with extraordinary muscular development, will, I think, get something as good, if not better, than himself. Indeed, judging from some of the youngsters of his get which I saw the other day, I think it is more than likely he has already done so. St. Leonards looks well, but on going over the yearlings later I was rather disappointed with the get of this good looking son of St. Blaise. For the most part, they are a bit undersized and weedy looking. Of the fifty-six yearlings, thirteen are by Domino, and the more I see of the get of this horse, the more is his death to be deplored, as for uniformity of type of a clean cut and bloodlike order, combined with size and true conformation, the get of the brilliant black would be hard to equal. The following comprise the second and last crop of young Dominos ; Bay colt out of Emma C, chestnut colt out of Elsie, chestnut colt out of Belle of Maywood, chestnut colt out of Paradox, bay colt out of Royal Gem, bay filly out of Ben-Ma-Chree, bay filly out of Orchis, bay filly out of Dart iiaidon, chestnut filly out of Calico, chestnut filly out of Dancing Water, bay filly out of Gloaming, and chestnut filly ont of Suudown. Including young mares not yet bred, there are now upward of eighty broodmares in the Castleton Stud, and of the. yonng matrons in foal for the first time Rhodesia is carrying a burden to Kingston. This high-class daughter of Wisdom has developed into an exceptionally handsome mare, and can hardly fail to prove a . valuable matron. Royal Rose, which missed getting in foal, has also developed into a grand looking mare, and it will be strange indeed if these and other royally bred young matrons which are in the y Castleton Stud are not heard from as producers of horses of good class. With the exception of those imported in utero the produce of the i Castleton mares has been by no means high class or even a fair medium, and that this is ; . y i attributable to the sire side of the horse there can be no doubt, as the crop of a few years ago by well-known English stallions were an exceptionally high-class lot, and with the j stallions which Major Dangerfield now has to select from I think the outlook is decidedly 1 promising. At the Nursery Stud, the property of August Belmont, all of the stock is in the most desirable condition. There are upward of forty yearlings, seventeen by Henry of Navarre. The latter are a very good average lot, and with more than a fair proportion above the average. The stallions now in use in the Nursery Stud 1 are Henry of Navarre, Hastings, Margrave and 1 Magnetizer, all of which look in splendid condition. There are now about seventy broodmares in , the Nursery Stud, a large proportion of which are in foal, and for the most part to Hastings and Henry of Navarre. There has so far been not a single slip this season, which, considering the weather, is rather surprising in about sixty mares in foal. At McGrathiana, where I spent a couple of days, I found all of the stock doing splendidly. The crop of weanlings are exceptionally well grown, while the Hanovers, of which there are upward of twenty colts, are the best all around this great horse has yet sired. Indeed, including several by him that are on other farms, I doubt if he ever had such a supeib lot to his credit in one year. In the Oakwood Stud, the property of Applegate and McMeokin, the colt by Hanover out of Workmate, dam of Ben Eder, is simply one of the grandest yearlings ever seen at this season of the year. Then over at.Arch-mont, the property of Sanford Lyne, there are two grand young Hanovers, one out of the Longfellow mare, Ida Walton, now in France, and the other out of Anna Gray. Both of these youngsters are very choice specimens. Of those at McGrathiana there are so many good looking ones that it is hard to choose. The colts out of Squeeze, La Jnive, Confidence, Retrieve, Aragon, Mai ie Stoops, Bessie Hinckley and Colleen Rhue are all fine types with good bone, but these young Hanovers I expect to look over once more before leaving Kentucky and will have something more to say of them. Mr. Young has a couple of two-year-olds which he purchased at the fall sales in Lexington that I like very much, one by Harry OFal-lon and the other by Aintree. Both worked well, the latter especially so, his throe furlongs, with 118 pounds up, in 361 seconds, over the Lexington track, being reckoned by horsemen who timed him as good as any yearling trial ev.er seen over the same route. In fact The Commoner was about the only yearling that ever showed such a trial and carrying anything like the same weight. In color he is a brown, and is a straight barreled clean cut typo, nicely balanced and one of the sort to come to hand easily. The Harry OFallon is a hard colored chestnut on the close-coupled, short backed order, and is a very smart looking youngster. The stallions are all in good shape. Hanover, which was a bit off, is now doing nicely. Lamplighter looks splendid and is, in my opinion, one of the most valuable young sires in the country. Requital, which is owned by E. C. Cowdin, is a most elegant looking animal and is in splendid condition. The hardy and blood-I like Pirate of Penzance also looks well, as in- deed do the whole lot, and with a very large proportion of the broodmares in foal the out-i look at McGrathiana is at present as satisfac- tory as could be wished for. The Morris mares ; all look splendid. The first ef them to foal was i LIntriguante, a filly foal to Hanover. Kelston i in Morning Telegraph.
