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AIR BLAST IS PROMISING. Wm. Wheland, trainer for Mr. W. L. Cassidy r writes from Little Rock, Ark., to a St. Louis friend the following gossip about the horse3 in preparation at Little Rock: "Kittie B. is moving along nicely, and will probably be in shape to start in a stake the first day of the meeting. Kittie is a six-year-old mare, thoroughly seasoned, and able to stand a spring preparation. Air Blast is also doing well, and gives every indication of being a good colt. Air Blast is a three-year-old bay by Patron-Peggy Merrill. He was in Captain Mays string last season and proved aright good two-year-old,hav ing run five-eighths over the Newport track in l:01i, with 110 pounds up and three-quarters over the Latonia track in 1 :15i, with 108 pounds up, defeating Batten and Mazo. The latter is the Rossington colt that John E. Madden bought recently and with which he expects to win the Kentucky Derby. It took Donald Bains life to beat Air Blast five-eighths in 1:02, both colts carrying 110 pounds, and Guess Me was all out to beat him five and a half furlongs inl:07i, the weights being, Guess Me, 113 and Air Blast, 110. Air Blast wintered well and has developed into a slashing big colt. Air Blast may not win any Derby, but hell win bis share of the races around St. Louis the coming season. "Nearly every two-year-old hare has bucked or is suffering from soreness in the shoulders, due to the heavy condition of the going. I dont intend to do much with my two-year-olds until I get to the Fair Grounds. I believe that Sir Robert is going to make a real good colt. Sir Robert is a bay colt by Patron Pitapat and was named in honor of the president of tha Fair Association. I have another promising two-year-old in the chestnut colt Sir Kingston, by Kingston Josephine. Jockey Lines is here with me, and is galloping my horses every morning. He ought to make a good boy at the Fair Grounds the coming season,"
