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MELBOURNE STUD HORSES. A few years back Col. W. S. Barnes was deservedly one of the most prominent and popular turfmen of the West. He is one of the type of high class, honorable men whose participation in racing gives it credit and good standing in the ejes of the public. Since the Washington ParkCIub suspended racirig he haB been content to be known chiefly as a breeder, and has annually sent out from Melbourne Stud consignments of yenng equine blue bloods second inbreeding and subsequent performance to none in the country. Last year he had a few horses in training, and according to Mr. S. B. Weems, he ib inclined to extend his active racing operations this year and will probably increase his racing string considerably. As to some of the features at Melbourne Stud Farm, Mr. Weems says, in a letter to Morning Telegraph: "The stallions are Jim Gore, one of the best sons ofjHindoo; Prince of Monaco, by St. Blaise, who was a great race horse and seems destined to become a great sire, and the recent purchase, Bainbow, by Longfellow, who raced in the Morris colors and whose trial for the American Derby was one of the fastest ever made by a three-year-old in the east. There are fifteen yearlings on the farm, ten fillies and five colts and thirty-nine weanlings. The unusually large proportion of twenty-two of these lattor are colts. "Col. Barnes has some positive ideas of his own about breeding. One of these is that Btock, to do well, should not be overcrowded. And so another year he intends to dispose of some of his mares and the balance he will divide up into three or four different lots and Bcatter them about on different far jib. Last year he was forced into racing again in a small way through his inability to sell fillies that he desired to retain as broodmares. His best performers were the 3-year-old filly, Tho Lady in Blno, a prominent Futurity candidate in her year, by Himyar, out of British Blue Blood, by Bendigo, and the two-year-old, Lady Elite, by Order Bonita Bolle, the dam of Bean Ideal, and other winners. Lady Elite is a won derfully neat, trim built mare. She was one of the very best two-year-old fillies in the west last season, in a year when many good ones were out, and at the latter end she was nearly, if not quite, as good as any of the colts. She is engaged in all the western Oaks, and, judging by her form and on her present appearance, it will take a decidedly good one among the fillies to beat her. She haB speed and is game. "Prince of Monaco, probably the very best son of St. Blaise, certainly the one showing most size, substance and power, and these all combined with great quality, is at the head of Melbourne stud. Prince of Monaco is a whoie colored chestnut and a horse of extraordinary muscle and bone. His yearlings and weanlings resemble him in these particulars, and some of the yearlings are very likely to make a record for him as two-year-olds the coming season. "The young Jim Gores at Melbourne are also promising. They are big bodied horses on short legs, and nearly all of them Bhow quality. "Bainbow is a typical Longfellow, bnt with fine lines and more quality than the Longfel-Iowb usually have. He is a splendid specimen of the thoroughbred, although what he may accomplish at the stud is yet to be determined. Colonel Barnes, who is a good judge in breeding matters, is satisfied he will make a pronounced success as a sire. "It is good odds that two or three of the yearlings at Melbourne will be heard from in the two-year-old stakes. Fancy Wood, brown filly, by Prince of Monaco Sarah, by Tremont, and she out of Salina, the dam of Salvator, is a mare of extra fine quality. She is a muccular sort, an d will only need to grow a trifle more to be an ideal type of the high class racing machine. She is royally bred and is patterned much like Lady Elite. "Another filly, a bay, by Jim Gore Lady Jack, by Hayden Edwards, is a Bmart, racy looking type, and one by Prince of Monaco, out of Gypsy QueeD, was well tried. This is a mare of length, substance and quality, and if she races tip to her trials she will come pretty nearly being in the stake class. The best filly of the lot may turn out to be the bay called Princess Lightfoot.by Prince of Monaco Light-wood, by Elias Lawrence. This will make a big. lengthy mare and is full of quality. She was highly tried, "Of the colts, a brown by Prince of Monaco Minty Custer, by Springbok, and a chestnut, by Jim Gore Bacchante, by Buchanan, are the pick. Both are good ones. The Jim Gore is a big, u pstanding colt, with length underneath, Bhort coupled, with a good quarter and hind l9g, and well built in every respect. This colt was tried well enough with weight up to be a stake horse, "Col. Barnes is no mean judge of young stock. He was ridiculed for buying Sir Dixon as a yearling, and for selecting Baceland as a coming turf hero. Cuke of Bourbon was another of his choices, and after having bred Handspring, he induced Mr. P. J. Dwjer tobny the colt at the Melbourne stud sale in Now York. Last year he picked out another of his own breeding. Prince of Melbourne, and was not far from choosing a great race horse. "Colonel Barnes says he will stake his reputation on this Jim Gore colt, and on size and racing quality the youngster certainly has enough about him to warrant this confidence. The b rown Prince of Monaco is a beautifully turned colt, with enough length and power to be an extra good one if he runs up to bis looks and to stable expectations. "The weanlings Bhow a good average of size and subBtance and are hardy looking. Four or five of the colts have undoubted individuality, , CONTINUED OK SECOND PAGE. MELBOURNE STUD HOB3E3. Continued from 1st Page. and both on breeding and Quality they ought to sell well. One, a bay by Hanover Bonita Belle, is an exceptionally goodyonngater, having great Bize,substance and bone a big, compact, powerfully built colt. He is the favorite of Colonel Barnes, and is so well thought of that it would require a fancy price to buy him. This colt is the result of a season to Hanover that was .offered to be raffled for by Colonel Young in aid of the southern flood sufferers. Colonel Barnes won the season, and he named the colt Luck in Charity. "A brown by Prince of Monaco Sarah, is another good colt. He has length, is short coupled and possesses extra good driving power. The chestnut by Princ9 of Monaco-Middle March, is royaliy bred and a lengthy, racy looking colt. "The biy, by Jim Gore Bamboo, is typical of his Bire, a big badied, stoat colt on short legs, prompt looking and a race horae, so far as quality goes. A chestnut, by St. Gaorge Flotilla, by Alarm, is a rangy, long Quartered colt with a splendid forearm. Toil colt has plenty of size and subitance and is one of the bast of the lot. The brown, by Prinee of Monaco Ctntury, by Billet, is another of the gilt edgad ones. He is a lengthy colt, broad over the top and with great driving power. The bay, by Prince of Monaco White Vail, has extra good quarters, shoulder and forearm, and is wsll put together in every respect. This colt lor ks like he would certainly race. A bay by Jim Gore Flying Rumor, is also racy looking, while a brown, by Jim Gore Bagpipes, by Macbeth, is also a fine type with good quarters and shoulders and a speedy look about him. Colonel Barnes colts are decidedly above the average, and they can hardly fail to impress buyers when they are taken up to be Bold in Juno. "Mrs. Barnes, who owns The Lady in Blu9, as well aa Lady Elite, has a very racy looking weanling filly in the chestnut by Jim Gore Lady Jack, by Hayden Edwards. This filly will grow into a mare of good size and substance. She has range, is well muscled up and ought to race. A black by Jim Gore Light-wood is a nice filly. She has not as much length aB the Lady Jack filly, but is well put together. A black by Jim Gore Pettiola is a big-bodied mare, like her sire in this respect, and possesses great quality. Another Jim Gore Briganza is an exceptional filly with size, ovenness of build and quality all the way."
