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MR. WHITNElS STUD. Although new in the list of breeders of thoroughbreds Mr. W. C. Whitney already has a grand array of stallions and broodmares at Headley Place near Lexington. Like the Keenes he breads only for his own nse. Of the horses on his place Turf, Field and Farm says: "The stallion stable is near the roadside, and night and day grooms are on guard there. Hamburg 6, by Hanover Lady Reel, by Fellow-craft, cost Mr. Whitney 60,000 laBt spring, and he was travel worn when he arrived at the farm. His flesh was not as hard aB it should have been when he left Montana for New York, and the journey told upon him. Through care and judicious feeding he regained his vigor, and now looks remarkably well. Twenty-five of Mr. Whitneys mares were bred to him, and he was allowed to go to seven outside mares. When Meddler was led out, Mr. William Russell Allen pronounced him a higher type than Hamburg. This eleven-year-old eon of St. Gatien and Busybody, by Petrarch, cost Mr. Whitney 9,000, and judging from the way his colts are running he was more than worth the money. The season drawing to a close has proved him to be one of the great thoroughbred sires of the world, and Hamburg will have to do .exceedingly well to equal him in reputation. As Meddler stood on the crown of the hill, with the autumn sun flooding his glossy bay coat with gold, his head erect and his thin nostrils dilated, he was the ideal racehorse and the embodiment of power, symmetry and grace. His height iB 15.3, but he is so well proportioned that he does not look it. He has a sweet disposition and it iB not difficult to take care of him. He and Hamburg are exercissd from one and a half to two hours each day under the saddle and are halter grazed for an hour. Hamburg eats ten quarts of oatB a day and weU-hs 1,226 pounds. Meddlers daily ration of oats is nine quarts. Eighteen of Mr. Whitneys mares were bred to Meddler last spring and seven more outside. The third stallion is Lissak 9, by Loyalist, out of Capability, by Chevron, and eighteen mares were bred to him. His weanlings are strong looking colts. Mr. Whituey owne the controlling interest in Sandringham, and has bred nine mares to him and two to Plaudit. No mares are bred after May 15, as the desire is for early foals. The weanlings are fed ground corn and oats three times a day, and no pains are spared to keep them growing. The brood m ires are a grand lot with such f .mil ar names ppsaring in the liEt as thuse uf Thora, T-tra Biaocburu, Urania, Yorkvilla Belle, Tullauoma, Bumper Fidele, oufflj, Hupertu, Priuessi Bowling. Peg Woffington, OrtUia, Maori, M-innie Himyar, Madame Roel, La Sulphide, Kildier, Kalnla, Isis, Irish Reel, H p icrite, Hurly Burly, Hand-spun, Geisha, Equility, Edith Gray, Balyhoo, Beth Broeck, Admiration, paisy F., Addia and many other famous on the track and in the stud. It ia the policy of Mr. Whitney to give some mareB a reBt, so as not to tax severely their vitality, and therefore they are bred only every other season. Mr. Hogan says that thoroughbred mares, owing to their nervous temperament, are harder to get in foal than trotting mares, and yet over 95 per cent, of those at tha Whitney farm are fruitful. This is a tribute to good management. The foals are halter broken before they are weaned. There are over seventy-fly yearlings in the primary school at West-bury, Long Island, and from these Mr. Whitney should be able to select a powerful string for the two-year-old stakes in 1902. The weanlings are well grown and racy look-, ing. Those by Meddler are: Victoria IV., baylfllly. Yorkville Belle, chestnut filly. Edith Grey, chestnut filly. PoetesB, bay filly. Eye Sweet, bay filly. Melba, chestnut colt. 4 " Hypocrite, bay filly. Handapun, bay colt. Tulla Blackburn, bay colt. Dissembler, bay colt. Urania, chestnut filly. Faithful, bay colt. Kalnla, chestnut filly. Forget, bay colt. Hurly Burly, chestnut filly. Sunnyside, bay filly. MiBS Miriam, bay colt. Marquise, chestnut filly. The filly out of Poetess, and the one out of Yorkville Belle are regarded with great favor. Each is of the highest type. The Handspnn colt is Hogans favorite. The weanlings by Liesak are: Kildeer, brown filly. Aunt Betsy, brown colt. Mary C, bay filly. Rose Btandish, bay filly. . Equality, bay filly. Cereta, bay filly. Ruperta, bay filly. Kuseen, brown filly. Hanvana, brown colt. Florrie, bay colt. Flitaway, bay colt. Thora, bay filly. Baybelle, bay colt. Madam Reel, brown filly. These have Bubstance, with finish, and should win their share of the prizes of the turf. Th fillies out of Kildeer, Rose Standish, Thora, Ruperta and Madam Reel challenge, immediate attention. The weanlings by other stallions are: Ballyhoo, b. f, by Kingston. Homeopathy, b. f, by Bathampton. Castalia, br. f, by Hamburg. Miss Olive, b. c, by Loki. Sweet Blossom, b. c, by Loki, Wamsutta, b. f, by Loki. Clementina, ch. c, by Knight of EllorBlie, Cassatte, ch. c, by Knight of Ellarslie. Mannie Himyar, b. c, by Longflight. The sister of Ballyhoo Bey is not large, but she is worth her weight in gold. Homeopathy-has a grand filly by the Hagginstallion Bathampton, and Mannie Himyar a high-class colt by Longflight. Mr. Whitnoy has not seen hia brood mareB within a year, but is expected to visit Kentucky in November. It is his custom to have his private car sidetracked at Yarnall-ton, and to eat and sleep in it. The chances are that before long he will have a breeding farm of his own.
