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i i GOS8IP OF THE TUR?. A good many eastern turfmen have been in the habit of decrying western form, and some of them thoroughly argued themselves to the belief that the western cracks havent class enough to hold their own in the company of eastern fast flyers. It seems that the past season ought to knock this idea out of their heads, for certainly western owned horeos have Bwept down on eastern fields with a vengo-ance and proved their superiority in many a hard fought field. That clever 3 year-old, Blues haB a long string of brilliant victories to bis credit and Endurance by Bight has established herself as a top notcher among tho two-year-olds. Hernando came out of the west and proved himself more than able to hold his own. Advance Gnard, another westerner, though ho haB been kept going for. ovar two years, summer and winter, without a let up, proved another hard proposition, and on one occasion the light weighted one that beat him had to wipe out tho track record to do the trick. King Pepper, Leonora Loricg, Flora Pomona, etc., etc., are others that proved their quality in enperior company, and western owners have captured a very fair proportion of the money. Again, it iB a fact that during the past two years eastern track managers have been copying western ways in making their tracks faster, and that accounts for many of the new records that have baen hung up on the Metropolitan tracks during the past season. Canadian Sportsman. "Joe Yeager, who has been a most successful race follower, will go into the breeding business qnite extensively shortly. Mr. Yeager owns a farm of 250 acres near Atlantic, la., about fifty miles from Council Bluffs. TMb he is turning into a stock farm. He haB recently built a mod-1 ern stable and a three-quarter track on his farm, and is now busily engaged in buying up good brood mares and is looking for a euitable stallion. George Withers, once a famous jockey, and considered an excellent judge of horseflesh, is transacting Mr. Yeagere business in connection with his stud farm. Withers will manage the farm and train the horses. It is the plan to start out with a few good two-year-olds and three or four good jumpers for campaigning purposes. The jumpers will be ridden by Withers. Negotiations are now on between Withers, acting for Mr. Yeager, and H. J. Scoggan, the noted Kentucky breeder, for the purchase of a number of highly bred brood mares, in foal to Dr. Bice. Withers intends to attend all the big sales this fall, also, and buy up mares. It is very probable that Bancocas, sire of Raneo, Bed Sam and others, will be the Yeager stud. Rancocas is at pres ont owned in Texas. "Mr. Yeagere farm," eaid Trainer Withers recently, "is the most bsautifnl spot in that section of Iowa. It is known as tho Polk Bird Farm. The climate there if most suitable for breeding purposes. There is an early spring and a late fall, and tha grass is green the year aronnd. The Rock Island railroad runs right around it, and you can see a train fifteen miles away. A splendid-stable has already baen built, and a three-quarter track is just being completed. It is an ideal spot, and I think that soma day the Polk Bird Farm will ba well kaown on the turf " Mr. Yeager is a Cincinnati boy. He lives in Norwood and is a son of Colonel Bill Yeager. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
