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THE HOME OF HAMBURG. It was one of the brightest of October mornings that we drove from Lexington out the hilly Frankfort pike and turned into the gate where tho horses of W. C. Whitney find a home. Supt. John Hogan was in the saddle and the feet of his horse were damp with dew brushed from blue grass. He rises with the lark and makes the round of woodland pastures in which thoroughbred mares of high degree graze. Tho morning-glories climb freely over the stallion stable, giving to it a cheerful, rustic appearance, and one of the keepsrs is always in charge. An intrusion cannot occur day or night without a formal but polite request to know your business, says Turf, Field and Farm of November 1. When Meddler, by St. Gatien Busybody, by Petrarch, steps from the stable and stands where the sunshine falls upon his rich coat, it is your privilege to look upon a horse of well-nigh faultless conformation. He is the embodiment of power and grace and W, R. Allen thinks that his type is ideal. He has a fine face, denoting great intelligence, and, although he is twelve years old, Hogan is of the opinion that he conld readily be broken to drive in harness. He is quiet under kind and gentle treatment, but is full of spirit when aroused. He is in good flesh, looks the picture of health and his daily exercise consists of ten miles a day on the road and in the paddock. Hamburg walked out of his roomy box as if conscious of his greatness. Ho cost Mr. Whitney 0,000 under the hammer, is a brown horse, seven years old, by Hanover Lady Reel, by Fellowcraft, is in fine flesh and spirit and was bred to thirty-eight mares last spring. He is of a heavier type than Meddler, is a little over in the knees, but this did not impair his ability as n racer, and many will regard.it as a good sign in his colts. Descended in the male line from Hanover and Hindoo, and backed through Fellowcraft by the blood of Australian, Lexington and Glen-coe, how can Hamburg fail to transmit speed and stoutness? At rest Hamburg reminds you of a heavy harness horse, but rub him the wrong way and you will have on your hands a type with flashing eyes, ready to spring upon its tormentor. - He has length, with great substance, and is stamping his form and rugged qualities upon his colts. The Meddlers are easier to break than the Hamburgs, but the question which will run the best is undecided. We believe that the Hamburgs will stand the crucial test of the tracks; and the desire to breed to Hamburg is greater than the desire-to breed to Meddler. Tho winning two-year-olds by Meddler in 1902 are Intervention and Payne ; the three-year-olds are Colonial Girl, Maru, Peninsula, Chilton, Cameron, Reformer and Choate, and the four-year-olds are Morningside. Clasher and Provost. Hamburg has two winning two-year-olds, and they are Mamari and TTnterock. Lissak, the powerfully built bay horse by LoyalistCapability, by Chevron, has literally been loafing all summer. He came in from his paddock dust-stained, and the statement was made that not a single mare had been bred to him. As his colts have been prominent on the track this season he probably will be treated with greater consideration next spring. His winning two-year-olds in 1902 are Blue Banner, Captain Hugh Bradley, Captivator, Claude, Dark Planet, The Don, Little Boy, Flam-boyant and Computation. The winning three-year-olds are Eliza Dillon, Lady Holyrood, Ravensbury and Lady Patroness. The four-year-olds are Maiden, Rowdy and Snark. Yankee, who as a yearling sold at auction for 0,000, and who won the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay, August 31, 1901, with Nasturtium, King Hanover and other great two-year-olds behind him, has joined Mr. Whitneys group "of stallions, and a new stable has beon built for him and Nasturtium. Yankee is big erough for a work-horse, and as he is by Hanover Correction, the sister of Domino, he should achiove reputation at tho stud. Nasturtium will also be in the stud next spring. Ballyhoo Bey, who won the sensational Futurity, August 25, 1900, beating, among others, Tommy Atkins, Sweet Lavender and Blues, has a strong and healthy look, the result of much freedom in his paddock, and will bo bred to a few mares in the spring. He is four years old, by Kingston Ballyhoo, by Duke of Magenta, and his racing career was cut short by tho disease contracted in the Westbury stables. Ho resembles his sire, Kingston, and the defect to his breathing apparatus will not be transmitted. He is what you might call a big little horse. Four groat mares wore led out in order that wo might soo that race horses come in different shapes. They were fresh from tho east and walked cramped enough to suggest founder. They wero simply foot and musclo soro from training, and improved rapidly with rest. Blue Girl is a chestnut mare, three years old, by Sir Dixon Bonnie Blue II., by Hindoo,-and one of her victories was the Great American Stakes at Gravesend, with Nasturtium Eecond and Major Daingerfield third. Endurance By Right is a chestnut mare, . three years old, by Inspector B. Early Morn, and in 1901 she scored a long series of victories, beating tho best two-year-olds in training. Smoke is a chestnut mare, by Order Alfalfa, and Morningside is a bay mare by Meddler Sunnyeide, both distinguished in racing annals. It has not yet b:on decided to what stallions the famous quartet will be bred Tho brown mare, two years old, by St. Simon Lady Reel, bears n resemblance to her great half-brother, Hamburg. Mr. Whitney paid 6,000 for her as a yearling and will breed her in the spring. Hogan suggests that she should go to Meddler or Yankee. Passar, brown filly, two years old, by Hamburg Pastorella, was raised in Montana and will be brod in the spring. Tho bay filly by Meddler Rose Standish, is a very handsome two-year-old, and she will nter the stud in tho spring. Tho broodmares ha vo a big range and aro in good conditicn. They are grand individuals and carry the best strains recorded in tho Stud Book. We append the list, with tho stallions to which they have been bred : HAMBURG. , Br. h, 1895, by Hanover Lady Reel. Edith Gray, b. m, 15, by Ten Broeck Alice Gray. Yorkvillo Belle, ch. m, 13, by Miser Thora. Cambric, b. m, 16, by Hindoo Jaconet. Semper Fidelo, b.-m, 11, by Longfellow La Syl-phide. Cambushinnie, br. m, 13, by Hampton Rudstone. Ballyhoo, br. m, 15, by Duke of Magenta Baby. Elizabeth L., ch. m, 12, by Woodlands Ballet. Hurly Burly, ch. m, 7, by Riley Helter Skeltor. Tara Blackburn, b. m, 15, by Luke Blackburn-Tarantula. Marquise, b. m, 9, by Miser Monte Rosa. Black Venue, b. m, 6 by Kantaka Queenie, Cornelia, b. m, 17, by Isonomy Petroleuse. Ruperta, b. m, 15, by Prince Charley Marguerite. Setfast, ch. m, 8, by Masetto Bandala. Peg Woffington, b. m, 17, by Longfellow Ballet. Xela, b. m, 5, by Meddler Corazon. Elusive, b. m, 9, by Sir Dixon Vega. Martha II., b. m, 7, by Dandie Dinmont Louise Cassette, br. m, 9, by Uncas Castalia. La Sylphide, br. m, 20, by Fellowcraft Sylph. Sunnyside, ch. m, 15vby Mortemer Sly Danca. Hypocrite, br. m, 17, by Longfellow Hypatia. Irish Reel, ch. m, 10, by Exile Round Dance. The Lioness, b. m, 16, by Billet Vega. Rqine dOr, ch. m, 18, by Rayon dOr Lilly R. Eye Sweet, br. m, 16, by Galopic Whin Blossom. Cinderella, b. m, 17, by Tomahawk or Blue Ruin-Manna. Kildeer, b. m, 14, by Darebin Lou Lanier. Nihil, b. m, 13, by Hindoo Francesca. Isis. ch. m, 15, by Bend Or Shotover. Coraza, b. m,5 by Meddler Corazon. Souffle, b. m, 9, by Rayon dOr Soncy Lass. Vespers, b. m, 9, by Himyar Rosary. , Admiration, br. m, 6, by Kingston Hypocrite. Lizzie Montrose, b. m, 12, by Duke of Montrose Lizzie Vic. Tulla Blackburn, b. m, 15, by Luko Blackburn Tullahoma. Clementina, b. m, 11, by Rayon dOr Clemency. Maori, b. m, 17, by Poulet Qneen of Cyprus. MEDDLES. Bay horse, 12, by St. Gatien Busy-body, by Petrarch. Hessie, ch. m, 10. by Hanover Lida Stanhope. Zantippa, ch. m, 13, by Onondaga Sister Monica. Melba, ch. m. 1, by Mortemer Trill. Hanoana, ch. m, 9, by Hanover Triana. Equality, ch. m, 16, by Bend Or Equipoise. Homeopathy, ch m, 15, by Reform Maggie B. B. Madam Reel, ch. m, 13, by Fellowcraft Mannio Gray. Miss Miriam, b. m, 7, by Iroquois Tullahoma. Castalia, ch. m, 14, by Mortemer Castagnette. Rose Standish, b. m, 11, by Longfellow Hypatia. Dissembler, br. m, 7, by Hanover Hypocrite. Florrie, b. m, 9, by Hanover Marguerite. Geisha, ch. m, 7, by Iroquois Trade Wind. Raybelle, ch. m, 13, by Rayon dOr Blue Grass Belle. Auiicoma, ch. m, 16, by King Ernest Belinda. Buela, b. m. 8, by Bramble Lou Dudley. Faithful, br. m, 12, by Longfellow Miss Primrose. DDaisy F., ch. m, 7, by Riley Modesty. Forget, ch. m. 9, by Exile Forever. Poetess, ch. m, 8, by The Bard Ella Lakeland. Mannie Himyar, br. m, 8, by Himyar Mannio Gray. Handspun, ch. m, 10 by Hanover Spinaway. Soncy Lass,.b. m, 16, by Mortemer Bertha. Urania, Ch. m, 10, by Hanover Wanda. SANDEINGIIAM. ; Brown horse by St. Simon Pordita II. Aunt Betsey, br. m, 14, by Longfellow Sis Himyar. Addie, br. m, 13, by Iroquois Babeo. Mary C, b. m, 14, by Billet Vega. Victoria IV., b. m, 15, by Ten Broeck Nell Swift. Helen Mar, b. m, 9, by Hanover Modje. Fiesolo, ch. f, 4, by Goldfinch Firenzi. Orthia, ch. m, 5, by Ormonde Muta. Kalula, b. m, 19, by King Alfonso Kapanga. Rush, b. m, 6, by Wadsworth Reine dOr. Mountain Range, b. m, 19, by LongfellowSierra Nevada. Harmonica, b. m, G, by Hanovor Reclaro. Lady Longfellow, b. m, 15, by Longfellow-Ballet. Loniso N., ch. m, 9, by Luko Blackburn Louise T. The yearlings sont, from Kentucky to Mr. Whitney numbered forty-one, and the average weight was 900 pounds. The wnanlings are well grown and of high quality. During the fore part of October they were stabled during the day to escape insect irritation and wer j turned out at night. Tho way to grow a weanling is to give it plenty of nourishing food, with sunshine and oxercise. Well cured clover hay is far better than timothy. Superintendent Hogan believes that by pursuing the same methods in a grazing section like Orange county, you can obtain as big and well-developed yearlings there as in Kentucky. On the Whitney farm the weanlings graze in small groups. Experience has shown that they thrive better this way than in one big band. Sand-ringham son of St. Simon, brother of Persimmon, winner of the Derby, 1896, and of Diamond Jubilee, winner of the Derby, 1900, is being used to some extent by Mr. Whitney, and the five weanlings by him are much liked, They have better heads than their sire. One of the most" striking is tho bay filly out of La Sylphide. The dam is vigorous, in spite of her twenty years, ana is again in foal. The Peg Woffington filly is aUo a good one. Tho bay colt by Hamburg, out of Edith Gray, is very promising, and the bay filly out of Yorkvillo Belle has low and telling action, and resembles her sire. Hogan likes very much the filly out of Ruperta. The colt out of Homeopathy has length and size, and stands with his feet well under him. The chestnut filly out of Poetess caught favorably tho eye of Mr. Allen, and the bay filly by Lissak, out of Tara Blackburn, is of racing form and has a big throttle, regarded as a sign of constitution. There are many future stake winners in the appended list: FOALS OF 1902 BY HAMBURG. Edith Gray bay colt. Yorkville Belle bay filly. Equality chestnut colt. Homeopathy bay colt. Black Venus black colt. Ruperta bay filly. Martha II. brown filly. Hypocrite brown colt. Forget bay colt. Poetess chestnut filly. Mannio Himyar brown filly. Vespers chestnut filly. Admiration bay filly. Tulla Blackburn bay colt. Maori bay colt. FOALS OF 1902 BY MEDDLER. Mary C. bay filly. Florrie chestnut Ally.- - ... Mountain Range bay filly. - v Auricoma chestnnt colt. . " Buela bay filly. Faithful-bay filly. The Lioness bay colt. " Lizzie Montrose bay colt. Handspun chestnut filly. FOALS BY SANDRINGnAM. Urania brown filly. Clementina brown filly. , La Sylphide bay filly. Peg Wofiiingtoh brown filly. " Nihil-bay filly. FOALS OF 1902 BY LISSAK. Hessie bay colt. Victoria IV. biy colt. , Tara Blackburn bay filly. - Rose Standish bay colt. Goisha bay colt. V Xela brown filly. -, Harmonica bay filly. v Elusive brown filly. Cassette brown colt. Sunnyside bay colt. Souffle-bay filly. Lady Stylites bay colt. Femper Fidelo bay colt, by St. Serf. Daisy F. chestnut filly, by Plaudit. . Coraza brown colt, by Plaudit. Soncy Lass bay colt, by Masetto. Mr. Whitney returned from Europe recently and, in a talk with members of the press, spoke hopefully of his stable in England, and exprossed tho opinion that the race meotibg at Saratoga nextsea-son would eclipse that of 1902. Although Mr. Whitney has hundreds t f thousands of dollars invested in his Kentucky br oding establishment, he has not had a foot on the f. rm in two years. He seems to bo weil satisfied with tho way things are managed thoro.
