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HORSES AT NASHVILLE. "The stables at Cumberland Park are filling up rapidly, and within a few weeks now the new barns in course of erection will be called upon to accommodate their quota of horses that will spend the cold months in this vicinity. "The stable of William Gerst, the local brewer, has arrived from 8t. Louis in charge of trainer Will McDaniels. The string, headed by the two-year-olds Fore and Aft and Avoid, has had a most successful season. In fact, Mr. Gerst graduated from the ranks of maiden owners this year. He has been in the racing game on a small scale for several years, and it was not until the spring meeting here that his colors were seen in front for the first time," says a letter to Daily America Sunday. "However, in the future this will be one of tho strongest stables campaigned in tho west. Besides the two-year-olds, McDaniels is training for the local brewer twenty-two yearlings, for which he paid 2,000. The string has been strengthened considerably and, under the instructions of McDaniels. it should be among the best out in 1903. "Gerst, like many others, tried to make a small investment earn him a reputation on the turf, but he was not long in finding out that it takes money to collect a racing stable together, and accordingly he embarked into the business on a very large scale. Aside from his private stable he is the sole owner of the Hermitage Stud, which was established back in the early 90s for the purpose of bresding and developing high-class harness horses. "Since Mr. Gerst took charge of the farm he has placed no less than thirty-five thoroughbred brood mares on it, and it is his desire to raise his own material. The only thing that is lacking now to make the plant complete is a first class stallion, and it is said that Mr. Gerst has looked the market over with the object of buying a good sire. "It is Mr. Gersts intention to establish a stock farm that will rank second to none in Tennessee, and it is the opinion of horsemen that he will soon become one of the leading breeders of thoroughbred horses in this vicinity. "Enoch Wishard got in from Lexington last week with fourteen yearlings, the property of John A. Drake. The youngsters were broken and tried by Dan OBrien at the Kentucky Association track. The lot is composed of some of the finest looking youngsters that have been seen here in some time. Wishard is very sweet on several of them, and he is confident of developing two or three sensational two-year-olds. Wishard will try the yearlings this weak, after which he will let up on them until, the first of the year, whenhe will prepare some of them" for the big events at Memphis, Nashville, and St. Louis. The older horses of the stable are progressing nicely. Savable, the Futurity winner, has already commenced to take on flesh, and he lookB every inch the racehorse that he is. "Wishard does not seem to be very much of the opinion that the son of Salvator will develop into a first-class three-year-old. From what can be learned "he favors Von Rouse, and according to well-informed turfmen he will depend on this horse in most of the big three-year-old classics next year. "T P. Hayes was here a few days ago from Chicago, making arrangements to ship his stable to Cumberland Park at the close of the Lakeside meeting. He has fold all of his horsosid this years string with the exception of Jordan, Lady Strath-more, a couple of two-year-olds and the four-year-old mare, Algie M., by Hanover Johnetta, by Bramble. Algie M. will be bred to Sain next year. Mr Hayes has fifteen yearlings that will be broken and raced as two-year-olds in 1903. He expects to have a string of about twenty-two horses next year. "When Latonia shuts down about 150 bangtails will come from there. Fred Cook will bring thirty along, Capt. Buck Franklin with ten, Albert Franklin with five, Frank Brnhns with ten, S. E. Parmer with six, Ward and Harlan with seven, besides several others. From present indications there will be at least 400 horses here before the first of December. "A rumor has been going the rounds for several days that a prominent breeder of Kentucky has been negotiating with Joseph Warner for the purchase of Ornus and Alveria M., the sire and dam respectively of, the sensational filly Oleflant. Mr. Warner refused to give the name of tho gentleman. It is understood, however, that the offer was up in the thousands, but it was refused. "Henry Gerhardy, the well known trainer, who for the past several years has been handling the stable of W. H. Jackson, Jr , the young master of Belle Meada, has resigned his position with this establishment to accept a similar place with J. B. Haggin. Frank Bruhns has been engaged tolflll the vacaricy.
