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THE BROWN STABLE. Dividing his horses fairly with one division in the east under Peter Wimmer, and another in the west under Bob Tucker, the popular turfman, Captain Sam Brown was favored by fortune in both sections this year. For next year Tucker is in charge of all of his horses, and the stable is probably destined to cut a big figure in 1904. Concerning the present and future disposition of its horses, Morning Telegraph of Wednesday says: "Robert Tucker, who in future will have charge of all the horses raced by Captain S. S. Brown, and who was expected in New York in time to take formal charge on Sunday morning, did not arrive until Sunday evening, and yesterday Tucker took over all the horses that have been trained by Peter Wimmer during the past season. "Early yesterday morning Tucker, in company with Captain Brown, went to Sbeeps-hed Bay race course, and the stable was formally turned over to him. He was well pleased with the looks of all the horses and their surroundings, and was busy about the stable all day. He remained at Sheepshead Bay last night, but Captain Brown returned to the city late in the afternoon. "Tucker will spend ten days or two weeks about the Sheepshead Bay track to get in touch with the horses in the stable. He expects within that time to have all the yearlings that are at present stabled there, tried out, and those that are found wanting will be taken to Kentucky, while the best of the lot will remain in their present quarters. "The headquarters of Tucker, for the winter, will be in Louisville, which is his home, and the horses now at Sheepshead Bay will be left in charge of Kim Patterson, who will look after them during the winter months. "There are at present over forty yearlings belonging to Captain Brown quartered at Louisville, and these will all be trained by Tucker. "When Tucker started out on the western circuit last spring he had a stable of over forty horses. There has been considerable weeding .out since that time, and he has gone into winter quarters with an even half dozen left from all that large string. Tucker is a firm believer in keeping the good ones and keeping the best in the stable, and during the past season something like thirty-five horses have been disposed of by him. "In the lot that he has left are two American Derby candidates, and with the ones that Captain Brown has in his eastern string that may be eligible, there will be a strong bid made for that rich event next year, and when the bugle calls the horses to the post for the greatest of western stakes, it will be almost a sure thing that there will be more than one carrying the colors of the popular horseman from Pittsburg. "From Louisville, Robert Tucker will direct the movements of different lots of horses belonging to Captain Brown that are scattered over the country all the way from Mobile, in Alabama, to Sheepshead Bay, on Long Island, with other points intervening. "It is no settled thing just now as to whether Captain Brown will have a string of horses in the west and one in the east next year, as he has had during the past season, but if there are enough good horses Continued on second page. THE BROWN STABLE. Continued from first page. in the stable, it is a sure thing that he will be racing in both parts of the country. "The one ambition of Captain Brown just now is to own the best stallion in all this country, and to improve the breeding of the thoroughbred. h has said that he has nothing in the -ay of a racehorse that would be worth jwhile taking to England, but that, whenever he has, he will try for some of the big stakes on the other side."
