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NEW MAN IN THE MARKET FOIl HORSES. A well .Known millionaire wiio has never been interested in the turf before has instructed a capable judge of thoroughbreds to purchase for him three horses, a two-year-old and two three-year-olds. If possible, and is said to be willing to pay as much as 00,000 "for them. He wants to begin his racing career in the east this year with a strong nucleus for a powerful stable, but it is understood that unless he can secure the horses of his own selection he will not take a chance nt the game. High class horses are not on the market, as a rule, unless they are purchased at the yearling sales. Last summer John W. Gates offered 5,000 cash for James It. Keenes Kurokf, but there was no chance to buy, as Mr. Keene had too high an opinion of the. Commando colt, who is expected o cut a wide swath in the three-year-old division this year. A turfman who owns a good racehorse does not care to part with him, as a rule, so long as there is an opportunity to take down some of the more valuable stakes. When E. It. Thomas went into racing lie purchased horses right and left with remarkable liberality, but of the big stable which he gathered at an immense outlay, Hermis and Stalwart were about the only ones that amounted to anything, and both of these horses are at present supposed to be unsound. The biggest winners on the American turf last year, James R. Keene and II. P. Whitney, were represented chiefly by horses bred at their own establishments, lu view of this it may be imagined what obstacles n newcomer on the turf has to surmount before he can own a paying stable. New York Sun.
