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AUGUST BELMONTS RACERS FOR THIS YEAR. August Belmont will race a string of about thirty horses on the metropolitan tracks this year. It was in 1004 that Mr. Belmont sold nearly all of his racers and practically retired from the turf owing to the pressure of outside business, but the remarkable success of the mare Beldame, who had been leased to Newton Bennington that season, ln-duced the chairman of the Jockey Club to return on a small scale last year. When Mr. Belmont got out of the game two years ago his old trainer, John J. Hyland. made other arrangements, so the Belmont stable this year will not be in his care, but will be looked after by A. J. Jovner and John Whalen. At Mr. Belmonts famous Nursery Stud nearly all of his horses have been bred. Hastings, Henry of Navarre and Octagon are the. leading stallions at this establishment and their get have scored .many notable turf triumphs. St. Blaise, for which Charles Reed once paid 00,000, is also at the stud, as Mr. Belmont bought him from James B. Haggin at a private sale for ,500 and some of the Nursery two-vear-olds this season are sired by the old fellow. Incidental it may be recalled that St. Blaise belonged to Mr. Belmonts father fifteen years ago, which induced the owner of Nursery Stud to get the stallion if only lecause of sentimental reasons. There are only three horses in the four-year-old and upward class that will carry the Belmont silks and they are Lord of the Vale, a six-year-old, by Hastings Lady Violet: Blandy. a four-year-old, by Hastings Belinda, and Mount Henry, by Henry of Navarre Mount Vernon. Mount Henry as a two-year-old ran In England, but was brought back to this country last season. The Belmont three-year-olds are eight in number, the best of them being the stake winning filly Tiptoe, by Hastings Tarpeia. The others are Oaklawn. the Farandole--Margarct Jane colt, for which Mr. Belmont paid AVlllle Shields 0,000 in order to have a representative in the Saratoga Special last sninmer, but who turned out to be the biggest kind of a disappointment: Don Diego, a colt by Henry of Navarre-Bella Donna, a half brother to Beldame, who did not come up to expectations last season; Woolwich, a colt bv Hastings Woodvine; Bridgeman, a colt bv Octagon St. Bridget; Bivouac, a filly by HastingsBelinda, a full sister to Blandy; Lackey, a gelding bv Hastings Lack-a-Daisy, and Hauteur, an English bred colt by Ladas Hautesse, who was imported as a suckling. There is much interest in the two-year-olds. In the lot is one English bred youngster named High Glass, by Isinglass Hautesse. The others have been named appropriately as usual. Bookman is a fine looking brown gelding by Octagon St. Bridget, and is a full brother to Bridgeman. Curriculum Is a black gelding by Hastings Carlotta. Don Enrique is bv Hastings Bella Donna and a half brother to Beldame. Okenlte is a gelding by Hastings Okicnta Fond du lac is a gelding by Don do Oro Fond Hopes. A colt by Hastings Lady Roseniarv bears the name of Rosemount. Saga-panak Is a son of St. Blaise and Souveraine. Another colt bv St. Blaise out of Souriante bears the name of Smiling Tom. Ollicer, by St. Blaise Ortegal, Is a half-brother to Oarsman. Wild Dance, a son of Hastings La Danseuse Is another promising youngster. Shackle, by Hastings Semiramis. is a bar gelding. There are seven fillies, all highly bred. Glamor, by Hastings Glorv, is a full sister to. the stake winner Glorifier. Lady Vincent, by St. Blaise Lady Violet, is a half sister to Lord of the Vale. Nancy is by Hastings Nineveh. Ran-some is bv Henry of Navarre Ladv Rayon. Velocity is a daughter of Hastings Ladv Viola. A half sister to Woolwich, named Woodwitch. is by Octagon-1 Woodvine. while Misgivings is a filly by Diendoime. Miss Darebin. These colts and fillies are engaged in nearly all the ricli two-year-old stakes.
