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YEARLING TRIALS DISAPPOINTING. Lexington, Ky., November 23. The heavy rains of Monday and Wednesday somewhat retarded training operations at the Kentucky Association course this week, and unless there comes quite a spell of good weather, the days on which the track will be fast during the coming four months will be few and far between. However, nearly "all the yearlings quartered there have had their trials, and such as are not to be shipped to the winter tracks in Louisiana and California will in a short time be sent to the farms until spring. Generally speaking, the yearlings have not shown up well as to speed. Some horsemen are of the opinion that the track has not been as fast as It was in previous years, but the majority of those who have observed the work day by day maintain that this is not true. Whatever he the cause, it remains a fact that not a youngster has yet shown a quarter better than 23 seconds, and the two or three that attained that notch ran the easiest quarter of the track along the level backstretch. Those that have run quarters In better than 24 seconds can be counted on the fingers of ones hands. The colt by Monsieur de LOrme, out of Suspension, ran in 23 seconds wltlj 127 pounds up. This youngster is a stoutly built blocky bay, owned by Milton Young, and trained by Dan T. Morris. He is more I of the type of the saddle horse than that of the thoroughbred, and is much admired by those who have an eye for picture horses. Next in the estimation of the work-watchers is Julius Bauers filly by Mesmerist Disadvantage, and then it becomes a toss-up between Jerry Delphs Henry of Navarre May Dixon filly and Julius Bauers Previous Mary Street filly. The last-named two worked separately in 23J last Sunday, and there was an argument as to which was the better. The dozen or tyventy who saw the work were divided in their opinions and they "chewed the rag" over it until finally Charles Dodson, the trainer of the May Dixon filly, proposed to bet 100 that sue could beat the other Thursday. It was not possible to have the match because of the muddy track. James Hukills Carlton Grange Grace Toffey colt, Kim Pattersons Nasturtium Haste colt, R. L. Thomas Sqmpronius Lady Hope filly, Dan Morris Star Shoot Hindoo .Rose filly, and Milton Youngs Scmpronius Tody Smith colt are the others that are best liked by the rail birds. The only stables ,to leave here in the immediate future are those of R. L. Thomas, which is expected to get away tomorrow for the new Arcadia track, and T. C. McDowell, which will go to New Orleans-about December 1. Mr. McDowell says his yearlings have not worked altogether satisfactorily and that he has not been able to make up his mind about them, ne will not take many them south. "Im sort of culling them out so that I can get my stable in one car," he says. Phil T. Chinn left here tonight for Los Angeles. He has been spending a week with James II. Reed. Chinn has twenty-nine horses at Santa Anita Park and is looking forward to a successful winter. Jack Baker got in from New York Tuesday night and will put in the winter at home. lie weeded his stable down -to three before leaving New York Dick Finnell, .May Hamilton and a yearling full brother to Funlculalre. These will arrive next week. Sanford Lyne says he expects his son, Lucien Lyne, who has been riding in England, France and Germany this year, to arrive home within the next ten days. William Lakeland lias transferred the stallion Goldcrest from the Gardner Farm near this city to Woodburn Farm. He will make a public season there next spring under the management of J. II. Morris.
