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ROCK SAND AND ADAM YEARLINGS. New York. July 1. The yearlings that will be sent into tlie sales ring from August Belmonts Nursery Stud this season number fourteen. Included in the consignment is Big Bock, a chestnut colt hillock Sand Bivouac. The others are by Hastings and Octagon. The sale will take place next Mondav at the Fasig-Tipton Co.s Shecpshead Bay paddocks, and the iprice that the Uock Sand youngster will command lends more than ordinary interest to it. Rock Sand is the stallion that August Belmont imported from England in 1000 at an expense of 25.-000 to head his stud. The horse came to this country with the prestige of having taken the "Triple Crown" in England, having boon one of the few to win the Two Thousand Gninens. the Derby and tlie St. Leger. His first crop of foals, will race next year, and the one to be offered at the Nursery Stud sale is likewise the first foal of Bivouac, a sister to Mr. Belmonts good race mare. ISlandy. The list of the Belmont yearlings to be sold embraces the following: Amour, b. f. by Octagon Amicitia. Chestnut colt, by Octagon An not Kyle. Big Rock, eh. c. by Rock Sand Bivouac. Carbineer, ch. c, by Hastings Carlotta. Curious, b. f. by Hastings Crossways. Dont. b. f. by Octagon Donna Mia. Footfall, ch. f, by Hastings Fidena. Horizon, ch. f. by Hastings Fond Hopes. Lochlel. b. c. by Hastings Lady of the Valley. Rash, br. c. by Hastings Lady Rayon. Outline, b. f. by Octagon Oriza. Amagansett. b. f. by Hastings St. Agnes. Euclid, b. c, by Hastings St. Eudora. Bavthorn. b. c, by Hastings White Thorn. Considerable interest also attaches to the yearlings by Adam that will be sold tlie same day. This will be the first of the progeny of that noted French horse offered in this country. Adams first crop of youngsters were shipped to France last year on account of the depression in the American market, and commanded good prices in the country where their sires achievements were best known and appreciated. The list of the Adams catalogued for disposal Monday follows: Chestnut filly. Old Squaw, dam Longshore. Bay or brown filly, dam Disadvantage. Chestnut colt, dam Grace Gumbcrt. Chestnut colt, dam Purity. Bay colt, dam Shaft. Chestnut filly, dam Sparkling. Chestnut lilly. dam Virgin Soil. Chestnut lilly, dam Wild Thyme.