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ENGLISH SALES OF YEARLINGS. The most important annual sales of yearlings in England are those that take place at Doncaster in September, while the meeting of which the St. Leger is the centerpiece is in progress. But the sales at Newmarket in the weeks of the First and Second July meetings are also the occasions of weighty transactions along the same lines. This year something bordering on the sensational was imparted to the JuIV sales by the big prices paid for the horses belonging to the estate of the late Sir Daniel Cooper, the yearlings having been sold while the First July meeting was in progress and the broodmares this week as a feature of the Second July meeting. The English turfman is always willing to pay well for a smart appearing yearling of fashionable breeding and buyers from abroad are always present to add the stimulus of their competition, the result being that the average of prices at these big sales is always high. In the course of the sales at the First July meeting fifteen yearlings brought over ,000, while scores sold from ,000 to near ,000. Those sold for over ,000 and their buyers were: Pnsilla, b. f, by Gallinule Concertina: Sir It. Jardine 9,000 Laella, eh. f. by Gallinule Edmoo; E. SchilT. 20,500 Porphyrio, ch. c, by Gallinule Flair: Sir E. Cassell 17.500 Jtomeo, b. or br. c, by Flying Fox Glare; It. .Mills 17.500 Chestnut colt, by Persimmon Dame dOr; II. P. Whitney 1.1,000 Feramorz, b. c. by St. Frusquin Musa; W. Clark 11,500 Harmony, b. f, by St. Frusquin Melody; Sir It. Jardine S.250 Lady of Grace, b. or br. f, by St. Frusquin Lady C.; W. W. Bailey S.O00 Chestnut colt, by Gallinule 3Iay Kate; E. Dresden 7.000 liiy filly, by William the Third Virginia Karle; Captain Dewhurst 7,500 Ilia, b. f, by Isinglass Lily of the Valley; Captain Forester 0.250 Chestnut colt, by Ayrshire Chelys: R. .Mills. 0.000 Chestnut colt, by Cyllenc 3liss Snooks: J. Russell 5.250 Snlais de Glace, b. f, by Isinglass Grand Prix: T. K. Laidlaw 5.250 Ilmwn lilly. by St. Serf Sprig of Heather; P. Nelke . 5,000 .Such figures are indicative of the high estate of the thoroughbred abroad and It is regrettable that he Is just now of depreciated importance in the United States. The colt for which H. P. Whitney paid ",000 is greatly praised by all critics. It is sup-ixised that he Is destined for English racing and that after his turf career is over he will be brought to this country as a reinforcement of 3Ir. Whitneys stud, over which Hamburg now presides.
