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v vT GOSSIP TROM THE EAST New York December T Sheepshead Bay track is rntas dnll as might be expected with stables re ihued auil so many hordes sent abroad There are itilte a number of horses doing light exercise out ¬ doors now The most prominent stable which has wintered at Sheepshead Kay for some few years is that of S C Hildreth numbering twentysix horses jn all nine of the lot being yearlings They are what a horseman would call a picked lot all stanl J UK1 close to the sixteenband mark and built in pro jKMtion to their height heightThev Thev are all under Middle every day and out in the open in splendid winter shape especially Fitz Hcibcrt which great horse is now carrying more Jlesh and looking better than ever everPrisdilijin Prisdilijin which raced at Iimlico has filled cut and improved so much the past month that he looks more on the stid order than a gelding geldingNovel Novel tv looks in grand shape and has grown con ¬ siderably frInci last seen Of the other coming three vearsolils lii the stable there are Zens Kormak and Itoyal Meteor Zeus has taken on considerable Ilesh isiiil has grown some lie stands close to Novelty in liis maknp and it woild not be surprising to horse ¬ men to we him improve into the better threeyear old of tbe two twoSam Sam Hildreth Is noted for being a high feeder through the winter and his horses show it Two trucks of hay in each stable the California and timothy and orders to the men by foreman Brenner arc to kfp the hay rack full at all times Tlions itt nl i two Jarge oat crushers to crush the oats f ii the colts coltsJohn John Jiyland lias only two old horses in his barn to winie Ktherial and San Vito Both are looking ami doing as well as Iioreos could do 7 n POWITS lias changed his mind about shipping 1 FJirida Maltbie Top Note Anna Casse and iJcrdcs r the horses Mr Powers intended to race t the southern track He has decided it would take live or six weeks of training to get the horses in Taring coisdlilcn and as they are wintering excel liiitly at John Hynes farm just outside of Stam fori Cr he will leave them there until spring when limy vill be put into active training for racing on tilt New York tracks tracksCon Con Leitrhton is wintering three goodlooking ycar inK at Gravesend They are by Ilermis Blues and one Coon Thev showed several fast trials in October and Mr Leighton is especially proud of the youngster by Ilermis
