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THE WHITNEY HORSES IN ENGLAND. "Warren Hill," Sporting Lifes regular Newmarket- correspondent, recently inspected the Whitney horses in. winter quarters at Balaton Lodge and his report of his observations is decidedly interesting to folks on this side. TJmt .Borrow- has beea .sick Is -real news- and it- is Ho ; "be -hoped this -very fleer young son of Hamburg will fully recover. It is quite evident that "Warren Hill" was decidedly impressed by the appearance of the Whitney horses and it is quite probable the stable of this year is destined to playv a highly, -important part in the English racing of-1011. In paYt liis description of what lie saw is: "The very first thing . which strikes one as he enters Balaton Lodge is how really English everything is. Entering the quadrangle, with its center piece of bright green turf, and surrounded with boxes on all sides, one misses the American lads, and it appears that they like the sun of their own country best, and most have gone batfk to their native clime. Poor old England has been very abominable lately, tis true, with its wet summers and absence of sun; and whereas, in America summer is a summer with a wealth of sunshine for seven or eight months, and winter is winter in reality for the other four or five, there is hardly a doubt that the American horses .felt the absence of sunshine almost as much as the lads over here. The place of Schlosser, Joy-ners able assistant, has been taken by F. Leader, who for some time assisted the Hon. F. Lambton in training Sir E. Cassels horses, and surely no wiser choice could have been made. English lads now fill the places of the departed Americans, and so liberally and well are they treated throughout the establishment that they are envied by all. "When .Toyner lirst came over he brought with him some of Americas best horses in Fair Play, Stamina, Priscillian, etc., but the sequel proved that few Amcriin horses coming over at that age recover their form if they once lose it in the change of oli-mate -and passage over. So the year before last the experiment was not repeated, and the Tatch sent over was composed exclusively of two-year-olds. They included some of .the best of their year,, and I think it is safe to assume that there were only three or four superior to Whisk Broom over a mile amongst the three-year-olds, whilst the Lady Frivoles filly was quite the best of her sex amongst last years two-year-olds. "Within the quadrangle everything Is in perfect order, all is done quietly, and .mehodieally. not a word has to be spoken, though the two-year-olds have only just returned from exercise, and everywhere provides evidence of the perfect training of man as well as horse. We note that the thermometer outside Whisk IJrooms box registers thirty-six degrees, though .out in the open it is hovering below freezing point, and our inspection begins with the crack tilly, Bashti. "Within the lirst box is a double one. so that though separate, horses arc practically in company, and here stand the crack filly arid her Companion, Matinee, the dark sister to Whisk Broom. A very beautiful tilly is Bashti, with a rich dark brown coat that shines with a summer bloom, and the embodiment of quality and symmetry. She is not a big mare, standing only about 15.2. but every inch of her is good; a rather small but intelligent, lean head, and a muscular neck, well set into beautiful shoulders; a short back, with a stroug loin, and rare quarters, with length from hip to round bone, and from hip to hock, and. excellent legs and feet. She is in reality all English, and of a beautiful St. Simon type. The principal blood on her dams side unites tockwell with Newminster, and Parmesan with Alarm, whilst Adam, her sire, is by Orme from a Galopin inare, so .that her blood as well as her appearance is also English. ".Matinee, the- sister to Whisk Broom, was not ruu last year, not having done very well in her early days, but she looks splendid now, anil is much after the style of Bashti, but on a rather larger scale. "Then wo come to Whisk Broom, whose defeat In the Cambridgeshire, under 112 pounds was a great; disappointment to Joyner. He has grown into a fine, lieauliful horse now, though his fore joints have Ikwu under straightening treatment, and if all goes well he will strip one of the handsomest and best four-year-olds in training. "New Castle has done well, though not grown, perhaps, and Perseus, which is also in the Lincolnshire Handicap, lias been cured of his stable vice and has done remarkably well,, though those who might fancy him for a handicap mnst exercise caution, as lie has had a bit of a leg. and found no bidder .when it was sought to get rid of liim at the autumn sales. "The three-year-olds, which only number fonr, include the now arrival. Iron- -Mask, the Dame dOr colt, Ilardyburg, and Borrow. The last-named of these has been sick and is only just picking up, so will not lie able to run for some time; and Ilardyburg has been kept more oh account of his size and power thai Ills form, in the hope, that he will grow into something as age gives him strength, whilst he has also been umsoxed. "The Dame dOr colt lias thickened and improved tremendously, and is now a very, nice colt, indeed. Like Perseus, lioweer, he is a son of Persimmon, st ml there is always much uncertainty about the sons and daughters of this sire. "Iron Mask, which has come over ostensibly for our classic races, is a dark, rich-colored brown, by l Disguise, outof Royal Rose, and standing about 15.3 he has also beautiful quality with plenty of power. He has splendid shoulders, good back anil loins, and has lino quarters, very long from hip to round bone and hip to hock, and as yon stand behind him the symmetry is perfect. Ho is, moreover, a beautiful mover, and has only to be as good as lie looks to take more than one of our classic races. He met With a slight accident a shorttimu ago, grazing his knees through falling at play when being led out, but they have been well treated and the signs are hardly oliscrvable now. "The filly by Hamburg, out of Lady Frivoles, was: withont doubt the best of . her sex. if; not considerably the best two-year-old of the year, and she has tilled out into one of the best-looking and most powerful Allies in training. She is a combination of power, quality and perfect symmetry, but her forelegs have given Joyner no end of trouble, and he is extremely afraid that she .will never , stand training. Her knees arc complicated in the trouble, and at present the prospect does not look very bright. "The Blue Girl filly has had a troublesome little cough for some time, and her trainer is afraid some of her defeats last year were brought about through jadlness. First Flight also fell sick last autumn, so that she could not be sent to the stud as Intended, and as she Is only now picking up her future may not be decided. "A very fine filly imported last autumn is Pique Dame, a chestnut iby Biley, out of Queen of Hearts, that could not lie trained over there, but her forelegs and joints look like giving trouble now, though she doubtless can gallop or would not have been sent. "The two-year-olds form the finest and most powerful lot that have ever come over, and there are one or two with arms apd thighs and general muscular development which would vie with the most powerful in a Grand National field. The stock of Burgomaster are uniformly good, and excel in length and liower with perfect symmetry. He Is br Hamburg, out of Hurley Burley, by Biley. out of ilelter Skelter, by Pell Mell, and was both bred and raced by Mr. Whitney. The colt by Burgomaster, out of Fiesolo, is perhaps the biggest and most lengthy of. the lot, though by no means the best tried; but he may improve most, as be has a tremendous stride and . is a long, lathy colt well over 16 hands that requires time. "The colt by Burgomaster, from Mclba, is a powerful one, with wonderful arms and thighs, and a rare mover; whilst another very big strong colt is the black by that sire from Sandria, by Sandring-ham, which also has good bone. The Monadour colt is also a very level-made one, with excellent bono, and quite after the Burgomaster type; but a gelding by that sire from Urania looks. like an early winner, and has been pin fired in the knees. The colt by Burgomaster Ballyhoo dam of Ballyhoo Bey is a black with excellent quality, standing fully 15.2. but is rather light of bono. His half-sister was a winner here last year. "Four claim Adam for their sire, and the best of them may be the daughter of Miss Hamburg. She is a very fine chestnut, with powerful quarters that show length everywhere and she is symmetrical and built on nice tlowing lines. The filly by Adam from Refute is also a very fine filly, and as handsome as paint, hut she may give trouble iu training, as her knees and forejoints show some signs of weakness. The Adam Handspun lilly is not so good, being short am jumped ijp, with moderate legs. "Hamburg is responsible for eleven, and he has stamped nearly all with the powerful quarters which mark his best stock. The. chestnut colt out of Martha II. is a particularly nice colt, with size, quality and power, and exceedingly like the Dame dOr colt, that is sure to race. The Morningside colt, by Hamburg, takes very much after Top o the Morning, only he is somewhat smaller, but likely to win races early. The Hamburg Eugenia Burch colt is one of the best, witii very massive quarters, which at present are higher than the fore-quarters, his shoulders being small and well placed, and he will doubtless grow up during the year. The Iota colt is particularly strong, with rare arms and thighs, and of perfect symmetry, witii excellent length. The son of Jinks lias been unsexed and is a small, woll-matnred little fellow that will be ripe very early. "One of the best of the fillies is the chestnut daughter of Hamburg and Bonnie Star, of nice size, witii big quarters, excellent shoulders and good bone, and witii plenty of room to Improve. The offspring of Black Venus is strong, but small, and the filly out of Elusive is small, with exquisite quality, and Joyner makes no secret of it that she showed fine speed in her trials. The Perverse youngster is one of the best, with plenty of length, of perfect symmetry with good legs and excellent quality, and stands rather over 35.3. "The tilly by Adam, out of Wild Thyme, is a mealy hay, of good quality and nice size, that will win races, and of course It is generally known that thev have all been well tried before being sent over. "Taken altogether kcy are a remarkably fine, powerful lot, and in conjunction with the older ones form the nicest, stable of horses I think I have ever seen in one establishment at oue time. "The vastness of everything In America and the flood of sunshine for so many months in the year brings the two-year-olds to maturity much earlier than here, but doubtless the change of cliniate throws them back a bit; and Joyner fully recognizes that they do not improve as our two-year-olds do. They are broken as early as June, trained iu July, and tried twice perhaps before being sent over."
