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; | IMPORTANT ARRIVALS FROM ENGLAND. The Philadelphia!, which arrived last week, brought over some thirty voarlings which Were purchased at the Newmarket sales for American owners. Ten in one lot were shipped to W. P. Guilliams. destined for Reno. Nev.. but on the same ship came three lillies and two colts lal vearlingsi for the well-known local turfman. R. T. Wilson: while the experienced and successful owner and trainer of race horses. C. T. Patterson, came over on the same ship, bringing eleven yearlings, colls of rare breeding for the stable of Frederick John-sen and C. K. G. Rillings. Mr. Wilson expects seven more, which will probably arrive late this week or early the following week. Mr. fee has ten coining by tlie same ship ami Harry Payne Whitney will have yearlings in -lulled in the same shipment. And the list already mentioned does not include all the ASSsriraS owners for whom valuable purchases have been made at New-market this fall, says a writer in the Morning Telegraph. Well-informed turfmen predict that the list will reach between eighty and one hundred yearlings alone, while it is well known that not a few of t.-e prominent American breeders of race horses have agents constantly on the lookout for the purchase of a few reallv high-class sires. When C. T. Patterson undertook the commission to buy yearlings for Messrs. Johnson and Billings he was given a rather free hand, and instructed to me his own judgment, and the result is seen in the splendid lot of youngsters which he now has under his care at Belmont Park. The highest priced of this string of yearlings brought ,700 at the Newmarket sales, anil while a few of the offerings were knocked down at higher prices, it is conjectured that they were not actually sold. At all events it is a practically-established fact that this colt was the highest priced of any animal actually suit at the yearling sales. As compared with those now at Belmont Park, it may be said that this youngster, as they now stand, is the most taking individual. He is a son of the fashionable Knglish sire. Tredeunis. he by Kendall, himself a famous sire, and a son of Rend Or. This colts dam was Lady tow n by Gallinulc. Thus it will lie seen that he is inbred to the famous sire of Ormonde, the grandsire of Orme and the great grandsire of Flying Fox. one of the highest-priced horses ever sold and sire of the unlieaten Ajax. This splendid colt is a bright golden chestnut, liberally marked with while, and like his world-famous ancester. he has a cotton tail and inane. He is an impressive, upstanding colt of splendid size and substance and faultless racing angles. He has a clean, shapelv head, tine and lieautifully carved ears, long muscular neck, finely arched and crested, prominent withers, rangy, obliipie shoulders, great depth through tlie heart, a long barrel, short back and strong loin gracefuly joined to rangy and powerful quarters with stifles and hocks well let down. His cannon bones are short, stout and sinewy, and his pasterns are sufficiently long and obliipie to give promise of ability to withstand the strain and wear and tear of hard training and racing under heavy imposts. He ap|iears to have withstood the effects of his sixteen-day voyage on the 1hiladelphian ad-inirablv. although of course he is a trifle lielow show-condition as far as flesh is concerned. This, however, has the effect of bringing his grand muscular development into noteworthy prominence, and the high spirit he evinces by his playfulness serves to prove that he ha* a splendid constitution combined with undaunted courage. All in all. this is a magnificent colt. Another colt of rather exceptional merit as an individual is .1 dark bay or brown colt marked with a star and snip and three while feet. This youngster seems to have shipped remarkably well. He is relatively high in flesh and his coat is smooth and glossy, lb"- is full of life and animation, has good size and rather more than ordinary substance. Not so tall as some of the larger of his st-ible-lnates. he covers more ground than some which arc considerably taller, and he has the conformation of a real race horse and stayer. He has an unusiially long body, which is stout and cylindrical, a long and masculine looking neck and massive piarters which promise more than ordinary driving sasrer. Aliont the shoulders, arms, quarters, stifles and gaskins bis muscles stand out with striking prominenc . In his whole make-up ho shows high finish and Teal race horse quality. In disposition he seems to be sprightly and docile. He i.s by Santry — I.ilydale. In the box next to the colt just described is a big. rangy chestnut colt with a narrow bSBBB and whit,- feel on the offside, the while on the foreleg being exceptionallv prominent, as it extends more than half way to the knee. This is another aristocrat as far as breeding is .oiicerneil. He is by Chaucer, and his dam was lau. by Si. Serf, he being as strouglv inbred to St. Sii 1 as the son of Tledennis is to Rend Or. This is one of the Iatge-l if not indeed the largest or the hand, and there • an he no doubt that just now he gives promise of being a real race horse. Although he is rather low in flesh and wearing a rough coat, these disadvantages fail t:j conceal from the careful olwervcr the fact that he is a colt of rare conformation and that in every outline high speed and a capacity to carry weight seem to have heen contemplated in his design. His great length of bridle vein, the long backward slope of his withers, his brood muscular loin, the immense range of his quarters, and a! no all. his great length from the point of the hip to the hock, point in this direction. His leverage ami driving power seem to be almost phenomenal. A .id to this he has a deep, roomv chest, obliipie shoald-t rs. elastic pasterns and Short, strong cannon hon Next comes a darU bay cab] by Polymelus. owl M Evadne, by Sidus son of St. Simon 1. Tata is a good sized colt having considerable substance, fair racing angles and a generally smooth conformation. He appeals to have shipped well, and with a few days of careful grooming he BhewM make an attractive appearance. He is a rich mahogany hay with black points and with the exception of a small star is solid colored. A bright chestnut colt liberally marked with white stands in the next box. He is l.y Marc . the sire of Neal How. out of a daughter of Persimmon. This is a rather lightly roaslraeted but beautifully turned i-olt of exceptionally high liftish and OSMlity. The long sea voyage does mi appear to have had any perceptibly unfavorable effect 0,1 him. for he is even now not tar from shew condition. He is full of animal spirits and looks like a youngser which would come early to hand and race cr .-ditaldy. A bay c dt by Spearmint, on! of Snoot, by Peri-gortl. son of SI. Simon, is one of the smaller indi viduals of tin- BhSfSaeatt "it is in fair eaadittea and of rather attractive finish. He b] a dark bay and nearly 1 r quite solid color. Next comes a smallish chestnut CSU With little if any white about him. lie is by the now ooaSSBH Sunstar. out of Falling Slar. by Bighlaway . Although fashionably bred, this colt is so small and undeveloped that it is difficult to pass anything like an accurate opinion of liiin. He is in good health, however, and by the time he shall have recovered from the eft. ■■•!-■ of a long and rough sea voyage, it is not improbable that he may look like an individual well worthy of his aristocratic breedta*. Arajax. by Ajax. out of Faverole. by Gallinulc. is another youngster which appears to have ssdfered seriously from his long voyage. He is a bright chestnut colt with three white feet. He is a youngster of tine conformation and plenty of size, but he is low in flesh and has not yet rallied in soji-its since his troublesome experiences on the Atlantic. Royally bred and showing many of the fine points and peculiarities „f the Bead Or family, ihb ••,,|t should prove a valuable addition to the thoroughlm-d slock of this country, and When he regains his nor ma! physical make-up it is not improbable that he may race yvell. but at present he is so far removed from fair show condition that it is not easy to pass judgment 1131011 him. Another chestnut colt by Roquelaiire he by I.e Samaritan, out of Risk Sands dami. out of Prude, by Meddler, is a handsomely turned youngster oT fair size and more than ordinarily high finish. One of the really fine looking colts in this hand is a large dirk chestnut by Ro| Herod, out of Aloha let. This is a rangy, long-bodied colt of line conformation and plenty of substance. He carries a long bridle rein, has a long body and oowerful quarters. lie is of a distinctly masculine type and has the look of a weight carrier and a stayer. He has short cannon liones of exceptional si.uifnoss :.nd they are wi U backed by a wealth of StroaC clean sinew. Last conies a smallish dark hay colt bv Cicero, out of Gellinotte. by Gallinulo. This is a highly finished colt, extremely bloodlike and of admirable outline, although of much less masculine appearance than his stablemate just referred to. lb- has a smal! deerlike head with a delicately tapered muzzle and small thin ears beautifully carried. Although not high in flesh he is full of animal soirits and will doubtless regain all that be la -ks in rssssV tion within a wet k or ten days. Except that he is a trifle light in the bone below the knee, it would be difficult to find a serious fault with this somewhat diminutive youngster. Five yearlings imported for R. T. Wilson are now at Belmont Park. Two of them are pjosd sized colts ami three are fillies, but as Mr. Wilsons trainer had no means of identifying them and km w nothing of their respective pedigrees, it is not nee essery at present to attempt any description of them. The two colts, a chestnut and a brown, are really fine looking youngsters of good size and sub stance, while one of the fillies, a bay, appears Io be right up with them in the matter of class.
