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MACKAY YEARLINGS ARRIVE ] EEACH NEW YORK IN GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING THE LONG VOYAGE. Fred Burlew. in Ciiargc, Says Submarine Dodging Was One of the Features of the Voyage | — Other Horses Brought. • Now York. December 17. — After being more than two weeks on Uie Minnehaha, which, according to i Fred Burlew. squirmed and rolled around dodging ; submarines for two days after leaving England, the • yearlings belonging to Clarence II. Mackay and a leu other consignments of thoroughbreds arrived her.- today. There cau bo no denying the horses -bowed the effects of tlieir trip, but not to any damaging extent. Ju fact, considering the length of time they had Ik-oii on the ship, they looked far ■ better than usual, and by tli«- time they are offered foi sale on December .; tliey will be worth while 1 okiug over by ]iros| eelive buyers. In :lie Mackay l .t there are thirteen royally bred yearlings of both s.-xes. the two-year-old Xyack, by Curie — Semblance, and the four-year-old Alll- !:ieiir. by Meddler Strike-a-Light. They were all I in charge of Kred Uuriew. who has been training ! Mr. Macknys French string of horses, which raced I in the name of Mr. Carroll. "We had a terrible trip," said Burlew, ■■lasting li :i rl tlire«- weeks from the lime 1 left Frauee I until I landed here. The horses have lieen on the ■ s.iip since December 2 anil were held in the English i Channel for four days for some reason or other. When we dd get started the captain had orders to -ii-p along at his Itest and to zigzag aliout. as ! submarine* were on the watch for us. 1 tell you 1 was glad enough to sci- the shores of old Coney , Island again. I dou"t know whether I shall stay p here or go hack to France. 1 like France. It is ■ great cviiutry to race horses in and they are pre-I.:irii:g to bold meetings next year. My plans for the I lit lire are in the hands of Mr. Mackay." Irotiahly the most important consignment outside k of Mr. M.ickays yearlings was the six-year-old 1 stallion Wrack, by Robert le Diable — Satupshire. she 1 y Isinglass. Wrack was purchased by Arthur B. Hancock and will stand on his farm in Virginia. The three Whitney yearlings on Iioaril arc Miami. ■ l.av blh by McDonald — Fiesole. .Sun Fish, bay colt l.v-4*- Hoi Soliel— Alster Cress, and a c ilt by McDonald— Iaradise. Mr. Johnson, an American horseman had six, • picked up in England for sale here. W. K. Coe, » I ad one yearling colt by Iolytnelus — Abroad, which he recently purchased in England. Polymelus is tin- leading site of today in Kuglaud. Several yearlings belonging to Mr. Frank Hitcn-eock were reported I . lie on the Minnehaha, but for sonic reason they were not shipped and will i arrive lat -r. . Mr. Mackays is the first shipment of horses of 1 any importance leaving France for this country. Several of them are out of French inares by representative sires. Allumeur was a stake winner in a Frauee and Xyack has never raced, owing to war r conditions.
