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W. H. KARRICKS CHARGES FOR NEXT YEAR. • Promising: Young Horses Composing; the Racing r Strings of Schuyler Parsons and Oneck Stable. W. H. Karrick. who is one of the successful 1 trainers long identified with the metropolitan circuit, lias a big string of thoroughbreds stabled at 1 Belmont [ark this winter, most of them being the : j.ro|«.|ty of Schuyler Pars.-s and the Oneck Stable. Just now he is lining up his winter quarters, having selected a -table for the purpose mar where - bis loiscs now are in temporary uuarters. When i the new stable shall have been completed sonic • time this week I it will much resemble those which i have been refitted for the Shoshone Stable and the I Co-bran horses. The broad walk around the main building will be , inclosed in glass so that the horses can lie exercised in bad weather without being exmised to , rain or unpleasantly low temperatures. The whole building has been so thoroughly repaired and renovated that it might lie said to have been rebuilt. while the smoothly dressed w «Mlwork of the boxes lias Itocn stained aid varnished so as to completely . rid the place of all sons of vermin and make it i easy for the grooms to keep the place scrupulously clean, says Morning Telegraph. . First in Mr. larsons string conies that brilliant L performer, the three-year-old bay colt. Phosphor, by Peep .Day — Myrtelus. Concerning Phosphors | performances during the racing season just closed, it is not necessary to go into details, as racegoers ; know that until lie trained off a bit he appeared to lie practically unbeatable. He started I twelve times, won eight races and finished unplaced I only once. Besides this. Phosphor never had his coninauy picked for him. He was meeting the , liest. and his splendid record for the season was 5 made against the liest horses running in the metropolitan . circuit. Those who rememlier Phosphor as lie appeared ] during the racing season, will call to mind an , extremely racy and blood-like looking bright bay 7 coll. having great reach and well supported bv , long gracefully formed muscles of that elastic . s rt that unmistakably denotes rare speed and I rapidity of action, but lie was rather light waisted. and his whole makeup suggested delicacy. He looked like a hor-e of the type which might lie I expected to run a brilliant ra«-e when properly . pointed for it. but would lie "all in" as soon as the race was over. Now. however. Phosphor appears the incarnation of stoutness, speed and endurance. Like several other splendid sons of his famous sire, in approaching maturity lie has widened out and thickened overyw here until he looks like a colt of , tremendous power and endurance, a typical campaigner: and yet be seems t. have lost none of ,- tliose graceful outlines and bloodlike finish which characterized him in his three-year old form. Next in the string is the sturdy and fast campaigner. Hanson, a three-year-old chestnut gelding br Oddfellow- Jane Fyre. He was a thoroughly useful race horse during the season of 1M15. and I since its close be has grown and thickened materially, though he was never a delicate horse, but t the reverse. Weuonab. a chestnut filly two years old. by Star r ,s ,. „ . t -ouwentsia. lias grown considerably since the t close of the metropolitan circuit, and if looks count t for a ii v thing she should inak a useful three-year-old. Sharpshooter, a bay gelding three voars old. by c Mei.ee Single Shot, is so well known to race-goers that anv detaibd description of him is unnecessary. Like most «f his xtahlemati-s. he has thickened 1 siuce his retirement from active racing and he is * now a robust looking fellow which ought to lie up p a -lake weights and i-qiial to the task of ra -iug .- at slake distances. He ran third to Itogret in the I Kentucky Derby and made a capital showing in l that tiuie-honored event. He is an extremely fast t horse and. as be is growing much stronger than i be was at anv time during the past year, it ap Mm reasonable to expect I li:i I be will lie a good I L:i eiicap ■WW in the st-awna of IMC II, e two v.-itr -.Id lilies W.l.-r 1Mb-, bv Wateibov r - Hamburg Belle, and Shouting S.ar. t. Star SIi.n.i I llonnio I.lue idain of I.lnes :i n I Itlue Cirli. have not yet bee* brought up to Belmont Park, but it t it expected that they will be iu the near future. 1 1 1 • r 1 1 : - i • i I , , . i . L | ; I I , 5 . ] , 7 , . I I . , ,- The liest nf Mr. Parsons untried representatives in trainer Karricks stable is a yearling purchased out of the Parmer and Hendrie sale at Saratoga last summer. This is the brown colt by Superman — Luckless, a youngster which many predicted would bring the top price, but Mr. Parsons was fortunate enough to get him for ,000. and according to present appearances he seems to have liocn one of the- liest bargains of the sale. He is a rich brown, marked with a star and three white feet. He is a colt of tine size and range and thoroughly well furnished. He has capital shoulders, loin and quarters; a clean, muscular neck of good length and fine quality: short, strong cannon bones, and an exceptionally well-finished chest which is sufficiently capacious to furnish abundant lung space. Another thoroughly good-looking yearling belonging to Mr. Parsons is a big, black filly by Dr. I.eggo — Priceless Jewel. This filly has not only unusual size, but all the substance which should go with it. She has good racing outlines and at the same time she is both large and compact. This filly is a jet black and solid colored, except for a small star. Mr. Parsons also has a bay yearling filly by Sain — Northern Star. The first seen of the Oneck Stables string was the fast chestnut gelding Yankee Notions. This is an attractive looking and useful selling plater. but he cannot be ranked as anything better. Distant Shore is a chestnut three-year-old geld- ing also of the selling plater class. He is by Yankee — Lady Schorr. The Oneck Stable is undoubtedly stronger iu the yearling than in the matured division. At Parmer and Hendries sale in Saratoga, trainer Karrick was ■ rather busy bidding on really promising youngsters and at the later sales held at Shecpshead Bay and Beltnout Park he was far from being altogether idle. At Saratoga, he bought among others, the star of the lot as far us price goes, when he obtained for $:t.::t 0 the chestnut colt by The Commoner — Hor-tense. by Meddler. This is now a striking individual, his stay at Belmont Park appearing to have ! done him no end of good. He is now a large and substantial looking colt with an especially attractive fore end. his neck, head and shoulders showing a great deal of quality, although he has the rather low withers characteristic of many of the get of The Commoner. He has a broad, well formed chest, oblique shoulders, and a long, bloodlike neck. His quarters are massive, witli well let-down stifles and powerful gaskins. but his croup is a tritle low for a colt of such high conformation in other i-spects. It is a feature, which some say, is often seen in the progeny of Meddler, but it cannot be said that it was apparent in the outline of Meddler himself, or iu that of his sire. St. Cation. The Commoner was eminently successful as a sire for many years, and on his breeding he had an eminent right to success in the stud, but with the blood of both The Commoner and Meddler in the top crosses of this colts pedigree, he certainly has much in his favor so far as lineage is concerned. The next yearling in the Oneck string is a large and rangy "brown colt by Waterboy — Kiamesha. Not only has this colt the splendid reach which is often a distinguishing feature in the get of the greatest sou of Watercress, but he has the strong ; muscular development and thickness of barrel which should go with it. Waterlioy never was what could be rated as a 1 highly finished race horse. His claim to greatness rested rather on his capabilities than on his indi-■ vidnality. but this colt is a much smoother and a better balanced horse than his sire, although he . seems to have retained all the great reach and power evinced in the conformation of the big black j which was rated as one of the turf sensations of 1002-3-4. If this big colt should race up to the ; . promise of bis pedigree and conformation, he should be a really high-class colt. Next comes a good looking bav gelding bv John E. Maddens Ornioudab — Sand Spit, by Rock Sand; a chestnut filly by Ballot — Star Dreamer, by Star . Shoot, and a neat looking chestnut filly by Star Shoot — Oneck Queen. A particularly high-class youngster is the bay . filly by McGec — Josie L.. a sister to the fast Hor-? ron. which was one of the sensations of the Canadian circuit. The Oneck Stable also has the two-year-old chest- nut gelding High Cheer, but as yet he has not been taken to his prospective winter quarters at Bel-! mont Park. J. D. Riddle of Boston has in trainer Karricks charge a two-year-old chestnut filly by Oxford and j a bay yearling filly by Kilogram.
