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YOUNG HORSES AT IDLE HOUR FARM. This Years Foals Superior in Quality and Number Yearlings a Promising Band. Lexington, Ky., July 29. The thoroughbred sucklings at Idle Hour Farm are E. U. Bradleys brag crop. They are twenty-odd and they are "an even collection of sound, healthy, good-bodied, well-muscled, straight legged individuals. It is no easy matter to make a selection, so uniformly good several of the youngsters appear, but if one were put to the task of making a choice for keeps, the pick would probably be the bay colt by Uncle out of Follies. Bergeres dam of Bars anil Stars. This is a well formed, good-boned, sensible looking fellow with four white ankles and white in his face. He is of that old fashioned type of durable race horse. The bay fillies by Helmet out of Stumpy dam of Sir Edgar and Blood Test; Minnie Adams dam of B. First and El Salado dam of Jack Atkin. an? handsome anil the bay colt by Helmet out of Love-not dam of Blind Baggage and Believe Me Boys is a dandy. He is probably the best muscled colt on the farm. The black filly by Beach Comber out of Whisk Broom is a choice individual, decidedly better looking than the bay colt out Princess Titania, the only other of the get of the high priced and disappointing sou of Rock Sand, for which Mr. Bradley paid 4,000 and refused 0,000. The chestnut colt brother to Bac by Canard from Bandello is a good individual and will win races. The brown filly by Ballot out of Degenerate dam of Bye is one worthy of honorable mention. The two English-bred fillies are highly interesting, especially the bay one by Buckwheat. Macaroon. She is smooth and attractive. She has been named Battercake. The chestnut filly is by St. Amnnt Pressanella. but is not as fine as Battercake. Tin; brown filly by Helmet out of Eonic dam of Bell Horse is a toppy-looking miss. Two in the band are the property of George C. Bennett. One, the chestnut colt by Abe Frank Negligee, was foaled in Texas, and is the smallest on the place, unless it be the brown colt out of Lady Languish, which mare was a high-priced disappointment for August Belmont. The other, the bay filly by OrmotidalL Dishabille, is a more attractive youngster. The summer does not appear to have been hard on these! foals and their dams, although the weather has been excessively hot. Manager Barry Shannon keeps them up through the heat of the day. permitting them to run out all night. Old El Salado, despite the fact that she is without grinding molars and subsists on mashes and ground feed, is looking well. The yearlings to go in training about September 1 at Idle Hour Farm are a worth-while twelve. Seven are colts and five are fillies. The pick of the fillies is the half-sister to Jack Atkin. being out of Helmet El Salado, and the pick of the colts is by Helmet Miss Caldwell. He is the property of George C. Bennett, who refused to sell him for ,500 to Mr. Bradley at weaning time last year. He is Helmet living over and he may prove to be even better than his sire. Mr. Bennett owns two others of the yearlings a good-looking hay colt by Cunard Arthesia and the chestnut filly by Abe Frank Negligee, a highly-attractive youngster. It is difficult to pick the better one of two bay colts, the one by Sweep Whisk Broom, and the other by Helmet Ella Smith dam of Brig, Brigs Brother and I.rigs Sister. The Whisk Broom colt is one of the quickest on his feet seen in many a day. Manager Shannon made it known that Mr. Bradley had picked him for a small wager against the judgment of trainer Cliff Hamilton, who selected the Ella Smith colt to win thi! first time they are tried out next fall. The Ella Smith colt is a racy looking young horse. The first foal of Winning Widow is a good sized chestnut colt by Cunard. -The other two colts were imported from England, one being by Badiiim Bodonia. and the other by Mushroom Lady Colonist. Both are bay in color. The imported black filly by the French horse Mauvezin Macaroon is a fine specimen and has been named Biscuit Tortoni, meaning a delicacy made from macaroons. The bay filly by Helmet Bandello will prob-ablv come to hand earlier than any yearling on the farm. She would do to go to the races at New Orleans next winter for quick money. The other youngster soon to get first lessons is the bay daughter of Cunard Melton Mowbray. She is a plain Jane, but of a durable type. There are four other yearlings on the farm, but they are to be sold at Saratoga August 19. They were bred in partnership by Mr. Bradley and C. C. Patrick, his neighbor, who owns the old France farm across the road. They are brown filly, by Out of Beach Naulahka: bay or brown filly, by Helmet Bachelor Girl; chestnut colt, by Cuiiartl Chattah. and bav colt by Helmet Arline. The filly out of Bachelor Girl is an exceptional individual. ,. , In one of the paddocks is the English three-vear-old Desmond Day. He developed a quarter crack and trainer Hainmon turned him out. The time spent on the farm has served to remove all evidence of the ailment and Desmond Day will go in training for next falls racing.
