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MORE THOROUGHBREDS FROM ENGLAND. Xew York. .August 25. The Atlantic liner Minnehaha brought thirty-seven English thoroughbreds on her latest voyage from England. Seventeen of them were yearlings which A. K. Macomber had bought from the prominent English breeder, J. R. Joel, while a majority of the others was made up of a rather good-looking band of broodmares consigned to Grant Hugh Browne. The Macomber yearlings include the following: Brown colt by Sunstar All Green, by Green Lawn. Brown colt by Sunstar Bright Cherry, by Ayrshire. Brown colt by Sunstar Marian Hood, by Marta-gon. Ray colt by Sir Geoffrey Helium, by Sundridge. Chestnut filly by Sunflower II. Schoolbook, by Wisdom. Chestnut colt by Sunder Sweet Finch, by Goldfinch. Bay colt by Sir Geoffrey Sunshine Girl, by Sundridge. Ray filly by Sunstar St. Olive, by St. Simon. Bay filly by Sunstar Sweet Lassie, by Orme. Bay colt by Polymelus Dreamy, by Persimmon. Bay colt by Sunstar Cannie Lassie, by Ayrshire. Bay filly by Sunstar Waterweed, by Watercress. Ray filly by Sunflower II. Our Girl, by Worcester. Bay filly by Sunstar Eugenia, by Royal Hampton. Bay colt by Sunflower II. Sun Glass, by Isinglass. Bay colt by Sunflower II. Lady Portland, by Bill of Portland. Brown colt by Sunstar Verne, by Bill of Port-laud. These yearlings are fashionably bred, and all of them are well turned, with the conformation which often goes with extreme speed. "Hotspur," a noted English turf writer, is enthusiatsic in praise of these yearlings. lie says: "Having had an opportunity of seeing them, I may note, without qualification of any sort, that an extraordinarily fine lot are leaving us, and that the entry into America of these horses, and the strains of blood they represent, must immensely benefit the breeders generally of that country. Naturally some seem to be better than others. Those, which particularly impressed me were the Sunstar All Green, the Sunflower II. Schoolbook the Sunder Sweet Finch, the Sunstar St. Olive, the Sunstar Cannie Lassie and the Sunstar Verne. The All Green colt is a half-brother to Grassland, a good winning two-year-old last season, which went to South Africa. The Schoolbook filly is racing-like indeed, with not quite the big proportions of the general run of Sunflowers progeny. A strong, powerful colt is the chestnut by Sunder Sweet Finch. There are great possibilities liefore him, and he will specially interest. Mr. Macomber. for the reason that he is a half-brother to Star Hawk. I have seen both as yearlings, and I prefer this one by Sunder." All the thoroughbreds which came over on the Minnehaha shipped wonderfully well. The broodmares looked well without exception, and the foals which some of them have at foot appear to be more than ordinarily promising.
