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ASTE YEARLINGS CONSIDERED PROMISING. New York Man "Who Won Prominence in Former Years May Repeat in 1917 with Youngsters. A. L. Aste. who again blazed across the turf horizon in 1013, as the owner of some successful race horses, may get back into prominence again in 3917 competition, after having dropped out of the limelight for three years, if the group of yearlings now at the Aste stable at the Gravesend track lives up to their present promise and breeding. There are ten of these approaching two-year-olds, seven of them of Mr. Astes own breeding, and according to horsemen who have inspected them at Gravesend, there should develop some good performers out of the number. They were shipped to Gravesend from Lexington about a week ago. The youngster in which the owner takes most pride is a big brown colt, by Jack Point, the horse which won most of the money that went to Mr. Astes t-iedit in one of his good years on the turf. There is also a filly by Jack Point. The others, bred by Mr. Aste himself, are two fillies by Eyebrow, a colt by Star Shoot, a colt by Duval and a filly by Hastings. The other three youngsters include two Hapsburg fillies, bought of H. Mc-Carren, Jr.. and a filly by Peep oDay, bought from the Hen Helen Stud. Summarized, the two-year-olds of Mr. Astes stable in 1917, if they all stand training, will be as follows: Brown colt by Jack Point Gold Lady. t Black eolt by Ilapsburg Glad Smile. Black filly by Hapsburg Ethel Wheat. Chestnut colt by Star Shoot Eyelet. Chestnut colt by Duval Helen Miller. Buy filly by Jack Point Sweet Marjorie. Chestnut filly by Eye Brow Raiment. Chestnut filly by Hastings Gold Maid. Chestnut filly by Eye Brow Edith Inez. Bay filly by Peep oDay Evaline. Here is the way they are described individually by a New York writer, who evidently is not lacking in appreciation of their promise: The choice of the band is a big brown colt of solid color by Jack Point Gold Lady dam of Goldy and llaydcn, .by Goldcrest. This colt, which is probably tins largest of the band just now, has much of the rugged and business-like appearance of Ten Point by Jack Point Gold Ten, but he is of higher finish, and upon the whole seems possessed of better racing conformation. He is a colt ofthe distinctively masculine and sturdy order, with great bone and a wealth of muscular development and at the same time he shows Quality and high finish. He has a good bloodlikc head, a clean muscular neck of good length, oblique shoulders, a long, stout and wel-rounded barrel and a powerful loin and quarters. He is a rich, solid brown, with black legs reaching well up over knee and hock. He will weigh something over 1,000 pounds. Another colt which looks like a wonderful high-cluss youngster is a fine-sized black, by Hapsburg Glad Smile dam of Miss Fissy and Andrew Johnson, by Dr. McBride. This is a colt of good size, range and substance and at the some time solidlv and compactly built with beautiful and bJoodiike outlines, and exceptionally high finish everywhere. He is liberally endowed with bone and muscle just where a real racehorse needs such endowment, and while sturdy and masculine in erery outline, he has grace and artistic finish everywhere. Hapsburg, it will be remembered, is a half-brother to the great Hamburg, having been sired by Candlemas sire of Irish Lad, out of Lady Reel dam of Hamburg, by Fellowcraft. This handsome yearling is a coal black, marked with a rather large and almost perfectly round star and white hind feet. Another attractive yearling is a black filly, also bought from Hugh McCarren, Jr., and by Hapsburg, her dam being the good mare Ethel Wheat dam of Wheat Bread, Ethelberg and Ethelberg II., by Pursebearer. This filly is a youngster of beautiful conformation, and even now she looks much like a real race horse. Although more feminine in general make up than her half-brother-in-blood just described, she bears about as strong a resemblance to him as a filly could to a colt, always bearing in mind their respective sexes. She has "a long, clean and muscular neck, which is graceful and bloodlike everywhere, an oblique shoulder, good depth through the heart region and a long and faultlessly rounded barrel. In one respect she appears just a trifle better than the colt and that is in her quarters, which arc relatively higher at the buttocks than those of her stablemate. The colt is far from being droop-rumped. but the filly is still farther from being so. This filly is a solid black except for a short, irregular blaze, white hind feet and a flaxen tail, the hitter marking being perhaps one of the most striking ever seen on a thoroughbred. Of course one would not describe it as a "cotton tail, but it is decidedly "flaxen" and much too white to be. called "griy," A huge and striking colt is the chestnut by Star Shoot Eyelet. This is one of the largest colts of the hand, possessed of good racing outlines and liberally marked with white, having a blaze and three white feet. Another good-looking colt, and one of the distinctively sprinting type, is a bright golden chestnut by Duval Helen Miller, by Jean Bereaud. He is marked with a blaze and white stockings which behind reach almost to the hocks. Although of good size and rather more than ordinary substance for his inches, this colt bears no little resemblance in general outline and make-up to his famous maternal grandsire, which was a "big little" horse. A really good and useful looking filly is a bright bay by Jack Point Sweet Marjorie, by Goldfinch. This filly would weigli nearly 1,000 and is a big yearling every way, though compactly ami smoothly put together. She is marked with a star and white off hind foot. In the next box stands a smooth and well-turned chestnut filly by Eyebrow Raiment, by Henry of Navarre. She is solid colored. A fine-sized and finely formed chestnut filly by Hastings Gold Maid, by Nasturtium, is one of the most vacy and useful looking of the fillies of Mr. Astes own breeding. She is a bright chestnut, marked with a blaze. A chestnut filly of solid color by Eyebrow Edith Inez is probably the lightest of all, but she is big enough to make a good race mare provided she can show the other qualifications for success on the turf. The last of the half score is another of moderate dimensions, but quite big enough to lie fast and useful. This is a dark bay filly with black points by Peep oDay Evaline dam. of Ed Crump, by Deceiver. This young miss displays a lot of quality everywhere, and she should grow into a stake possibility unless her conformation and general bearing flatter her.
