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MORE BLUE BLOODS COMING OVER. Extensive Purchases by J. 0. Keene, Phil Chinn and Others to Arrive in New York Shortly. New York. January 2. — J. O. Keene has just returned from Knglaud. a here he purchased thirty two yearlings, seventeen of them being c-olts. In the numbc -r are representatives of Light Brigade. The White Knight, Senseless. Marajax. Lorenzo. Iicton. Marco, lister. King and Day Comet. The consignment is on the steamship Minnehaha, which may arrive in a few days. With the shipment are many more thoroughbreds which are being shipped he-re for W. S. Kilmer. John A. Drake and Phil Chinn. Mr. Keene had much to say about the turf in England. "You have to pay a good price over there." said he. "for any colt that is promising. I saw a colt by Orby sold for 0,000 at the October sab-. That will give- an idea of what good horses are bringing. Phil Chinn has about twenty -five on the Minnehaha and Mr. Kilmer six or seven. The Chinn and Drake horses number about twenty, in which both are interested. Cliinn also is bringing a mare over that he bought for R. T. Wilson, for which he gave $."i,000. I saw every high-class sire in England and. as a whole, they are a rare good band, being bigger-boned and stouter than the majority of our sires in this country," said he. Mr. Keene has a colt by Ballot — Micaella in Dr. Karrie-Us stable- at Belmont, which Dr. Kar-ric-k tells him is sure to lee a good race horse. This colt Mr. Keene lias entireel extensively in stakes.
