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S. L. PARSONS STABLE OF FIFTEEN. Includes Eleven Two-Year-Olds of Excellent Breeding; Bad High Promise — All Doing Splendidly. By 1M Case. New Vol!;. April 16. Otbajfb-l Iarsens. one ..f tii.- stewards of Urn Jockey Club, will start • • racing peasea iiii a staid.- of fifteen bosses, . ! which he thinks most highly. Eleven of them are two-year-ohm of exceptional domestic breeding, though the 1,1 1 is considerably Scattered, there hi ing but two of the eleven by the same sire They are being prepared bj W. li. Karriek. "All my horses are .loin- splendidly," said Mr. Parsons, "and while they are not beiag pressed by hard work, they show signs o!" ability. For the p"es-cnt .Mr. Karriek is just cant ring them along and keeping them healthy. Tiny have ptentj of time before the season opens. Naturally. I cannot toll much about th in. Bomc look better than others iii cooformatieu, but it is not always the best looker which makes Ihe fastest race horse. ••Ta. :• • was one little runt. Vshtor, that I did not think much of a month ago and made a preposition !■ Mr. Karriek t«. sell her to anybody toe ,000. Whili speaking to Mr. Karriek oa the -ui -ject, on- of ia- stable teds said: Mr. Parson doa1 tin n her out of the stable yet. Keep her another month. She Bsay grow. I took the lads advice, an! today you would not think Valdor was the ilia !i!iy. She seems ta grow overnight, and is siiii growing. II. K. Knapp saw her a week ige aad hardly believed it was v.-iblor. she bad i-hani • so much in appearance. It saly ahowi the changes that can • tne about in hot sea in a few w.eks. Bfae might turn cut to be a good aia ■■ aftl :■ al!. Not Expectid to Race Before Belmont Meeting:. It i- hardly psebabte the colors of Mr. Iarsens .-.ill he seen fa fore ti pening of Bekmoat Bark. !i roUowing is the !i,t ..1 the beasts he has in ■:::;. ,~. Hanson, eh. g, 5, by Oddfdh w- .Ian.- Byre. i-i • sphor. b. !i. •*.. by Peep ..Day--Myrtetns. Inniskillen, 8. v I «, b. f. .;. by Sain N.ughtv. Blai k Ball. b. f. 2. by Mall.., lhhla. County Jay, g, :;. by Plaudit — County Fraod. Golden si.- a. . 2. by Msddter— Wheal Bag. II-lei. a. bib. :. 2. DJ -la-k Atkia -»gncs irgiaia. Lady CromwcU, f. 2, by The Ceamaeaer— Lack] -ss. Prairie Beau, c, 2. by Pi p sDay— Irairie Belle. Baraasdewa, br. . _•. by Beoa Black Stt.,n. Bweeps, b. c, 2, by Sweep- Myrtetns. Sweepstake, br. e, _. by Sweep— -b. i" Cohan. Ta- Miner, ch. c, 2. by Trnp Bock— Twilight Qoeen. Valdor, f. 2. by Carte— DorvaL Mi-. Parsons is mm of the few men who ran lay claim to having bees brought np in a racing atmosphere. His father is a neat lover af a trotting tor* or a thoroughbred, lie has bees a member of the Jockey Club for a number af years an I sac ..! ihe active mea te elevah the sport ami bring it t. its pr s. nt standard. There i- no work too hard or :. nun too long for Mr. Parsons when a question for the betterment of racing or the im-. r i.e-nt ef the thoroughbred is to be nettled. II-had much t.. do with the revhdea of the rules. which was accomplished dnHng the winter months. It was -i stupendous i.-,sk. aad for many weeks the committee discussed problems that were knotty. • ■m, iaily th.- cbaagef proposed in tie- selling-race rules. His popularity i- always expressed by racing l-.tr.-is when hi- colors an carried to victory. . it!..-.- for .-. rich state an srdinary overaigbt purse.
