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G. J. LONGS FINE BAND OF YEARLINGS Nineteen Promising Youngsters of Good Breedinfr "at Churchill Downs Latest Louisville Turf Gossip. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. September 10. If George J. Long has anything like decent luck with his large bandof yearlings next winter lip .should be unusually well represented in the two-year-old stakes in Kentucky and Saratoga next spring and summer. He has nineteen youngsters at Olnireliill Downs, they having been left behind in charge of Tom Ahem, when trainer Pete Coyne took the remainder of the stable, consisting of eight horses ready for racing, to Lexington. Freecntter and Clermont were also left here, and they will both be fired arid turned out for the winter. There are eleven colts and eight fillies in the yearling band Of the Long establishment and they are all good-looking thoroughbreds. Eleven of the youngsters, six colts and five fillies, are the progeny of Sain, which is now standing at Bashford Manor Farm, just outside this citv. The list of Long yearlings follows: Chestnut colt, by Alvescot IJollo Scott. Chestnut colt by Free Lance Viaora. "Bay colt, by Jim Gaff uoy Ameeras half-brother to Dundreary. Bay colt, by Free Lance Mytileiie brother to "Irown colt, by Sain Rezial half-brother to Celesta and Clermont. Black colt, by Sain Bonnie Kate half-brother to Cacambo. Black colt, by Sain Hennosa. Bay colt, by Sain Azuceiia. Chestnut colt, by Free Lance Watoma half-brother to Rudolf o, Bay colt, by Sain Hymeria. Bav colt, by Sain Binda. Chestnut filly, by Free Lance Cutter . sister to Freecijtter. Bay filly, by Sir Huon Hortense. Bay or brown filly, by Sain Boema half-sister to Kathleen. Bay filly, by Ralph Thaka. Bay filly, by Sain Bashford Belle half-sister to Ralph. Bay filly, by Sain Altuda half-sister to Ka-liuka. Bay filly, by Sain La t if a. Bay filly, by Sain Semprite. Trainer Coyne is enthusiastic over the outlook for his having a high-class band of two-year-olds next year to race and he is especially swe:t on the Sain colts and fillies. The majority, of-the "babies" are already well broken and are being sent along a sixteenth or an eighth of a mile at an easy gait. No one takes more interest in young race horses than does Mr. Long, and he is a djiily visitor at Churchill Downs despite the fact that he was left in an enfeebled condition from an attack of illness awhile back. He remains the greater part of the forenoons watching the yearlings go through their paces and each one comes in for a -critical inspection from him. Breeding thoroughbreds is his chief delight, as he gets considerable pleasure in watching them grow from sucklings into horses to prove worthy representatives to carry his eplors. He has often made the statement that he is of the opinon that the race track saved his life when ho was stricken, as he attributes his ability to stand off an attack of paralysis to his ruggeil constitution, made so by the many hours he has spent outdoors at various race tracks. At the close of the Churchill Downs meeting trainer Coyne will go into winter quarters witli his horses at that track. A special paddock has been built just to the right of the Long stable, where Freecntter and Clermont are now turned out. Trainer Jack McCormack has sent the large band of racers which lie is training for Jefferson Livingston to Lexington. The Livingston horses have been summering at Douglas Park and all seem to have benefited by their rest, judging from their work in the mornings. Charley Ellison is here on a visit. He will remain until just before the Latonia meeting opens, as he seldom goes to Lexington. He spent the warm months at his summer place in Wisconsin fishing and hunting, and is fresli for a strenuous autumn campaign with the thoroughbreds in Kentucky. Milo Shields will not send his horses to- Lexington, but instead will ship directly to Latonia on September 17. In addition to Lucky B., winner of the New Years Handicap at New Orleans last winter, lie also has Jim Heffering and Korbly-. He recently acquired the latter from George Barnes. The Shields horses summered well and Korblv will be ready for racing again this fall after a. long letup due to an Injured leg.
