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J. C. MILAMS YEARLINGS Has Forty-Five Colts and Fillies for the Two -Year-Old Racing of the Coming Year. LEXINGTON, Ky October 5. J. C. Milam, the Kentucky breeder and trainer, who will soon take his charges into winter quarters, is now assembling the yearlings he has acquired during the last twelve months, and a tabulation of his stock reveals the most extensive establishment collected by a small breeder in Kentucky in recent years. In addition to the horses already seen under colors, which include the crack fillies Anna M. Humphrey and Dust Flower, Milam has a total of forty-five colts and fillies which will be prepared for two-year-old racing next spring. It is Milams policy to capitalize his judgment of young stock by snapping up what he considers bargains and selling them for a quick return on his investment. His most notable bargain, of course, was Exterminator, which he bought for. ,500, but he has picked up many good ones since. He bought Milkmaid for ,200, Deadlock for 00, Surf Rider for ,600, McKee for ,000 and Dunlin for ,500. The forty-five yearlings now in his hands include twenty-five purchased at the Saratoga auctions in August, and twenty that he either bred himself or bought here in Kentucky as weanlings. Milam ascribes the racing success of his youngsters to his method of handling them up to the time they are ready to go to the track. Unlike most breeders who separate their young horses, he permits the colts to run together and the fillies to run together. Major Belmont also follows that plan at his Nursery Stud, but it is not the general custom. "WEANXTNGS ALLOWED TO RUN" OUT. The weanlings he bought a year ago were permitted to run out day and night until the first snow, and were never under cover. For two or three months thereafter they were put up at night, but ran out all day. From April to July, when they were taken from the farm to the track, they were never under shelter. The thirteen colts ran together in a hundred-acre field, and the seven fillies together in a similar plot. They were fed outdoors and were left out in the sun and rain, and with the flies. They played and raced ; the colts wrestled and fought, and when they were taken to the track their hair was sunburned and their manes and their tails were ragged. But their muscles were like whipcord, their bones were flint, and their feet were smooth and hard as vulcanized rubber. They were used to the crowd, used to running and romping together, and generally in better condition to run the day they were taken from the farm than the majority of colts, fed and fattened for the sales, are ninety days after they go to the track. He believes he obtained a real bargain in the Omar Khayyam Delft filly, bought out of the Hancock sale for ,000. Kentuckians who have looked the youngsters over seem to be especially impressed with the Escoba Handzarra colt that he bought from the John Morris consignment for ,500. Turfmen hereabout think Gentility, the winner of the Breeders Futurity last autumn, is just about the speediest thing on four legs, and the fact that this colt is a half-brother of that filly fives him a good recommendation at the start. ROSTER OF THE YEARLINGS. The full list of Milams yearlings bought at the Saratoga auctions follows : Brown filly, by Omar Khayyam Delft. Chestnut colt, by Escoba Handazarra. Chestnut colt, by Luke McLuke Alicia Arm. Chestnut Ally, by Polymelian TJkrainia. Bay or brown filly, by Huon Gold Elsie. Bay colt, by Short Grass Intrigue. Bay filly, by Wrack Primula IL Bay filly, by Wrack Smilax. Chestnut filly, by Uncle La Pncelle. Chestnut filly, by Fair Play BenonL Bay or brown colt, by Delhi Tempa. Bay colt, by Dick Finnell Mayonnaise. Bay colt, by Charles Edward Carrie Hogan. Bay filly, by Wormleighton Little Fraud. Bay colt, by Jim Gaffney Teacher. Bay colt, by Jack Atkin Money Mad. Bay filly, by Everest Bettie Porter." Bay colt, by Everest Effie Paton. Brown colt, by Everest Pandora Girl. j Bay filly, by George Smith Elensinia. ; Chestnut colt, by Sweep On Majestic Bay colt, by Escoba Plausible. ! Bay fiUy, by Peter Quince Sarnla. Bay filly, by Meridian Azyiade. Brown colt, by Sweep Orillia. The ones acquired as weanlings are: Brown colt, by Sweep Highflown. Brown colt, by Peter Quince Mary Le Bus. Black filly, by Black Toney My Fair Kentucky. Bay filly, by Tea Caddy Loyal Lady. Chestnut colt, by Peter Quince Winnie G. Bay filly, by Escoba La Mode. Chestnut filly, by High Time Woodnitch. Chestnut filly, by High Time Blushes. Bay filly, by Colonel Vennie First Witch. Chestnut colt, by Vandergrift Margaret Kent. Chestnut colt, by Ultimus Ballymena. Chestnut colt, by Ultimus Busy Lass. Chestnut colt, by Huon Duchess of Savoy. Chestnut filly, by Boots and Saddle Rustic Laaa. Chestnut colt, by Golden Maxim Mary Bodine. Chestnut colt, by Peter Quince Stickpin. Bay. colt, by The Manager Fragrance. Chestnut colt, by Great Britain Miss Burgomaster. Chestnut colt, by Ballot Majolica. Bay or brown colt, by Peter Quince Topsy Over.
