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GOSSIP OF THE TURF Old Barnes who in the red and blue q the Dwyers Dyers raced brilliantly in 1881 and 183Sidied at Kjle Kyle Tex a few days ago He was alujost almost a great racehorse in his day and threatened to divide 2 and 3yearold form with Miss Wood ford and George Kinney Barnes was sixteen years old by Billet Mercedes the dam Of The Butterflies and had for years been us d as a sire by O G Parke Parker Boweu Bowen Co raced the colt in his early form and bred him The Fosters are giving Dr Rice a aareful careful preparation for the Brooklyn Handicap He Las been taken up and is doing mild vrt vt rk on the roads about St Louis Byron McClelland Macmillan announces that he will race altogether in the West this year His year olds are not much and the stable must win most of its 1896 spoils through Caesarian Prince Leif Nimrod Imo and Moylau Moldau The former was nearly firstclass fistulas last season improving with time Nimrod Imo is Huntress brother He showed Tome quality at times iuojittusTclaiii vvaV viva lower and his best form that of the spring springEugene spring Eugene Leigh will sell thirtynine thirty yearlings the product of LaBelle Labeled at Morris Park Xay Ay 26 A lot of them are by Bramble seventeen per cent of whose children are winners Mr Leigh is now the sole owner of the portable horse stall having bought out his former partaier partaker J Meres Mere The appliance is atf aft ingenious one By the use of a few fixtures an ordinary car is c banged into comfortable traveling quarters for a race horse The economy of the plan it won ¬ derful earful derfulIn drumlin In addition to the poolrooms establi4ied at Elmwood Park a Cincinnati suburb Chat Bel Belo ¬ linger has opened one at West Covingtot Coving Ky The Louisville poolrooms are still opet moppet too The St Asaph Asap people are credited with anpUort anaphor to open a race track at historic Harpers ferry iu West Virginia where the law is favoralie favorable President Beauchamp Beach of the Middle States Racing Circuit was in town yesterday infer ¬ ring with Secretary Creveling Reveling of the Intiana Indiana tracks about his racing plans for 1S97 Referring to the summer harness meeting and horse show at Washington Park that highlass highlands sportsman Frank S Gorton says The Nbrth Berth Western Breeders will endeavor to give the most attractive outofdoor outmode show possible iu connection with their trotting many of its ex ¬ hibitions libations will be such that cannot be givej give at an indoor show For instance we shall h e a lot of of pony races for onequarter conjecturer mile taidem tandem teams at a mile carriage teams at a mile aLd auld a lot of special displays at short distances The Polo company will make some nice exhibits They will do their best to give the public a highclass highlands entertainment of the best order
