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GOSSIP OF THE TURF As was foreshadowed in EACING ACING FORM re ¬ cently gently it is now made known that Hamburg was purchased for Marcus Daly Dally The range and quality of the colts future performances will naturally be the subject of much varying specu spec ¬ lation elation during the months that must elapse before he will again make his appearance at the starting post That he can run very fast and carry weight up to the highest standard was amply demonstrated during the progress of his racing career this year but that he is a stayer slayer was not so well established On the contrary there were some features connected with his few defeats suflicient sufficient to engender a reasonable doubt of his ability to traverse a long route at a high rate of speed However horses of his age have all chances of improvement before them and coming from such a sturdy male line as he does it may easily occur he will next year show the most distinct gain in the very quality where he was seemingly deficient as a 2year old The latest English news tells of the death of Hampton the noted racehorse and sire He was foaled in 1872 so that he lived to the ripe old age of 25 years He had an unusually suc such ¬ cessful cess career on the turf but he is chiefly re ¬ membered member by the present generation of horse ¬ men through the equine celebrities he produced after retiring to the stud These included three Derby winners Merry Hamp Champ ¬ ton Ayrshire Yorkshire and Ladas Lads Hampton was also the sire of such noted performers as Rook ¬ ery very Eoyal Royal Hampton Rene dOr doer an Oaks win ¬ ner near Sheen Gay Hampton Bay Ronald and others that have made their mark in turf his ¬ tory It is estimated that the amount of money won by Hamptons Hampton stock from 1882 to 1897 would foot up to 1163175 The Western Turf Congress tracks of the South and South West are already at logger ¬ heads over dates Louisville elects to begin May 4 and Nashville May 2 The conflict would not be a serious one with Chicago closed It would affect late stake entries only But with Chicagp Chicago racing in smooth ways there will hardly be enough good horses to go around one other Western track The Turf Congress tracks can well get within the lines of agreement In no other territory can prosperity be found The new and important rule of the Western Turf Congress bearing on purses and popula popular ¬ tion ion reads as follows In all towns of less than 500000 and over 200 000 and for a distance of twentyfive twenty miles from the corporate limits of such towns or cities no races shall be given any one day for purses or stakes of less value than two hundred and fifty 250 dollars each and no entrance will be charged to such purses unless it be added to the purses No days racing shall consist of less than five races This however shall not apply to state county or district agricultural fairs where racing is given for a term not ex ¬ ceeding ceding six days and where not more than two meetings are given in any one year and no more than two such meetings shall be given over any race track trackThe track The Turf Congress resolution which put that organization into line with the Jockey Club reads as follows Believing that racing was given and partici paretic ¬ pated patted in at thoPimlico track on Dec 1 2 3 and 4 1897 under the impression that it was not in controvention contravention of the laws of the Congress or with the intention of violating them therefore it is Resolved by the Congress that same track and persons and horses that participated in such racing are hereby reinstated to all the rights and privileges on the tracks of the Congress that they heretofore enjoyed enjoyedResolved enjoyed Resolved further that by this action the Con ¬ gress egress does not abate its opposition to or count ¬ enance penance winter racing as prohibited by bylaw 6 or to restrict its enforcement to suppress that evil so destructive to the legitimate sport that the Congress is willing to cooperate with any other authority to utterly destroy it and invites such cooperation
