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GOSSIP OF THE TURF W OB Macdonough Macedon will be represented by three Ormonde Hormone 2yearolds in 1898 They are Orsini Rossini br c by Ormonde Hormone Jongleuse Jongleurs Golden locks b f by Ormonde Hormone Dizzy Blonde and Orollanna Corolla b f by Ormonde Hormone Marilee Marlene The last named filly is a half sister to the more than useful race horse Don Fulano Fulani If breeding in good lines goes for much Orsini Rossini should atone for the disappointment Orestes Foresters proved to Mr Mac ¬ donough donut his dam being by Alarm Presto by Pretender Entries for the 20000 Matron Stakes and the rich Nursery Handicap both for 2yearolds and both to be run over the Morris Park track next autumn close Tuesday January 4 Declarations from the Belmont of 1898 are due January 4 and from the Withers Ladies Juvenile Fashion and Eclipse Stakes of 1898 January 5 Declarations from the Belmont Withers and Ladies Stakes of 1899 also fall due on the latter date Recordbreaking Reverberating performances in 1897 were few in number a suggestion that our best per ¬ formers wore hardly up to the average of recent preceding years The records at one and one half and one ancLJbreliquarter miles were cut down and that at six furlongs was tied None of these performances were by Easternowned Eastern horses Scoggans Slogans smart filly Flora Louise a phenomenon of speed under light weight tied OConnells O'Connell six furlong record when she trav travel ersed erased the distance in l12i at Harlem Septem Septum ¬ ber beer 30 last The Westernowned Westernized Ben Holladay Holland put a notable performance on record at Morris Park October 23 when he wiped out Hotspurs longstanding mark for a mile and threequar three ¬ ters tears and put the new figures for the distance at 2 59i Buckwa Buck won new honors at San Francisco the day before Christmas when he easily cut a half second from the record of 232i for a mile and a half held jointly by Lamplighter and that sulky old rogueEvanatus Of the three performances BPU BP Holladay Holland s was in every sense the most valu value ¬ able because over a longer distance he carried 118 pounds and ran practically as fast as Buckwa Buck did when with only 103 pounds in the saddle he broke the mile and a half record recordA record A turf promoting letter of low tone from New Orleans tells all about the chances of one D T Murray being created starter of the proposed AmericanCanadian Americana racing circuit of 1898 The term created is used in the sense of its sharp ¬ est definition the making of something out of nothing The turf needs honesty Chicago abounds in evidence as to the absence of thig thigh native human quality in Murray Daily Racing Form Publishing Co will supply the data of proof on call Then again Murray is incompe income ¬ tent With many rifles and fireworks the fel feel ¬ low could not start a revolution in Central America to say nothing of the result of action about application over a box of matches a bale of hay and a bonfire
