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GOSSIP OF THE TURF William McGuigan Michigan an elastic and skilful turfman Truman of long experience record and perform ¬ ance Vance in both the harness and thoroughbred avenues of the turf has made a recent mistake of startling breadth He entered horses cheaply in California Jockey Club stakes and then d6 clared cleared out the entries in a communication in which he insulted Presiding Judge Joeph Joseph A Murphy Capt Caput Jim Rces Races and John Carter who have been are or will bo the overlooking judges of racing at the Oakland track President T H Williams answered the McGuigan Michigan letter in his usual frank way The answer dubbed the com ¬ munication unction insulting and declared that Mc Guigans Guiana future entries would not be accepted McGuigans Michigan action was revengeful and out of the judicial action which caused Jockey Morri Morris ¬ sons suspension Of course it was wrong Morrisons Orisons suspension may have been an error It probably was not The men McGuigan Michigan at ¬ tacked however are the best and keenest of Western officials Ail are keenly protective and influential The McGu McG gan Egan drive at Joseph A Murphy as an exfoot exotic runner was dull and clumsy Mr Murphy was a footrunner frontrunner and a champion in his day But he was an amateur champion and his amateur standing was never questioned Mr Murphy was a good newspaper man too before he became a good racing official McGaigan Michigan has made a bad mis mils ¬ take He will so discover later on Lord Kosebery Rosebay in a recent speech before an English club said in reference to racing The rewards compared with the disappointments are 1 per cont const For a quarter of a century I struggled to win the Derby Sometimes I ran second sometimes third often last and finally won I ought to have been the happiest of men But what was the result I held a high office and was attacked with the greatest violence for owning race horses at all I then made a dis dais ¬ covery covey which came to me too late that although without guilt of offense I might have run second third and even last it became a matter of torture to many consciences if I won the Derby My troubles did not end there At the general election my party was assailed not because wo were too sporting but because we were not sportjng sporting enough I was however of the opinion that for the trials of the turf com ¬ pensation sensation came in experience and life friend ¬ ships formed on the turf which are invaluable to any man who wishes to get on in life and I believe that the sport in England was never neverbetter Everett better or purer According to the Breeder and Sportsman Dan Honig Hong received an offer of 4000 for Mag Magi ¬ net last week Adolph B Sprockets being said to bo the wouldbe would buyer The offer was re ¬ fused and The Breeder expresses fear that the fast son of St Blaise Blains will bo allowed to go to Marcus Daly Dally to the loss of Californian breed ¬ ing King interests The success of the St Carlo youngsters this year makes it appear that Mag Magi not would be a highly desirable addition to the list of splendid sires now in California St Carlo is by St Blaise Blains Carino Carina by Kingfisher ind bind Magnet is by St Blaj Baja e Magnetic by The IlKUsed Milkweed Magnetism by Kingfisher so that it can be seen both horses are closely related on the maternal as well as the paternal side St Carlo having done so well it seems reasonable to conclude that Magnet abettor racehorse would be equally or more successful if mated with well bred mares maresLittle Aristotle Little Major Mclntyre McIntyre has been suspended indefinitely for bad rides on Kamsin Amassing Personne Personnel and others of Louis Ezells Bezels horses The stable policy that puts a rider so poor as Mclntyre McIntyre on horses that could plainly win with more capable jockeys up is more reprehensible than the boy s bungling work Incompetent jockeys should be set down for the protection of the public in cases where they have palpably wrought dam ¬ age but the owners who knowingly put up the incompetent jockeys should also come in for some sort of punishment Recreation has apparently recovered from her dangerous sickness of last summer and is now taking steady work This fine daughter of Morello Marcello was easily the best twoyearold toehold in Cal ¬ ifornia Ionia last spring and may again be able to assert her supremacy The good race horse Salvation one of the best performers in California last winter and spring has been fired and his owner is of the opinion he will be able to do battle against the other cracks before spring arrives It appears that J D Lewis the owner of Trance was not ruled off along with the mare and her trainer Dan Halliday Holiday Lewis side of the case is decidedly interesting and is thus given in a San Francisco contemporary Mr Lewis stated to us that he did not imagine there could bo any rule against Trance running in America because ho knew that Marcello under the ban in tho thou colonies was raced at Bay Dis Dais ¬ trict strict track a number of times also that a man ruled off for life in Australia for alleged fraud had a large string racing around San Francisco Furthermore Trance and Disparity were after the former was ruled off sold to a man named Darcey Dace then he in turn sold her to Mr Lewis They were sent over in HallidayV Holiday hands to be trained raced to win and then after their merits were shown to bo sold Mr Lewis has been visiting relatives in Connecticut for more than five months and took little interest in tho thou animals further than to hear that they were running well and would therefore bring good prices The Australian was not even at the track on but three occas Orcas ¬ ions when she ran for he visited around the state seeing the sights having had a sur slur ¬ feit feint of racegoing racketing in his native country On not a single one of her races did he ever wager a cent It was more to his interest for the mare to run well than poorly and he stated that had she won one or two more races in good company he intended putting her up at auction in San Francisco A petition is now being framed asking the mares reinstatement and Mr Lowis Lois will set forth the facts in the case ai far as he is concerned
