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GOSSIP OF THE TURF The Newport Latonia Antonia and Oakley Ankle Clubs of the OhioKentucky field have entered into an agreement to entirely suspend the free list for 1898 This is a very good thing to do But they have also agreed to charge only fifty cents for admission That is a very bad thing to do Racing is not a cheap sport and people who try to cheapen it by such action are in reality its enemies no matter what they may think about the matter matterTo matter To view the high classracing casseroling annually con ¬ ducted over the three great tracks in the vicin vicinal ¬ ity city of Greater New York costs fully 2 and is generally cheap at the price English prices are higher Why should racing in the West be de ¬ graded to a lower level by shortsighted racing officials If the Cincinnati Newport and Cov Cove ington Kingston officials were animated by a true and sagacious view of what is the best method to at once elevate and popularize racing over their tracks they would cater to the better elements of the community they ask for support by charg charge ¬ ing King a good stiff admission fee They could then increase their offered money and by attracting the best horses compel public attention and reap a rich reward at the gate Catering chief ¬ ly to the speculative side of racing seldom pays any racing organization nor should it The clubs named deserve to lose money and probably will But theres Theresa an old English adage which says that a silk purse cannot be made out of a sows ear The adage may apply Secretary Green of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club has notified owners about future riding payment on a cash basis as follows Losing mounts First money less than 500 5 first money 500 or more 10 stake races 10 hur hour ¬ dle dale or steeplechase purse races 15 hurdle or steeplechase stakes 25 An additional fee for the winning jockey will be deducted from the purse or stake as follows First money less than 500 10 r first money 500 and stakes 15 hurdle or steeplechase purse races 15 hurdle and steeplechase stakes 25 25There There is a downtothebone downstate turf discussion of depth and humor in the Anglomaniacal news ¬ papers of American profession and their jour ¬ nalistic ballistic opponents The weatherinParis weathering specialists exult in thinking that Tod Todd Sloan is trying to duck the Fleischmann Freshman contract he made last fall The land of the free and the home of the brave specialists rely on Mr James Tod Todd Sloans Slogans honor and Americanism to fill the hole he made before he left his native land All this is intensely funny The English hiky hickey of suc such ¬ cess is peculiarly Sloanesque Loaners and tintinabula tintinnabulation ting It appeals to the flambuoyant flamboyant vitals of the sawedoff sawed and hammereddown hammered bon vivant from Indiana He can ride he can pose he can love in a small way he can spend in a largo way and all that but the American or the sentimental racing angle will not figure in Mr James Tod Todd Sloans Slogans geographical or work ¬ ing King plans of 1898 1898In In a note concerning the sons of Lexington last Monday DAILY RACING FORM referred to Tom Ochiltreo Ichnite as one of the few still living It was an error for Tom Ochiltree Ichnite had died Dec 29 at tlie lie farm of his owner Wyndhara Walden near Middleburg Middlebrow Md No notice of his death had been published however so the error was unavoidable unavoidableTom unavoidable Tom Ochiltree Ichnite was one of Lexingtons Lexington best sons a h rse Erse that would have won fame in any racing c uatry unary His dam Katona Atonal was by Voucher a on of Wagner dam Countess by Margrave winner of the St Leger Leer of 1832 Ochiltree Ichnite did not start as a 2yearold making his debut as a 3yearold in the Preakness Realness Stakes at the Baltimore spring meeting 1875 winning the event It was a year memorable for remarkably good 3yearolds including such grand horses as Aristides Armistices winner of the first Kentucky Derby Withers and other leading stakes of the time Calvin winner of the Bel Belo mont stakes Rhadamanthus Dwyer Bros Brows first really good horse Ten Broeck Brock DArtagnan Carthaginian Ozark Viator Aviator King Alfonso Bob Wooley Wooly and others any one of which would have been deemed a crackajack crackerjack in ordinary years He won that year four out of nine starts includ include ¬ ing King the famous Dixie stakes at the Baltimore autumn meeting in which he beat the best of the year In 1876 he was a very great race horse up to any weight and distance winning in eight out of ten starts including the Baltimore and Monmouth cups at two miles and a quarter and the Capitol and Maturity stakes each at three miles As a 5 yearold earl he won nine out of fourteen starts startsMajor starts Major Domo Dom twice second in the Suburban was no doubt his best son though many others owing their paternity to him were very useful racers and his daughters have proven good broodmares Exjockeys Rejoices Elmer Slaughter and Garner are now partners in a racing way at New Orleans The pair will do well if it evades the official eye It had a good time at St Louis last sum ¬ mer mere The firm knows its business and has had a lot of experience There are stories on the records about its members Heres Hermes the first When Slaughter was in clover and in Chicago a few years ago h6 had much money and more muscle The latter was most evident and pub ¬ lic laic Col Cool Slaughter then had a natural notion of irredescence iridescence in common with income and the burden of carrying too much money around The financial action was uncertain in those days Of course Col Cool Slaughter was a keen pur pour ¬ chaser and entertainer Now and again he gave a dinner party in a fashionable local restaurant The first wasnt wasn't much They grew more recherche rechecked with age and experience experienceAt experience At the first dinner party Col Cool Slaughter had three guests Naturally the waiter asked him for the order He scanned the card with the eye of a wise fish but being out of his peculiar tank gave an offhand order that is on file even unto this day It ran this way Just give us ten dollars worth of ham and eggs eggsA eggs A new and supportive table had to bo brought in with the meal The party was foundered and thirty dollars worth of wine and ten dollars worth of ice had to bo added to the tab as mere foils for sheer thirst The eastern wing of the Horsemens Horsemen Protec Protect ¬ tive tie Association met in New York last Tuesday and elected I L Garside Airside secretary and Matt Byrnes Byres a director A lot of resignations were accepted among them that of Jockey Fred Littlefi Little eld geld This resolution was adopted by the Association Resolved That hereafter no trainer or jockey unless a horse owner shall be eligible to mem memo ¬ bership beers in the Horsemens Horsemen Protective Associa Asocial ¬ tion ion Another resolution which was adopted seems to indicate that the differences between the Pro ¬ tective iterative Association and the Jockey Club have been adjusted as is undoubtedly the fact The stewards of the Jockey Club met Wednes Swedes ¬ day and agreed upon the following apportion ¬ ment meant of dates for 1898 for the clubs conducting racing under its jurisdiction jurisdictionWashington jurisdiction Washington Jockey Club spring meeting April 11 to 23 Queens County Jockey Club spring meeting April 25 to May 5 summer meeting Aug Au 15 to 25 autumn meeting Oct 24 to Nov 8 8Westchester Westchester Esthete Racing Association spring meet ¬ ing King May 7 to 26 autumn meeting Oct 1 to 22 Brooklyn Jockey Club spring meeting May 28 to June 16 autumn meeting Sept 13 to 29 29Coney Coney Island Jockey Club spring meeting June 18 to July 4 autumn meeting Aug Au 23 to Sept 10 10Brighton Brighton Beach Racing Association July 6 to Aug Au 9 9Saratoga Saratoga Racing Association July 28 to Aug Au 27 27All All dates are inclusive
