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GOSSIP OF THE TURF P Lorillards Lorillard trainer John Huggins Higgins sailed from New York for England Wednesday In discussing some of the features of racing in England last year Huggins Higgins said Sloans Slogans riding was good enough but his management at the post and style of racing out in front helped him a great deal as he took the English riders by suprise supervise They call it a good start where the horses get away with the field anywhere within six or eight lengths from the first to the last and nearly always they will steady their horses to make their race at the finish Sloan quick to move would get an ad ¬ vantage at the start and lying over his horse sail along with enough the best of it to land him first in many cases casesIf cases If I had the pick of American jockeys how ¬ ever to take to England I would take Willie Martin He rides well enough to suit me and he can tell better than any rider I have ever talked with what happened in a race The English think it disgraceful to see a horse cut up with whip and spur and when Simms Sims was over there he came very near getting into serious trouble over the way he spurred a horse I may mention one English custom that particu paretic ¬ larly glary pleased me that is the way horses are pulled up when they are beaten A horse may be second or third but when whenthe whether the rider realizes that he is beaten he is at liberty to pull up and not a word is ever said The same thing in this country would cause endless criticism and com ¬ plaint though all the whipping and spurring in the world couldnt couldn't make the horse win winWhen writhen When you work your horse in England you dont don't do it on a circular track in the American style You have a straight course and gallop as far as you want to then work back and go over again The trainers have to ride if they wish to oversee the work workAs works As to what your horse has done in a race you have to take somebody elses else word for most of it You can pick the part ef the race you want to see and that is all you will see If you take a place to see the finish you must depend on your jockey to tell you what happened at the start and in the early stages of the race A most entertaining writer about the broad side of turf events in England OH from New ¬ market in the New York Sun has this to say in a recent letter letterThat letterhead That the States will be formidably repre prepare ¬ sented scented on the race courses here next season there is already some evidence and I hear some youngsters are due as I send this at Newmarket Newark from New York consigned to the Beresford Hereford and Lorillard partners The wonder is we do not see more of your countrymen owning racers on this side though for that matter our own colors are not much seen on your side Once begun it would not take long to make such cross pur pour ¬ poses fashionable It would be difficult to say among which people the most prejudice exists in these matters Englishmen hear extravagant tales about Yankee jealous ¬ ies dies and doubtless some of our owners would approach certain American race courses with something more than temerity We may get over these little feelings After all England is despite some prejudiced opinions spread mischievously as tolerant a sporting ground as any on earth Even our Derby has been won four times since Blair Athols Atolls year by Count de Lagrange in 1865 with Gladia Glad teur tour in 1875 by Prince Batthyany Bethany with Galo Gallo pin in 1876 by Mr A Baltazzi Palazzo with Kisber Kaiser and in 1881 with Iroquois owned by your countryman Mr Pierre Lorillard who I hear is now in Florida but intends a journey to Europe in the spring springThe springtide The most remarkable record in this w J was accomplished for the Oaks in 1875 when the two Frenchmen3 M Lupin Lupine and Count F de Lagrange ran a dead heat with Enguerrande Enumerate and Camelia Camellia Baron Hirsch was the last for ¬ eigner feigner to win in great threeyearold races with withLa withAl La Fleche After his return from Lexington Mr Rolla Olla Wells of St Louis had this to say of the recent action of the Turf Congress Board of Appeals of which he is a member We assume no juris juries ¬ diction over the outlawed tracks in Maryland They are located in the territory of the Jockey Club Owners jockeys and officials who have engaged in racing on these tracks must first settle their troubles with the eastern organiza organza ¬ tion ion before we will permit them to pursue their vocation on the Western tracks This is the last time the American Turf Congress will extend clemency to owners jockeys or officials guilty of violating our rule against winter racing Any who do so in the future need not try to get in the good graces of the Turf Congress again I am glad to say that the West will hardly be troubled with winter tracks very soon again There are none operating this winter Racing is a sport and should not be subordinated to the betting ring Winter tracks are run for gam game ¬ bling baling purposes exclusively If they had not been suppressed it was only a question of a short time before they would have killed racing altogether The American Turf Congress the ruling turf organization of the West is in a healthier condition today than it ever was Every track of any importance in the West be ¬ longs to it and those that cant boast of mem memo ¬ bership beers in the Congress are too glad to race under its rules and regulations Here is a bit of dense comment about the re ¬ cent Turf Congress ruling It comes from New York Dense comment on turf matters is usually foaled in New York The action on the part of the Turf Congress in reinstating the outlaws west of the eighty first meridian line is no doubt an excellent move on the part of the western rulers to get complete control of racing espe ese ¬ cially calmly in Chicago where the prospects are very bright but whether the Jockey Club will recog Greco ¬ nize maize the ruling in regard to the outlaws is a question The Turf Congress may have taken in characters that the eastern rulers would not tolerate There is a hint at a conflict about dates be ¬ tween teen the Detroit Association and the Windsor folks who are also in control of the Canadian racing circuit Detroit refuses to declare for an agreement The news declares that the probable dates for the tracks in the Parmer Parker Hendrie Henries Canadian syndicate are Detroit June 7 to 23 Fort Erie June 25 to July 12 Montreal July 14 to 30 Windsor August 2 to 17 These are the dates only for the summer meetings The Toronto and Hamilton clubs have claimed the dates specified Toronto May 21 to 28 and Hamilton May 30 to June 4 Some of the dates may be changed but they will remain substan substance ¬ tially tidally as announced Windsor claims July 4 to 8 for a trotting meeting while Highland Park claims July 11 to 16 A dispatch announces that Ben Brush will not be sent to England for some time not until after the Brooklyn and Suburban have been decided Talking about the horse a few days ago Starter Chris Fitzgerald said As a mat ¬ ter tear of fact I know that Mr Keene has had his eye on Ben Brush for a long time and that with a view of racing him in England He is essentially a long distance horse and weight makes very little difference to him He is fast either on the turf or in the mud and he will stand any amount of knocking about and ship ¬ ping without getting off his feed He is always ready to eat his bedding if he can get nothing better no matter how much ho has raced and been shipped and upon the whole I believe he will be more successful on the English turf than any horse we have ever sent over not even excepting Foxhall Focally and Iroquois IroquoisW Iroquois W H Laudemans Laundryman string in charge of Trainer A C Franklin Jr has been sent to Memphis The stable is made up of ofEamiro femur Eamiro Ramiro br h 4 by Fonso Fonts Goidie Goodie Cad CadSchedule Cashed Schedule br h 4 by Candlemas Candelas Swift SwiftMelter Swiftest Melter Smelter ch c 3 by Strathmore Stratford Elizabeth L LGoodrich Goodrich Goodrich ch c 3 by Patron Ethel Grey Gray GreyChestnut Grouchiest Chestnut colt 2 brother to Irish Lady by Onondaga Patty of Cork CorkChestnut Scorches Chestnut filly 2 by Hanover Elizabeth L LChestnut Chestnut Chestnut filly 2 by Candlemas Candelas Maid of Bal Gene Leigh is in New York and talking of horses said a day or two ago I do not agree with Pittsburg Pittsburgh Phil as to the chances of Ham ¬ burg not staying I think that he will un ¬ doubtedly doubted prove to bo a great stayer slayer and as grand a threeyearold as he was a twoyearold toehold I do not see why he should not be He should have won the race he ran with Requital and it is surprising to me that this race should be con ¬ sidered sidereal as indicating that Hamburg would not go a distance I consider Hamburg well worth 50000 Out of 151 entries only 30 have been declared out for the Oakley Ankle Derby this year which will makeitOneof malediction the most valuable stakes to be decided in the west during the spring season The Derby will as usual be run on the opening day of the meeting which will be May 21 That a good contest is promised can be seen from the following list of eligibles eligible Hamburg Dan Rice Jackanapes George JackanapesGeorge Jackanapes Keene Plaudit Lieber Libber Karl KarlDr Karl Dr LeePink Bleeping Black Bannockburn Bannock Prince Lee Pink Coat Ed Farrell Pontus PontusGallivant MoneyFriar Mooney Gallivant FrkThompsonSound Money Friar John Don Quixote Ruskin SacketMr Slackest Wall John Bright Sacket Socket Mr Baiter Biter BaiterTwo Batter Two of the entries Malvolio Alveoli and Maclvor Mallory are dead
