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GOSSIP OF THE TURF TURFThe Tufted The racing bill before the two bodies of the Illinois Legislature has a chance to pass it provides for 157 days racing and is a measure that adds to the revenue of the state The tax ¬ ation action provisions of the bill are well built and its general terms sensible and correct Should local troubles not bring about political division the bill will pass Should it become a lawj law Washington Park will open its gates in 1898 for probably its old term of twentyfive twenty days This will leave 132 days for the other Chicago courses Hawthorne and Harlem would get ninety days under the law leaving fortytwo forty days for the three Indiana tracks at Lakeside Sheffield and Forsyth Forsythia The Indiana tracks by mere exis Lexis ¬ tence thence and past use have become fixed items in the Chicago racing field Monopoly in racing is not more healthy than in other lines An agreement between all track owners seems probable under the terms of the measure should it pass on some such basis as this Washington Park 25 days daysHawthorne Hawthorne 45 days daysHarlem daycare Harlem 45 days daysLakeside Lakeside IP days daysSheffield Sheffield 15 days daysForsyth daystars Forsyth Forsythia 12 days daysTotal Daytona Total 157 days daysAs daystars As a matter of revenue Illinois would proba probe ¬ bly ably get from 30000 to 10000 a year through the measure from the three Chicago race tracks alone and some 150000 from all the race tracks within its limits The passage of the bill w uld auld give Chicago from five to eight millions of dollars worth of business which has gone to Cincinnati St Louis and the East for the past three years and benefit the breeders of the state by nearly as large a sum In addition it would aid the breeders and owners of American thoroughbreds by four or five times that amount The business men of Chicago might well send to the members of the Illinois legis leis ¬ lature Lauren their idea of what they have lost by the closing of Washington Park and the two other high class race courses iniCook ionic county Such testimony would make tfle file passage of Senator Fitzpatricks Fitzpatrick measure a surety suretyFrank surety Frank Shaw is said to Jiave Jive a good thing within his present control a bicycle brake that is likely to yield him another fortune He is in New York and bound for England to protect the device at that corner I hope Shaws Haws device will make him rich again He has been rich a score of times only to drift to poverty through the avenues of chancetaking cabinetmaking Shaw is as straight up and down a fellow as I ever ran against upon the race track He was abused and accused of trickery when at his best in a financial way I knew him well and kept track of his operations in 1891 1892 and 1893 when he was most active about the turf All the big actors about racing speculation are marked and used by furtive turfmen Turkmen Shaw was liberal and got all the information that way on tap He relied upon information and won and lost fortunes in betting about it Several times he was nearly half a million strong Shaws Haws mere carelessness failure to check informa informal ¬ tion ion with public form settled him himThere hither There never was a more daring player than Shaw He would bet 20000 or so on a mere notion and when the Covington Coving rooms and the Garfield Park foreign book were good there was hardly a limit to the amount they would take he frequently bet 50000 a day His bets by wire almost made the post price Certainly they cut a deep figure about it Shaw was abused by the papers and held up as a manipu Manitou lator later of turf tools As a matter of fact ho was what the keeners of the turf call a sucker He was into everything a nervous busy Amer Amber ican Rican who had to put the steam within him into every open avenue He bought the betting privilege and fought the socalled scaled Western Bookmakers Association at Washington Park j during the Worlds Fair season It cost him nearly 100000 because the bookmakers opposed his 150 a day scheme Shaw filled up his own ring and lost He owes a lot of money about this scheme today If he ever gets the price Shaw will pay all his debts I hope he will get it itThe tiThe The eastern campaign of Piccolo the racing qualities of which Shaw leased in 1892 cost him another fortune The horse was fast but a coward and a failure F H BRUNELL BRUNEI Mr J E Seagram headed the list of Canadian winning owners last year with total stable earn ¬ ings dings of 16915 of which Havoc contributed 5510 and Joe Miller 3000 Others who stood well in the winning list were Mr Orpen Open 8905 Adam Beck 8650 N Dyment Doyen 6335 William Hendrie Henries 5390 Smith Co 3540 Rothert Brother Gorman 3020 and J P Dawes Awes 1225 With two such good 3yearolds in his string as Har Hara ¬ vey very and Laverock Laver Mr Hendrie Henries should do better this year T D Carter has such a lengthy string of 2 yearolds earls for the campaign of 98 that ho will be in hard luck indeed if he does not develop one or more topsawyers topsiders Here are the names of the young hopefuls hopefulsHydren hopefuls Hydren Hayden b c by Bradford Bay Gal GalFeliz Alveoli Feliz Felix b f by Bradford Voltrina Volitional VoltrinaTurn Volitional Turn Coat b f by Bradford Stella V VBabe Babe Babe Robertson bf by Bradford Jennie Ten Broeck Brock BroeckGoldfish Goldfish ch f by Wawecus Watercourse Cretonia Creston CretoniaHump Creston Hump b c by Wawecus Watercourse Surprise SurpriseAdvantage Surprised Advantage b c by Wawecus Watercourse Lizzie Tizzies G GBonesotter Bonesetter Bonesotter Bonesetter b f by Wawecus Watercourse Bonheur Boner BonheurIce Boner Ice Cream b f by Inspector B Carrie H Babe Carter b f by Kingston Jennie Porter PorterQuartered Forequarter Quartered Oak b c by Kingston Pearl Ash AshEdgebrook Shrewder Edgebrook Edger b c by Ormond Mormon dOr doer Itinerant ItinerantThe Itinerant The Crawfish ch f by Order The Shrimp ShrimpPetosky Shipments Petosky Patsy ch c by Order Starling StarlingTzigani Starling Tzigani Titanic ch f by FaustusNina Faustian W WBlack Black Black Lad br c by Pontico Pontiac Black Gal GalDr Alder Dr Graves b c by Pontico Pontiac Verosa Versa VerosaGussme Gussme Gusset b f by Pontico Pontiac Mary H HProtect Protect Protect b f by Pontico Pontiac Mary W R W Walden Sons have claimed names for the following round dozen 2yearolds Chemisette Chemise br f by Stonehenge Chemise ChemiseFiligrane Chemise Filigrane Filigree b c by Galore Fillette Filleted FilletteBen Filleted Ben Nut br c by Iroquois BenMaChree Menarche BenMaChreeCherry Cherry Pit b c by Eolus Bolus Cerise CeriseGold Cerise Gold Fox ch cy Silver Fox Carita Caritas CaritaRustle Carters Rustle ch c by Eolus Bolus Tillie Lillie Russell RussellTyron Russell Tyron Tyrone br c by Tyrant Queen Bess Bests BessMiss Bessie Miss Marks b f by Galore Phoebe Marks MarksMorriness Morriness Merriness b f by Tom Ochiltree Ichnite Merry One OneConfuse Honeycombs Confuse ch f by Macaroon Uproar UproarEffort Uproar Effort blk balk c by Iroquois Nellie Grand GrandMartha Grandma Martha Fox blk balk f by Silver Fox Martha Washington WashingtonThere Washington There is one colt in this lot Cherry Pit that will be carefully considered by turf speculators when he comes to the post for he is a full brother to one of the best horses that ever stood on iron the truly great racer Morello Marcello Col Cool W S Barnes proprietor of the noted Melbourne Stud Farm denies that he intends to again embark actively in racing and in a letter to DAILY RACING FOEM OEM says I wish you would deny the report that I have regularly returned to the turf I will race a stable but not as a business My business is breeding with annual sales I have sixtyfive sixty j as fine broodmares as any one owns headed by Jim Gore and Prince of Monaco arid the finest equipped place around Lexington LexingtonI Lexington I kept of my own breeding and bought seven finely bred fillies for broodmares and with two colts that were out of condition at the time of my sale two that purchasers failed to pay for and three 3yearolds I already had this consti const ¬ tutes tutees my stable and after development they will all be for sale saleFrom saleroom From this it is apparent Col Cool Barnes has no intention of more than a brief return to the place he once so worthily occupied as one of the class of turfmen Turkmen who give character and stand ¬ ing King to the turf In his letter he announces his departure for Florida where he will remain for some time recuperating slightly impaired health
