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GOSSIP OF THE TURF Joseph J Burke is well known as one of the presiding spirits over the racing at Washington Park In connection with H A Buck editor of the Spirit of the Times of New Yorkhe Yorker offers a carefully compiled and edited work to be known as Horses in Training which will give carefully indexed a list of all the horses en ¬ gaged gagged in stakes or likely to run this year on all the eastern courses The book is on the promise of its publishers to be full and com ¬ plete pete It will be of great value to the public and to horsemen In paper covers 50 cents morocco covers 1 H A Buck Spirit of the Times P O Box 938 New York N Y The Breeder Sportsman of San Francisco an excellent journal occasionally turns to humor Heres Hermes a bit of it A young man stood looking at Barney Schreibers Schreiber book last Satur Saturn ¬ day A tout came along and spotting the new ¬ comer said Say did you see who that big fllow flow is who bet that great wad of money on linstock flintlock Oh yes was the quiet reply that was Riley Grannan Granada 1 The tout sneaked off to recover his breath Last Fridays Breeder and Sportsman says There was a meeting of the Board of Stewards of the California Jockey Club last night The application of Eddie Jones for reinstatement was denied and it was further resolved that he hereafter be barred off the track Both Spencer and Taylor were reinstated and the former will ride in the Burns Handicap on Saturday Taylor was set down for a bad ride on Major Cook The case of Harry Wise was reopened and a number of witnesses were examined including Goodin Godwin who engineered the ranging The latter strenuously asserts that Wise was aii ii in ¬ nocent docent victim and that he substituted the mare on his responsibility There are several more witnesses to be examined before the Board will reach a decision The following are amendments to the Rules of Racing to be presented at the next regular monthly meeting of the Jockey Club ClubRule Curled Rule 151 By the addition of the following as the first paragraph No exercise riders grooms or other employes employees in a racing stable shall be allowed on the grounds of any association whose race meetings are held under these rules until they have ob ¬ tained stained a license from the stewards of the Jockey Club Such license shall be good until revoked or suspended by the stewards of the Jockey Club and no fee shall be charged for it itRule true Rule 152 By striking out of the first para ¬ graph and substituting the following No owner or trainer shall engage any such person who has not obtained a license and whp whap has not a written discharge from his last employer employerOriginal employer Original paragraph read as follows No owner or trainer shall engage any such person who has not a written discharge from his last employer employerRule employer Rule 152 By striking out the third paragraph and substituting the following Any owner or trainer infringing this rule shall be fined and if he continues to employ such person after notice has been served on him through the secretary of the stewards of the Jockey Club either person ¬ ally or by letter addressed to his usual postoffice postfixes address he shall be fined suspended or ruled off offOriginal offering Original paragraph read as follows Any owner or trainer infringing this rule shall be fined not less than 100 and if he continues to employ or to harbor such person after notice has been served upon him by the late employer through the secretary of the stewards of the Jockey Club either personally or by letter ad ¬ dressed to his usual postoffice postfixes he shall be ruled off According to the Turf Guide the get of the following stallions wonS20000 or more in 1897 Hanover 116140 116140Rayon Rayon dOr doer 65247 65247Himyar Himyar Shimmy 58016 58016Kinglike Kinglike 46427 46427Iroquois Iroquois 43850 43850Friars Friars Balsam 40160 40160Deceiver Deceiver 38761 38761The The Bard 37260 37260SirDixon SirDixon Silicon 35085 35085Strathmoro Strathmoro Statehood 33614 33614Falsetto Falsetto 32159 32159HairiOFallon HairiOFallon 31580 31580Wagner Wagner 30993 30993St St Carlo 28333 28333Meddler Meddler 27429 27429Onondaga Onondaga 26391 26391Dkeof Dkeof Def Montse Monte 25184 25184Brutus Brutus Bruits 23767 23767Emp Emp Kemp of Norfolk 23195 23195St St Blaise Blains 21106 Order 71770 71770Bramble Bramble 64701 64701Fonso Fonso Fonts 52813 52813Pirate Pirate of Pnzce Ponce 44999 Midlothian Militia 41688 41688Hindoo Hindoo Indoor 39455 39455Leonatus Leonatus Lents 37580 37580Salvator Salvator Salvatore 36590 36590Rosington Rosington Resignation 34894 34894HaydenEdwards HaydenEdwards Hayden 32556 32556SirModred SirModred Simpered 32036 32036Buchanan Buchanan 31201 31201Candlemas Candlemas Candelas 28354 28354Jim Jim Gore 27502 27502Whistle Whistle Jacket 27122 27122Spendthrift Spendthrift 25936 25936Belvidere Belvidere Belvedere 24260 24260Cavalier Cavalier 23305 23305Esher Esher Esther 21447 21447Linden Linden 20828
