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GOSSIP OF THE TURF TURFM TURF M F Dwyers Dyers son Charles went to England with Tod Todd Sloan Commenting on thie thief the New York Sun says Young Dwyer will act in a sort of advisory capacity to Sloan as Ed Gaines did during Sloans Slogans previous foreign expedition The fortunes of the Dwyer family are not what they formerly were and young Dwyer hopes to win back the money that his father lost on the British courses The family is not in any dan ¬ ger gear in a financial souse however When Mike Dwyer had plenty of money he put aside 400 000 To Charles Dwyer was allotted 100000 another 100000 went to Dwyers Dyers daughter and the rest was given to Mis Miss Dwyer But the sum was placed in trust and therefore the prin prim ¬ cipal copal can not be touched as yet Charles Dwyer will not get his patrimony until his twentyfourth Wentworth birthday has been reached so that he has still some time to wait Young Dwyer is not only an expert handicapper but a shrewd judge of horseflesh as well He is as nervy a bettor as his father Sloan will take Dwyors Dwyer advice about accepting mounts The outcome of the Sloan Dwyer combination will be interesting as it is certain that they will e counter many obstacles at first notwithstand notwithstanding ¬ ing King Sloans Slogans reputation reputationThe reputation The Jockey Club has reinstated George R Patterson owner of the horse Burlesque II and Jockey Coley Cooley Thompson who rode Burlesque II in the race at Brighton Beach for which the owner and jockey were ruled off The horse however is barred from all tracks controlled by the Jockey Club William Cheritan Christian owner and James Sennett Bennett trainer of Our Johnny were also reinstated with the same proviso as to the horse being barred from the same tracks Such trimming action is by no means creditable to the stewards of the Jockey Club If the men were guilty of fraud they should be kept in retirement from the turf If they were inno inn ¬ cent the stewards are guilty of gross injustice in depriving them of the value and services of their horses The following owners won 1000 or more at the recent Sheepshead Shepherd Bay meeting William Hendrie Henries 10200 A H D H Morris 10320 E O Pepper 5920 W Lakeland 5960 Syd Yd ¬ ney NE Paget Page 5236 John Daly Dally 4833 Mrs B Mc ¬ Clelland Leland 1180 W B Jennings 3065 J W Schorr Scorer Son 3045 J E Madden 2800 F V Alexander 2750 Eastin Easton Larabie Laramie 2740 A J Joyner Joiner 2600 T F Barrett Barrette Co 1850 M Clancy 1652 James R Keene 1480 Mr Chamblet Hamlet 1470 Green B Morris 1400 P J Dwyer 1385 F R T Hitchcock 1370 LS W P Thompson 1205 J W Colt 1170 C Littlefield Littered Jr 1120 August Belmont 1112 Deimel Decimal Farrell 1030 The crack lightweight Maher has signed to ride for W H Clark in 1899 and 1900 for a re ¬ ported salary of 10000 per annum The rise of this boy hasbeen Hansen singularly rapid but his prominence seems to be the deserved result of genuine and well sustained skill in the saddle Of his employer Mr Clark an exchange says This gentleman promises to be a great acquisi acquits ¬ tion ion to the turf In addition to owning a big string of hoses he has bought land somewhere in the neighborhood of Yonkers on which a splendidly equipped racetrack will be built And it is understood that several very influential men are interested with Mr Clark His duties in connection with the bfg bf St Louis fair prevented Secretary Joe Murphy from accepting a pressing invitation to fill the post of presiding judge at the Sacramento Cal meeting which begins September 19 He will probably be able to go to the coast however in time to preside at the Los Angeles meeting and from there will go to San Francisco to act as judge at the winter meetings at the Oakland and Ingleside Ingles tracks tracksJockey tracks Jockey Thorpe has contracted to ride another year for Burns Waterhouse Warehouse but he is credited with declaring that it will be his last season in the saddle and that at its conclusion he intends to go into business in either San Francisco Chicago or Cincinnati There is no better jockey riding in this country than Thorpe He is honest and capable and his retirement would be a loss to the turf Mr Sydney Paget Page in behalf of W C Whitney is reported to have offered 14000 for Black Venus after her fine performance in winning the Great Eastern Handicap an offer that was refused The fillys fills defeat Thursday has prob probe ¬ ably reduced her value a few thousands thousandsBeginning thousands Beginning Monday the first race at Harlem will be called at 2 oclock o'clock sharp Special race trains will leave the Grand Central Station at 1230 and 115 p m A clerk will be at Haw ¬ thorne thorn this morning to take entries for Mon ¬ day s laces
