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GOSSIP OF THE TURF Secretary Hopper yesterday gave an order for a supply of badges and day admission tickets Mr Hopper did not place this order because an extension of the present meeting had been decided upon but simply to be prepared in the event such an extension may be arranged for No action has yet been taken by the Latouia Latvia management on the petition of the horsemen for an ex ¬ tension of the meeting The petition in fact has not as yet got beyond Secretary Hop ¬ per and the matter of prolonging the meeting has never been considered It is reasonably certain though that if there should be a few days of pleasant weather before the middle of next week the wish of many of the horsemen for an extension will be complied with The fact that some of the Lexington people are contem contemn fc e meeting the last two weeks of Novem Novena cffifay efficacy be taken to indicate that the Latonia Antonia management figures on running after Novem Novena ¬ ber beer 3 Sanford Lyne Lynne representing the Lexing Flexing ¬ ton people and ColonelApplegate Colonel recently had a conference with reference to racing in thib thin section and an undorstanding understanding was reached chat if the weather should warrant the Latonia Antonia racing would be continued 10 days or two weeks to be followed by a meeting at Lexing Flexing ¬ ton the Latonia Antonia magnates agragingto garaging help out tt Lexington rP ° pl Everything now de ponds on the kind of weather had hereabouts in the next few days Cincinnati Enquirer A dispatch from New York says that S C Hildreth Children has contracted to train the fine lot of horses Sydney Paget Page has gathered for exSecre existence ¬ tary tarry of the Navy W C Whitney He is to take charge with the beginning of the new year It is a part of the deal that the best of Hildreths Childbirths horses are to bo purchased by Mr Whitney leaving the others to be disposed of by the former as he sees fit The transaction is one that insures skilful arid sagacious manage ¬ ment meant of the Whitney horses next year A more competent trainer than Sam Hildreh Children does not exist A masterly judge of condition tempera ¬ ment meant and capacity of horses Hildreth Children is also a rarely good veterinary and in securing him Mr Whitney has done the one thing necessary to secure the best results from the costly lot of horses he has purchased to which George Keene St Callatine Palatine and Toluca Toucan will be no mean addition Hildreths Childbirths long connection with rac race ¬ ing King in the west will cause western turfmen Turkmen to observe his career in the east with interest interestIt interest It is stated that the following owners now at Latonia Antonia have signified their intention to take part in the winter campaign at New Orleans and have asked for stable room for the number of horses here indicated J T Stewart 12 H J Scog Cog gan Egan 10 P Tomlinon Dominion 15 McAvoy Cavy Applegate Appellate 10 J Marklein Marlin 14 R Rome 10 W Donohue Downpour 8 A B McLaughlin 11 JH Smith 10 WJSpeirs Jaspers 8 A C Franklin B V Grossman J F Grofer Gofer P Browning R J Hiner Hinder Rutledge Rustled Stevens J B Respass Trespass J W Hutsill Huntsville G H Brown W O Scully Sully W R Griffin each 6 MacLouden Malone R H Bronaugh Baronage Co S J Charles W M Wallace I W A Bennett H D Brown and T F Buckley each 5 W E Phillips B L Marders Madders W F Dado P M Civill Civilly V W Lister Blister W A Wright and Fisher Tarr Tarry 4 each Lew Blew Marion W F Dair Dairy J Nailor Jailor D Lamasney Lamasery H Higgins K D Orr Rr W M Car ¬ roll F Shafer Frank Leigh T D Carter P Grogan Groan J B Ferguson R McMillan Macmillan each 3 John Clay W A Kirwan Iran S M Henderson Enders F J Bovine W C Bryant George Holt J Carroll J A Lynch and Dave Fleming 2 each and R Jones and A B Dade 1 each Wm Lakeland spent some little time with Tod Todd Sloan while at Newmarket Newark and he states that the reports of the jockeys hold on the favor of the English racegoers racehorse are not a bit ex ¬ aggerated aggregated Ho says that while in a harness makers shop at Newmarket Newark he saw a crowd coming down the street pushing and crowding to get a view of somebody or something He walked to the door of the shop to see what was causing the excitement and found it was a de ¬ sire to get a glimpse of Sloan stable boys idlers and the townspeople generally gaping at him as if he were a traveling magician or mountebank mountebankAs mountebanks As for English racing Lakeland said he was disappointed for the reason that the public soes shoes so little of the running some of the fin ¬ ishes dishes at Newmarket Newark being a quarter of a mile away from the stand standSloan standalone Sloan tried to induce Lakeland to bring oyor boor some of his horses next spring but his per ¬ suasion failed to bring any promises New York Journal
