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GOSSIP OF THE TDKF. Secretary Croft announces the following as a complete statement of entries to the recently closed stakes of the Brighton Beach Association. One hundred and twenty-four owners or nominators have entered horses to run. The three stakes for two-year-old fillies have 206 .and the seven other races for two-year-olds 538 entries, while the races for the older division have filled proportionately as well. The two cross-country fixtures received fifty-seven nominations. The summarized list follows : For two-year-olds First Attempt Stakes, 5-8 mile, 87; Undergraduate Stakes, 5 1-2 furlongs, -80; Winged Foot Handicap, 5 8 mile, 71; Electric Handicap, fillies, 34 mile, 57; Distaff Stakes, fillies, 5 1-2 furlongs, 80; Spinster Stakes, fillies, 3-4 mile, 69; Rising Generation Stakes, 3-4 mile, 71; Atlantic Stakes, 34 mile, 76; Choice Stakes, 34 mile, 62; Moutauk Stakes, 34 mile, 88. Total, 744. Average, 74 4-10. For three-year-olds Nautilus Stakes, 1 1-16 miles, 31; Saragossa Stakes, fillies, 1 mile, 33; Sea Gull Handicap, 1 mile, 52; Glen Cove Handicap, 1 1-16 miles, 45; Babylon Stakes, 7-8 mile, 51; Peconic Stakes, 11-8 miles, 35; Sea Gate Stakes, 114 miles, 36. Total, 286. Average. 40 6-7. For three-year-olds and upward Brighton Handicap, 1 14 milo3, 54; Test Handicap, 1 mile, 36; Flight Handicap, 3-4 mile, 44; Brighton Cup, 2 14 miles, 28; Sea Cliff Stakes, 3-4 mile, 37; Islip Stakes, 1 mile, 35; Jamaica Stakes, 7-8 mile, 33. Total, 267. Average, 38 1-7. Punchestown Steeplechase, full course, 32; Chantilly Hurdle Race, 1 1-2 miles, 25. Total, 57. Average, 28 1-2. Here is a horse yarn told at New Orleans by Harry White which has the merit of being true : "Some seven years ago Chris Smith took from the Messrs. Morris, out of a selling race, at Shoepshead Bay, a mare named Hypatica, out of Maggie B. B., the dam of the famous i racehorse and sire, Iroquois, the amount paid ; for her being ,500. Some time subsequently Theodore Winters, the millionaire Montana , turfman, who was wont to take his vacation i from the slope by coming to St. Paul and Chi-cago . to see his horses, which ho had bred race, , ; i . , saw Hypatica. and impressed with her individuality and her royal breeding, he at once entered into negotiations with Smith for the mare. Smith had at different times previously bought from the Montana breeder Cal-lie Ferguson, Noretta, Dollie McCone and the peerless Yo Tambien. As Hypatica had broken down, her owner turned her over to Mr. Winters with the understanding that she was to be bred to El Rio Rey on shares. I drew up the contract and witnessed it, one of the provisions being that the parties to it were to share equally the expense of shipping the mare west and bringing her back to Chicago again in the event that for any reason she should be returned. Another proviso was that the foals, if any should be sold, the proceeds to be divided equally between the parties. The first foal was a chestnut colt. In the meantime Smith had become indebted to Sol Sharp, the Cincinnati poolroom man, since deceased, and by way of settlement he had hypothecated his interest in the foal. Mr. Sharp afterwards bought Mr. Winters interest in the youngster and named him after the place in which he had made his money Covington, Ky. Such is the story of the horse which won here a few days ago at odds of 100 to 1, and a couple of days later finished second with 30 to 1 against his chances one of the most royally bred horses at this track. Acting through L. P. Tarlton as his attorney, E. F. Simms caused the following notice to the parents of jockey T. Burns to be issued last Saturday. "New Orleans, January 14,1899. "John Burns and Mary Burns, His Wife: You are hereby notified that I will require the services of your son Thomas to exercise my horses, etc., at the track of the New Louisville Jockey Club on and after January 21, 1899, in accordance with the terms and obligations of the contract entered into with you, he being a minor. I demand that he shall report at said track on said date and enter upon the di scharge of the duties imposed upon him by the terms of our contract, for the due performance of which you, for a valuable consideration, obligated him and ourselves. E. F. Simms." This is calculated to put the case in tangible shape. In the event that Burns fails to comply with the demand made by Mr. Simms in tho notice served upon his parents as above, then tho next move on the part of Mr. Simms will be to refer the entiro matter to tho Executive Com-mitte of the New Louisville Jockey Club,,to be acted upon by them or to be referred by them for final action to the Turf Congress. A Lexington dispatch to the Louisville Courier-Journal says: "The report that tho horsos here had something like the grip is not considered seriously by the breeders. There have been a few horses sick of colds, as is always tho case at this season of the year, but, as far as there being any alarm over this sickness, this is far from true. Nor do tho breeders anticipate tho large percentage of slipping this season as has been the case for two or three seasons. Last spring many mares lost their foals, as they did also year before last, and this accounts for the shortage in the crop of two-year-olds at this time to a great extent. This probably cuts a larger figure in this direction than tho failure to breed mares, although this is one of the principal reasons for said shortage It is calculated by tho best posted breeders that this seasons crop of foals will bo double that of last spring." Tho Conoy Island Jockey Club, looking to a perpetuation of its present happy environment, has just consummated a deal by which it has secured about one hundred acres of land around the beautiful Sheepshead Bay track. It should bo a matter of congratulation to all turfmen that this arrangement will.probably insure tho continuance of the old track in the condition as now for several years at least. With the removal of the two or three stables at the lower end of the track beyond the paddock, tho project to create a park around the track may very easily be carried out, and the whole wonderfully improved. One of the important features ofhe acquirement of the additional property is the fast that Sheepshead will have a seven furlong straightaway course. Over this the Flatbush Stakes will most probably be run instead of on the circular track, as heretofore. The alteration in track and surroundings will be made as soon as possible, and visitors to the popular old course may be agreeably surprised this season at its changed appearance. Morning Telegraph. Promptly on receipt of intelligence of the favorable action of the Jockey Club in awarding open dates to Saratoga, the list of stakes to be offered there to close March 1, was mado pnblic. It is as follows : For two-year-olds Congress Handicap, ,000; Grand Union Stakes, double event, S1Q,000 and ,000 each; Pepper Stakes, ,000; G H. Mumm and Co. Stakes, ,000; Worden House Stakes, Allies, ,000; the Fleischmann Stakes, ,000 and 00 cup; McGrathiana Stakes, ,000. For three-year-olds Madden Stakes, ,000 added; Hendrie Stakes, fillies, 50 added: United States, ,000 added. For three-year-olds and upward Spencer Handicap, ,250 added; Citizen-Merchants Handicap, ,000; Saratoga Grand Prize, ,000. For all ages Kearney Stakes, ,000 added; Bevorwyck Steeplechase, ,000; Kensington Hurdle Handicap, ,000. The following stakes for 1900 and 1901 are also announced to close on December 1, 1899: Saratoga Derby, 1900, three-year-olds, one and one-half miles, ,000; Carnation, 1900, two-year-old fillies, five furlongs, ,000; Criterion Stakes, 1900, two-year-olds, six furlongs, 0,-000; Grand Prize, 1900, three-year-olds and upward, one and one eighth miles, 0,000; Grand Prize, 1901. three-year-olds and upward, one and one-eighth miles, 0,000.
