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j 1 1 1 , ; i i GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The San Francisco Examiner of Saturday says: "The Pacific Coast Jockey Club stewards last night passed on the cases of a number of riders and owners of racors that had excited the . displeasure of the, Ingleside judges. "Steeplechase rider Goodmans application for reinstatement was rejected. . "Jockey Bullmans suspension was reduced by one day and he will be at liberty to ride today. "Jockey Henry Spencers suspension was set aside, the officials being of the opinion, in visw of Horatios subsequent running, that the boy was not at fault. "In the case of Eddie Jones, the stewards refused to reduce the thirty-day term of suspension. Jockey Earl Cochran, set down for a ride on Little Cripple, which the officials did not like, on November 6, 1896, was reinstated, the board having arrived at the conclusion that the clever lightweight had been sufficiently punished for his offense. J. J. Cassidys application for reinstatement was rejected. He owned the jumper Mestor. P. McMahons case was taken under advisement and the steeplechase rider may be heard again next Friday night. The case of Tom Cook, who ran Chihuahua up in a selling race it is claimed for other persons, was taken under advisement. The stewards refused to take up the case of steeplechase jockey Alf Stanford, suspended indefinitely about one year ago, and it is understood their decision in the matter is final." An incident of recent occurrence at New Orleans is thus set forth in a special to the Cincinnati Enquirer: "Curly Brown yesterday filed a serious charge against Father Bill Daly. It was virtually that of extorting money. The ex-starter claimed that he had engaged Dalys crack lightweight jockey, OConnor, to ride Deyo in a race some time ago, and that Daly, who entered one of his own in the same race, concluding that his candidate did not have a cnance, told him that if he wanted OConnor he must make good the entrance for which he, Daly, had paid for his entry. This Brown did to secure OConnor. That was on December 28. The ex-starter said Dothing about it, however, until Saturday when Daly, as he claims, canceled an engagement which he made a week or more prior to that time for OConnor to ride Deyo in the Crescent City Handicap. That action on the part of Daly angered him, and he then made the charge mentioned against him. The stewards, however, did not consider that Mr. Brown had established his charge, and they accordingly took no action in the matter." Besides some horse3 racing at New Orleans, J. J. Marklein has the following, the property of several owners, in preparation at Memphis: Millstroam, br. c, 4, by Quicklime Monte Rosa. George B. Cox, br. c, 4, by Sir Dixon Cherry Blossom. General Shatter, b. c, 3, by Hanover or Pirate of Penzance Brigerta. Rough Rider, ch. c, 2, by Knight of Ellerslie Emma Mac. Scout, b. c, 2, by Uncas Castalia. Armor, ch. c, 2, by Knight of Ellerslie Clemency. Helmet, ch. c, 2, by Knight of Ellerslie Phoebe. Expelled, ch. c, 2, by Knight of Ellerslie Banishment. Cincinnati, b. c, 2, by Cheviot Activo. King Mark, blk. c, 2, by Tristan Favore. Quantico, b. c, 2, by Potomac Kittie Clark. . . Mr. Whitneys stallions and broodmares have arrived safely at their new quarters at La Belle. A correspondent of a New York newspaper writes of the lot : "Meddler arrived on Wednesday. He and Lissak will be at once sent to La Belle, as will also the thirty-nine broodmares which Mr. Paget bought during the summer and fall. Theae latter have been stabled at Major McDowells farm, the old Henry Clay place, just out of town, where, in company with Mr. Easton and Mr. Paget, I had the pleasure of looking them over. Considering that many of these mares were in very poor condition when purchased, most of them now appear to be in splendid shape. Mr. Paget certainly deserves great credit for the judgment he has exercised in the selection of breeding stock, for it would be difficult to find a generally better bred lot of mares anywhere. "A majority of them, too, are fine individuals, such, for example, as Peg WofBngton, a big, rangy mare of lots of quality; Tnlla Blackburn, possessing great muscular development; Wamsutta, an ideal Longfellow pattern ; Sunny-side, dam of Previous; Roseville, dam of Ben Brush; Equality, dam of Algol, and Souffle, a big, rangy mare, showing quality all over. This latter, by the way, is Mr. Pagets favorite. Others in the lot that impressed me favorably were Madam Reel, Melba, Ruperta, Kildeer, Edith Gray dam of Goodrich, Poetess, Mary C. and Lady Stylites, the latter the dam of Satin Slipper. "Tulla Blackburn is in foal to Iroquois; Kildeer to Meddler; Sunnyside to Meddler; Edith Gray to Hanover; Rosedalo to Bramble; Mary C. to Hindoo; Peg Woffington to Meddler, and Souffle to Buck Massie." Despite the fact dates were assigned the Washington Jockey Club, there is some doubt as to whether there will be any racing there next spring. This is owing to the prosecution of the officers of the club, instigated by a lot of boss gamblers of Washington and Baltimore last fall. Indictments of the officials and of bookmakers who did business at Bennings are still pending. If on trial the club wins the cases there will, no doubt, be racing at Bennings. Otherwise there will probably be none this year. The injury gamblers of the rule-or-ruin stripe have done to racing during the past ten years can hardly be computed.
