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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Mr. C. Jj. Railey, Springhurst, Ky., has a half dozen horses ready for training which it is said will be sent east next month for a campaign over the New York tracks. The string is as fol-. lows : . Gar Avon, ch. g, 4; by Hanover Riplette. Wait Not, ch. c, 3, by Foriso Wait a While. Elfin Conig, blk. c. 2, by Tea Tray Islette. Swif twater, b. f . 2, by Candlemas Riplette. Fille dOr, br. f, 2, by Galon dOr Joanna. Candling, br. c, 2, by Candlemas L,!Indienne. Last Saturdays , San Francisco Examiner says: "The. racing days of Etta H. are probably over. . The good mare was entered in the fifth race but her legs were in such bad condition that Charley Thorpe, who had the mount, refused to take her to the post. He was on the way to the barrier when the mare stumbled. Becoming aware of her condition, he came back to the stand. By this action he forestalled the judges, who were just about to call him back. H. F. Edwards was fined 0 for sending Etta H. to the post when not in condition to race. She is so near to breaking down that the trainer yesterday was afraid to warm her up and sent her to the starter without her preliminary canter. Under the California Jockey Club rules there is no sanction for the action the judges took in scratching the mare after she had gone to the post, but their action is to be commended. The money of those who bet on her would have been burned up had she started. Again, she might have stumbled or fallen and caused a serious accident." The Kentuckian is probably attracting more attention than any other horse at the Downs at present, because he is the only colt therewith any pretentions toward being a Derby candidate. Trainer Van Meter is pointing the colt for the Memphis Derby, and all of the stable think well of his chances in Tennessees classic turf event. In speaking of the colts chances, Mr. Van Meter said : "On two-year-old form I think we have a chance in the race. The Kentuckian last season showed his ability to take up his weight and go a distance in any kind of going. He is a colt with a splendid disposition, and has rounded into a better three-year-old than I ever expected. At the end of last season he was a trifle lower in flesh than I wanted him, but despite the fact that he has jogged his five or six miles every day, he is constantly gaining in flesh and in a week or two will be in just the shape I want him, for all of the flesh that he is taking on is hard and substantial." Louisville Courier-Journal. Furst Brothers, the Cincinnati owners, will have a much larger stable on the turf next season than they did during the year of 1898. Pretty Rosie is the star of the string. He, was a cracking good colt last year, and gives, promiso of being a high class 3-year-old. A chestnut colt, by Forester Ina D., is the most likely looking animal of the 2-year-olds in this stable, which is made up of the following: Pretty Rosie, ch. c, 3, by Bona Schoenfeld ; Adaline. Chestnut colt, 2, by Forester Ina D. Chestnut colt, 2, by Chance Bellgale. Chestnut colt, 2, by Tetra Bengaline,. Bay colt,- 2, by Bersan Ella Martin. The stable will probably open the season at Louisville next May. Cincinnati Enquirer. B. Schreiber has sold to C. P. Fink the Ibay colt Ulm, 3, by Balgowan Pennyroyal, for 00, and to! P. Ryan, of Chicego.Jhe chestnut geld-ingjRacivan, 3, by Racine Evangeline, for 00.
