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GOSSIP Off THE TCRF. The following horses were declared from the 0,000 Brooklyn Derby January 1,1899: Zoroaster, Hungarian, The Purser, Yale Tide, Method, Muggins, Knight of the Bobo, Croker, Silver Beaux, Moya. Mallakawa, Owyhee, Lime Water, Gold Car, El Mido, Chopin, Asthore, Liberal, Impartial, Tulane, Somers, Bobert, Federal, Hopkins, Holdup, Hopscotch, Sharp, less, Overboard, Keep Time, Chanler, Holden, Improvident, Hindoo--Jennie Blue colt, Epping, Landgrave, Highwater, Tartan, Catapult, Interferer, St. Lorenzo, Young Exile, Cosmopolitan, Passaic, Spurs, Holland, Wertheim, Hapsburg, Artisan, Mayor Grant, Ordinate, Sol, Colonel Tenny, Huitzilopochtli, Prestidigita-trice, Lumen, Little Reggie, Appendix, Procession, Aureus, Hood, Magnum, Cherry Pit, Vermouth, and bay colt, by Ben Strome Haven. Declarations from Morris Park stakes, due April 1, are: from the Juvenile Stakes, for 2-year-olds, 5 ; the Fashion Stakes, for 2-year-olds, 5; the Eclipse Stakes, for 2-year-olds, 0. Declarations are due May 1, from the National Stallion Stakes, for 2-year-olds, 5 and the Nursery Handicap, for 2-year-olds, 5. Supplementary entries to the last named stake close May 1. The Horse Fancier give3 the following list of winnings of 1898 by the stables of various owners: Owners. Sts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Won. John E Madden. ..130 16 23 17 4,405 Bromley and Co ....165 24 24 25 22,185 Mrs EO Pepper... 32 10 7 2 18 280 W a Jennings and Co 43 16 5 8 17,437 F B and T Hitchcock 87 25 12 11 14,360 W H Clark 41 9 6 1 8,635 Arthur Wnite 36 7 6 5 8,440 August Belmont.. 46 11 7 6 7,930 David J. Hardesty is endeavoring to raise a fund by subscriptions from breeders, turfmen and citizens who dislike to see the oldest racetrack in this country obliterated, sufficient to buy the Lexington track and provide for the continuance of racing over it in the future. He has met with encouragement and thinks he will succeed. Wi C. Daly thinks he has discovered a jockey of tho future in little Slack who rode Sensational in a race a few days agj and is credited with offering ,000 for a three year contract for the lads services with the. additional inducement of 5 for winning mounts.
