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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The Barns Handicap will be decided at Oakland next Saturday. It is by far the most important event of the California racing season. Like the Brooklyn and Suburban it is a mile and a quarter race of the guaranteed value of 510,000. The weights assigned by handicapper Brooks are as follows : Horses. Age.Wgt. Horses. Age.Wsrt. Briar Sweet 4 128 Bendoran 4 125 Altamax 4 124 What er Lou.... 5 122 Buckwa 8 120 SaUuma 7 117 David Tenny 5 116 FlenrdeLis 5 116 Scarborough.... 5 115 Ostler Joe 6 115 Topmast 6 114 Tempo 4 112 La Goleta 4 112 Morellito 4 110 Grady 6 110 Ramiro 6 110 Napamax 4 109 Storm King 5 108 Cromwell 7 108 Eddie Jones .... 4 107 Joe Dllman 5 105 Formero 3 106 First Tenor 3 106 Colonel Wheeler 5 106 Tom Cromwell.. 6 105 G. B. Morris 7 105 Eosinante 5 105 Whl of Fortune 7 104 Torsida 4 104 Bernardillo 5 103 St. Apollinaris.. 4 103 John Farley.... 4 103 Eosormonde .... 4 101 Schiller. 6 100 Our Johnny 5 100 Osculation 4 100 Sardonic 4 100 Ventoro 3 1C0 Espionage 3 99 St Simonian.... 4 98 Los Medanos.... 3 97 Morinel 4 96 Eecreation 4 96 Suscol 4 95 Lime Water 3 95 Gauntlet 3 95 Frohman 4 94 Humidity 3 94 Maud Ferguson. 3 94 Rainier 3 93 Miss Marion 3 93 Ulm 3 90 Saintly 3 90 Violence 3 90 Tenebrae 3 90 Gilberto 3 85 Baby King 3 85 Rosebeau 3 85 Jingle Jingle.... 3 85 Barney Schreiber, who holds a good share of Ingleside track stuck, says about the trouble over the recently passed ordinance: "If I had my way Twould shut up the track. Whats the use? You cant beat the law. It has been passed, and is ironclad, the police are here to enforce it, and why not submit gracefully? We are only losing by opposition and gain nothing in the eyes of the public. In fact, we only hurt ourselves with the public. I havent talked with anybody, but I think the prospects of finishing the season at Oakland are good. I think , we can get the Oakland track if we ask for it." This is the right kind of talk. If a law is unjust, bad or mercenary, test it in the courts. Law fighting outside courts has done more harm to racing than any one of its many bad attachments. T, P. HayeB has fourteen two-year-olds in training at Memphis. Names have, of course, been claimed, but so far Mr. Hayes has only been notified of the acceptance and registration of names for the following seven: Mr. Boffin, blk. c, by Pirate of Pensance Pleased. Lord Weir, ch. c, by Lord Esterling Hannah. Zeamet, b. c, by Kismet Zealandia. Glory Quayle, b. f, by Hamover Zorling. Fanny Wynne, b. f, by Lamplighter Susie Bush. Ida Fordham, b. f, by Fordham Ida Walton. The Wren, ch. f, by Hanover Emily Carter. T, C. McDowells string now at Louisville, is very promising and is made up of the following horses: Madrilene, ch. m, 5, by Fonso Peg Wofiing-ton. Batten, b. c, 3, by Candlemas or Haydon Edwards Sudie McNairy. Rush, b. f, 3, by WadBworth-Roino dOr. Spirituelle, ch. f, 3, by Spokuno Narka. Amarillo, b. c, 2, by Wadawortli Aggie M. Dorothy Jordan, ch. f, 2, by Kingston Kittio Clive. His Excellency, ch. c, 2, by Esher Excellenza. Monardo, ch. f, 2, by Candlemas Sudie McNairy. Villa V., b. f, 2, by Linden Peninah. Robert Metcalf, ch. c, 2, by Harry OFallon Zizi. Star Bright, br. c,2, bj Aintree Spaldiemore, Walter Cleary, b. c, 2, by Candlemas Kanawha. Bay colt, 2, by Jim Gore Reine dOr. The Canadian turfman, John Dyment, will campaign the following string this year : Disturbance III. ch. h,6, by Morion Katrine. Solid Silver, br. h, 6, by Vibrate Lady Ux-bridge. Queen of Scots, b. m, 6, by King Bob Rosa-belle. Jessamine Porter, b. f, 4, by Conrtown Edith C. Fred Perkins, b. c, 3, by Perkins Our Freddie. Cannie Agnes, ch. f, 2, by Cannie Boy Maggie May. Cannie Boy, Jr., ch. g, 2, by Cannie Boy-Aunt Alice. Cannie Sure, b. f, 2, by Cannie Boy Cassie. by Billetto Mamie Long. Be Cannie, ch. f, 2, by Cannie Boy Arrow. Solid Sam, br. g, 2, by Solid Silver Combine. The stable that is generally pronounced to be far ahead of all others in this vicinity is that which Ed Hughes has in charge, including the Kensico Stable horses. .Hughes has followed the principle of taking his horses out every day when it was in any way possible. The consequence is that they are in much harder condition than those that have been coddled up and confined to shed work. It is beginning fo dawn on a good many horsemen that shed work is not as useful as it used to be thought. Apart from the danger of horses injuring themselves on the turns, they seem to go back when they are eventually taken out on the track or on the roads. New York Journal. The Brighton Beach track seems now to be absolutely safe from the encroachments of the ocean. The work undertaken by the Brooklyn Heights Railroad, while not intended primarily to benefit the racing association, will do so to a tremendous extent. The bulkheads, which will extend along something like half a mile of the shore, will be of the most solid character and built on thoroughly scientific principles. These bulkheads will form a rampart between the ocean and the track throughout its entire length. As the street railroad accommodations will be very much improved the track will also be a gainer in this respect.
