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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. j Col. W. L. Cassidy, of St. Louis, will have a try for the Montgomery Handicap with his good old mare Kittie B., and evidently with good reason, as the following from yesterdays St. Louis Republic will show: "Whelan writes me that Kittio worked a mile and a sixteenth in 1 :50 flat with 115 pounds up over the Little Rock track, and I think that is good enough to justify her being sent to the post in the Montgomery," said Colonel Cassidy yesterday. "The going at Memphis is something similar to that of the Little Rock track. If anything, I think Little Rock is deeper and more liable to cup out from undor a horses hoofs. Pat Dunnes Salvable, with 108 pounds on his back, won the Montgomery Handicap last spring in a drive from Ornament, running the mile and a sixteenth in 1:51. Figuring on this basis, it looks as though Kitties work at Little Rock is plenty good enough to give her a royal chance of winning the Montgomery. If she can work in 1:50, with 115 up, at Little Rock, I look for her to stop to town over the Memphis track with only 100 pounds on her back, which is her handicap in the Montgomery. Kitties work is the fastest of the season at Little Rock. She stepped the first quarter in 25, the half in 501, the three-quarters in 1:17, the mile in l:43i and the mile and a sixteenth in 1 :50. My three-year-old Air Blast is a lazy loafer. Whelan writes me that he has to be punched out every foot of the route, and even then hell not tire himself. The best move he has made up to date was a mile in 1:47. Captain May, who raced Air Blast last season, expects the colt to develop into one of the best three-year-olds of the western circuit. I think I have one of the best two-year-olds in the west in Sir Robert, a brown colt by Patron Pit-a-Pat. This fellow has worked a half in the deep going at Little Rock with 127 pounds up in 53i. This work ought to be good enough to win stakes up the line. Sir Robert is suffering with sore ankles and I have advised Whelan to go slow with the colt. This youngster will hardly start before the St. Louis meeting. Joe Martin, a Great Tom colt, is said to be the best two-year-old at Little Rock. He belongs to some Nashville parties and is a recent arrival at Clinton Park." An express car containing twelve thoroughbreds belonging to Barney Schreiber and D. A. Honig, the St. Louis horsemen, was destroyed by fire at Bagdad, Cal., Monday nigl.t. Schreibers consignment on the car was in charge of a groom named Mayfleld, who wired brief details of the disastor to Martin Hubbell, Schreibers agent, who arrivedat Woodlands Sunday from San Francisco. According to Mayfiolds dispatch two of Schreibers horses, Schiller and Rosebeau, were saved. The Swain, two broodmares and a two-year-old by Clieveden are supposed to have been destroyed. Dan Hoing is supposed to have had six horses on the car, including Zamar II., Ei Gartland II. and Our Climate, three well known performers. No information whatever concerning them was received up to a late hour last night. The Swain, who is supposed to have been destroyed, was a seven-year-old brown horse by Galore Pride of the Village. Schreiber secured The Swain in California recently and expected to put him in the stud at Woodlands. Fortunately for Schreiber none of his good performers was on the car. Miss Marion, Good Hope, Jinks and Jerry Hunt, the four star performers of the Schreiber string at San Francisco, have not been shipped east yet. There is still hope that raeing may be re-umed at Oakley this spring, although the management of Oakley has not made any defi nite announcement as to the future of the Cincinnati track. However, the general impression has been that there would be no meetings there this year. The fact that the three most valuable stakes that were opened for the spring meeting of 1899 have not been declared off leads many to believe that these events will be run this spring. They are the Oakley Derby, The Buckeye Stakes and the Cincinnati Oaks. The first declarations of the three stakes were due last August, and second declarations are to be made next Saturday, April 1. The present indications are that there will be but little racing at Chicago this season, and this may encourage the Cincinnati Jockey Club people to give a short meeting in the season of the year when desirable dates can be secured. Cincinnati Enquirer. The Palace Hotel Handicap, 1 1-8 miles, is to be decided at Oakland Saturday. It is one of the most important events remaining on the California Jockey Clubs list of closed events. It will bo observed that about all of the starters for the Burns Handicap are in. The weights assigned are as follows : Horses Age Wgt Horses Age Wgt Flour de Lis .... 5 124 Bernardillo..... 5 100 Satsuma 7 121 Tom Cromwell . 6 98 What er Lou 5 121 Our Johnny .... 5 9$ Ostler Joe 6 115 Morinel 4 98 AdolphSpreckels 5 113 Rosrmonde.... 4 98 Paul Griggs 5 112 Gauntlet 3 94 David Tenny.... 5 110 Maud Ferguson. 3 94 Cromwell 7 110 Miss Marion.... 3 93" Grady 6 108 Espionage 3 91 Rey del Tieira .. 5 108 Casdale 3 90 LaGoleta 4 108 Humidity....... 3 90 Morellito 4 108 Rainier 3 8S First Tenor 3 106 Tenebrae 3 87 Formero 3 106 Rapido 7 87 Whl of Fortune. 7 104 Baby King 3 85 Tempo 4 102 Eventide 6 85 Eddie Jones 4 102 Recreation 4 85 Olinthua 3 100 Frohman 4 80 Rosinante 5 100 Fleming 3 80 Storm King 5 100 Boardmaa 3 80 The veteran trainer W. P. Burch is handling a strong stable at Bennings, some of the two-year-olds being of great promise. The horse3 are: Thomas Cat, b. h, 5, by Masetto The Cat. Decanter, b. c, 4, by Deceiver Maudlin. General Mart Gary, b. c, 3, by Macduff Kate Pelletier. Deceptive, b. c, 3, by Deceiver Anna Gray. Terrorist, b. g, 3, by Terrifler Rose Washington. Charles Estes, ch. c, 2, by Terrifler Helen Rose. Mistress Daniel, ch. f, 2, by Judge Murray Bon Air II. Wamhily, b. f, 2, by Macduff Annie C. Horse Creek, b. c, 2, by Judge Murray Kate Pelletier. Charles A. Maxwell, b. c, 2, by Loyalist Brocade. Rubellite, b. f, 2, by Star Ruby Darine. Shamokin, ch. c, 2, by Magnetizer Shibboleth The Bobby, ch. c, 2, by Inspector B. Pansy Blossom. Sir Ellerslie, b. c, 2, by Knight of Ellerslie Lady Alice. Knight of Rhodes, b. c, 2, by Knight of Ellerslie Sister Louise. Peeler, br. c, 2, by Inspector B. Hayti. De Lacy, ch. c, 2, by Hanover King Cup. A. M. Orpens two-year-oldB, now at Memphis, have been given the following names : Alfred C, ch. c, by Golden Garter Music. Manotoban, ch, c, by Kismet Plaisance. Livonian, br. c, by Darobin Glenroae, Lord Kitchener, b. c, by Sir Modred Lam-bayeque. Montevidean, b. c, by Gold Finch Poesy. Californian, b. c, by Bassetlaw Fortuna, 1 Sarmation, ch, c, by Tenny Lorraine,
