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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. I a Colonel A. W. Hamilton of Mt. Sterling, Ky., Las been selected to act as presiding judge at the coming Lakeside meeting. Secretary Nath-anson and T. M. Chivington will be bis associ-ates. Mr. Hamilton was Colonel M. Lewis Clarks associate at Harlem last year. H. E. Keogb has been appointed patrol judge. g At a recent meeting of the Executive Commit- f, tee of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association the conditions of the Champion Steeplechase of over 0,000, to be ran at Morris Park daring the autumn meeting of the Westchester s Racing Association, were announced as fol- " lows : £ The Champion Steeplechase, for four-year- f olds and upward, by subscribtion of 5 each for entries and 5 additional from starters if made on or before May 15, or of 0 each for entries t and 00 additional from starters if made on or t before August 15, when the entries shall close. t With ,000 added, of which ,000 is contributed by gentlemen interested in steeplechasing and ,000 by the Westchester Racing Association ; the ] winner to receive all of the subscription and j starting fees and ,750, the second to receive ] ,500 and the third 50 of the added money; 1 four-year-olds, 150 lbs. ; five-year-olds, 163 lbs. ; , six-year-olds and upward, 166 lbs.; winner of a steeplechase in 1899 of the value of 50 to carry | 3 lbs. extra; winner of two such races, or one . of the value of ,000, 5 lbs. extra; winner of three such races, or two of the value of ,000 j each, 7 lbs. extra ; winner of the Grand National Steeplechase of 1899, 10 lb3. extra; no horse • shall, by penalties, carry more than 173 lbs. ; , non-winners of a steeplechase of the value of i 00 allowed 9 lbs.; non-winners of a steeple- , chase of any value allowed 5 lbs.; maidens allowed 7 lbs. ; mares and geldings allowed 3 lbs. ; about three miles and a half. There promises to be a rare supply of jockeys available for the coming race meeting at the Fair Grounds. Eddie Jones, Devin and Powell are among the latest arrivals from San Francisco. Jones comes here to ride for Caesar Young. He came east with Charles Thorpe and speut several days at Thorpes farm in Nebraska. Thorpe will arrive next Saturday in time to pilot Dr. Sheppard in the Inaugural. Devin is considered one of the most promising lightweights developed at Frisco last winter. Burns and Waterhouse have a call on him. Powell is a free lance, although George Bennett may secure a call on him for the St. Louis meeting. Powell is said to be quite a race rider.— St. Louis Republic. The horses belonging to the powerful Whitney stable will not be raced for Borne time, because of the recent death of Mrs. Whitney. Those that trainer Sam Hildretu had brought away from the farm to Morris Park for early action were: George Keene 4, Plaudit 4, Linstock 4, Buela 5, Mr. Clay 3, Black Venus 3, Toluca 3, Jean Beraud3, High Degree 3, Harmonica 3, Hurly Burly 4, Angle, b. c, 2, by George Kinney— Flit-away ; Amoy, ch. c, 2. by Meddler— Spring Tide; Bramble Rose, b. c, 2, by Bramble— Miss Nailer; | Creeper, ch. c, 2, by Iroquois— Great Annie; Last Card, b. c, 2, by Ben Stroine— Last Ban; Long Isle, b. c, 2, by LongBtreet— Exile; Maidstone, ch. f, 2, by The Bard— Maumee; Ogre, b. c, 2, by Meddler— Fatima; Recovery, b. f , 2, by I The Bard-Falee Step ; Scales, b. c, 2. by The Bard —Equipoise; Wat, b. c, 2, by Candlemas— Miss Ransom. The jumpers, Governor Budd and The Bachelor are also in Hildreths 6tring, Mr. Whitney having recently bought The Bachelor for ,250. Abe Cahns speedy bat eccentric old mare, I a g f, Linda, has been mated with Dr. Hasbrouck. and after being raced for a time at St. Louis will be given ber well earned release from track service. Linda has beaten many a good one in ber time and been beaten by many a bad one. Her defeat of the mighty Morello at Washington Park, when both were three- j ear-olds, was the cause of any amount of heartburning and grumbling and in line with many of her performances since.
