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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. A dispatch of Friday from New York says: "Mr. Sydney Paget has decided to race his stable at Morris Park, and Jean Beraud will be seen in the Withers on Saturday. The colt has not grown much since last year, but he has the same determined bulldog style of going and should carry his speed over the mile route. The work for the Withers Stake has created quite a stir among the racing element at Morris Park this morning. The historic event is conceded by many to be between Rogers and Roses colt Lothario, who covered a mile very handily in 1 :41i, and Beraud. The Messrs. Morris were not very far off the mark when they offered Rogers and Rose 2,000 for Lothario last year, after he had defeated their crack colt, Filigrane. in the Champagne Stakes over seven furlongs. Jean Beraud covered a mile in nice shape in 1 :42i. If this colt is thick in the wind, as has been reported, he did not show it this morning, as he , worked like a sound racehorse. Fleischmann I Sons smart pair, Alpen and Sir Hubert, covered a mile in 1 :43i. Abom, Pittsburg Phils ; candidate, has been in preparation for the i Withers for the past week. He covered a mile I and a quarter in 2:18. J. W. Rogers Rhine-lander . covered a mile in l:45i. R. W. Waldens j Latchkey covered six furlongs in 1:16."
