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GOSSIP OE THE TUKF. The Club Members Handicap, the chief handicap event of the St. Louis meeting, will be decided Saturday, June 3. Most of the best western horses are engaged. Secretary Murphys assignment of weights is as follows : Algol I 5 126 I Lieber Karl 4 120 What er Lou.... 5 119 Macy 5 118 John Bright 4 116 j Bannockburn. .. 4 117 1 The Roman 5 115 * Crocket 4 108 Dunois 5 111 ] EdFarrell 4 110 1 Fervor 5 108 Remp 5 108 W. Overton 3 107 ] Isabey 4 107 i Sir Rolla 4 105 Buckvidere 5 105 Found 4 105 | Corsini 3 105 I Ht. Simonian 4 100 j Seabrooke 6 100 Kittie B 6 100 Lieber Anton... 3 99 Ordnung 3 99 Moringa 4 96 The Tarcoon ... 5 96 Belle of Mmphis 4 95 Basquil 5 95 Ben Bramble... 3 94 Leo Planter.... 3 94 Mazo 3 94 Forbush 4 94 Sir Gatian 3 94 Pinochle 4 94 Albert Swind... 3 92 Obsidian 3 92 Alleviate 4 90 Hub Prather... 3 90 Hittick 3 89 Bandoo 3 89 Demosthenes... 4 89 Glenrace 3 89 Flying Bird 3 85 Black Spot 3 85 A force of fifty men are at work at the Bel-Air racecourse, Montreal, tearing down old buildings and erecting modern structures in their places. Old patrons of the track will not know it when the gates are thrown open in June. Everything is being modernized and made worthy the support of the turfmen of Montreal and the province cf Quebec. Applications for accommodations for over 400 horses have already been received and additional stabling has already been contracted for. The Grand Trunk has agreed to run four special express trains direct to the grandstand, making the trip in eighteen minutes from the city.— Canadian Sportsman. Wednesdays San Francisco Chronicle says: "Secretary Green stated yesterday that the new track in San Mateo county would be built, ordinance or no ordinance. It was stated in the Chronicle yesterday that the new track was contingent a good deal on the future action of the Board of Supervisors, but it now looks as if the San Mateo track would be the future home of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club. One of the reasons given is that the Ingleside land will soon become too valuable for a racetrack, but is hinted around that it would be cheaper to build a new track outright than to secure immunity through the practical politicians. Ground for the new track. is to be broken on the first day of July. A, Allen, who constructed both the Ingleside and Oakland tracks, has been telegraphed to come to San Francisco as soon as possible. Plans for the grandstand and other necessary buildings will be ready in a very short time. It is estimated that the new track will not cost more than 00,000, as there is little grading to be done. There will be a special train service, which will take people from Third and Town-send streets to the track in twenty-five minutes." ! • I
