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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Barney Schreiber is credited with the following sensible and timely comments on the racing situation at San Francisco: "Racing should not begin before November 15, and then the tracks could start with good horser. How many owners who ship here are ready to run on November 1 ? Ill wager not one in a dozen. If we began on November 15 racing would start with a boom. All the good horses would be ready to go. Aud good horses are what we want. Tracks should cater to them. "There should be no racing after April 15. About this time the jockeys and owners pull out for b me. After this we have a poor lot of riders and a poor lot of horses, which make racing bad. Better have no racing at all than a poor quality. "As long as I have been connected with the turf I have advocated high-class racing, and California ought to have it. Racing should not be allowed to peter out as it does. The season should open with a dash and close likewise. "Now the season drags for a month at the close. Everybody is sore and disgusted. This feeling did not prevail a mouth ago. I hope to see the season shortened next year." T. C. McDowell heads the list of winning owners at the recent Louisville meeting. In addition to the Oaks, won by Rush Saturday, Batten put two stakes to the credit of the young Lexington turfman, the Premier and the Frank Fehr selling Stakes. The earnings of his stable amounted to ,400. A. H. and D. H. Morris, with the Derby to the credit of Man nel, were second ou the list that ran aud a piece of a purse taken by the high-prised counterfeit, Kentucky Colonel, being worth ,025. Corsinis Clark Stakes, with second in the Derby, was worth ,200 to Ed Corrigan. The other stables that earned as much as 00 were as follows : T. P. Hayes, ,938; J. B. Lewman, ,275; W. H. May and Son, ,925; E. S. Gardner, Jr , ,525; James Arthur, ,125; P.Dunne, ,125; W. M. Hayes, ,100; W. and A. McGuigan, 75; W. H. Laudeman, 75; C. F. Buschmeyer. 50; W M. Wallace, 00; R.Tucker, 59; William Walker, 75; C. A. Tilles, 25; J.D.Smith, 25; Mid-dleton and Jungbluth, 25; T. E. Barrett, 95; W. L. and R. K. Lewis, 50; W. F. Schulte, 82; Ed Brown, 00; D. OBrien, 00, and Talbot Bros , 25.
