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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Monday nigbt the first sale of thoroughbred ysarlings conducted by tbe newly organized Faaig-Tipton Company wil taks place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The catalogue comprises fifty eight yearlings sent on by Colonel WilliamS Barnes, Mrs. Byr n McClellend, Barbee and Leigh, Caveland Stock Fa m, Mrs, Eliza J. Clay, F. D. Knight and other Kentucky breeders. Tbe consignment is an unusually attractive one, amorg the sires represented being Prince of Monaco, Henry of Navarre. Jim Gore, B rmuda, Badge, Prince Lief, Teuton, Wagner, Fordham, Deceiver, Tea Trey. George Kim ey , Kingston Bramble, Jnlien, B n Strome, Bersan, St. George and Eshsr. Amorg the youngsters ar« fnll brothers and sisters to Flora Thornton, Fall Dress, Moncreith, Old Center, Hon»ywood, Marco Polo and Elmer 8., ard ba f-brotbers and half-sistprs to Frances McClelland, May Pinkett« n. Kinor Bermuda, Ways and Mears. Faithful, Betu Ideal, Caprivi, Carrie C, Monte Chrifto, Senorita, Feedman, Albert Swind, Little Chris, Merry Chimes, Nathanson, ZatoDO, Linroln II., Plantation, Eagle Bird and many other noted campaigners. L cal owners who wish to reinforce their strings cannot do better than to forward their commissions at ot ce. Catalogues can be had on application a I this c llice Jimmy Micha°l, the Welsh midgst and acknowledged bicycle champion, is no longer such an ardent devotee of the saddle as he was earlier in tha spring. At one time he received many press notices and started oat as if he seriously intended following a jockeys career. By permission of Mr. Phil Dwyer he bacame associated with Frank McCabis string, and was seen daily at exercise in his stable at Gravesend. V iih his nice weight, great etreogth and apparent aptitude for riding he would seem to be au acquisition to any stable. He had our- i chased himself a horse. Flying Jib, when in i Califofnia, and in addition to riding for McCabe each morning used to ride his own horse in the afternoon. „ Now all is changed, aud it is to be feared his hopes of beci ming a jockey must be abandoned. , He tired of tbe monotony of an exercise boys . life and failed to present himself at the stable i excepting when he felt mat way disposed. McCabe could not rely upon him, so be was 1 foiced to call a halt, and Jimmy no longer is 1 3 I seen ou the back of the Dwyer horses.— Morning Telegraph. Just before tha Kensington:Hurdle Handicap i . was run at Gravesend Monday Mr, F. C. , 1 OReilly Bold his hurdler. Kinvarra, to Pat i t Meany, the old steeplechase rider, and he ran i I in his interest in the race, but accomplished i - nothirg for bis new owner. Mr. OKtilly also sold Inesnnamara, another of the offspring of his fast mare, Connemara, to W. . Whitney as 1 i a brood mare. She is a big mare,|a. daughter of • . Darebin, and has quite a bit of speed, and a 1 number of engagements in stakes, which may i ba tilled, though the object of the pun hase was for breeding purposes. — Spirit of the Times. Tom McDowell several days ago]. telegraphed 1 Secretary Crjft of tbe Brighton Beach track : i asking for stable room for his .crack ttring. I Yesterday Mr. McDowell received a telegram i I from Mr. Croft wbich stated that Brighton t i Beach was oveicrowced with horses, bat that ; i 1 1 i , i i i 1 • 1 good quarters would be given him for his stable, and asking when the horees would be shipped. Mr. McDowell wired back that hs j would ship Batten, Spiritnelle, Rush, His Excellency, Walter Cleary and tbe balance of his 8 trip g on June 26, two days after the close cf the Latonia meetirg. On the last cay of the meetng tt e Lb tenia Spring Prize wi 1 be ran, and Mr. McDowell has Batten, Spiritnelle and Rush entered in it, and be will send two of them to the ppat. — Cincinnati Enquirer. Thomas H. Ryans failure to figure prominently in the list of winning owners at tbe Fair j round s this season is due to the fact that nearly all his cracks have been off ever since the stable arrived here from Memphis. When he arrived this spring Ryan was supposed to have one of the most powerful racing stt-bls on tbe American turf. None of tbe stars of the Byan string, however, has started at the Fair Grounds, The star performer of tbe Byan strii g is Tbe Roman, tbe greatest sen of Brutus ever trained. Tbe Roman is a grat d looking horse- The local patrons of the racing game are anxious to see him perform, bat thegieat son of Brutus has been on the shelf all spring and there is no te ling how soon he will be able to race. Dunois, another one of the stars of tbe Byan strii g, has not started since the Memphis meeting. Dunois captured tbe Montgom-eiy Handicap at Mi m phis St. Simon an, the handsome, big eon of St Saviour, and Tartarian, one of the speediest sprinters in the west, have not been started here yet —St. Louis Republic. In regard to the uames of some cf A. H. and D. H. Morris horses, a New Ytrk newspaper says: "Tbe name cf Messrs. Moiris bey filly, Caoutchouc, has given rise to much bad language oa the part of both backers and bockmakere. Mr. Morris says that it is properly pronounced Cowchook, and is appropriate according to the filiys breediig, as are most of the names given to heir youngsters. Caoutchouc is a daughter of Issaquena. Issaquena is the name of a robber tree growing in Cei tral America, and Caou cbonc is the name of the gam which comes from the Itsa-quena tree- Another daughter of this mare was Gutta Percha. A hard named animal in their stable is Huitzilopochtli. This colt isa son of Certamen, signifying A Contest His handicap— by which we mean his name— was the name of the vVar God of the Aztecs." Recently Matt Allen told this story of how Corporation Counsel Clark b -came possessed I of the Brooklyn winner, Banastar: "I was at the Saratoga track one morning ■ last summer," eaid Allen, "when I saw a big, j fine-looking chestnut horse wonted out a mile, The track was deep in mud, and you know what t that means at Saratoga. To my surprise I [ found on looking at my a atcb that the chestnut t had eovered the mile without any effort inl :44. . " Thats a good horse, said I to Mr. Clark. Lets get him. We got h in, and yt u eaw bow r easily he won the Brooklyn Handicap. Mr. . Clark paid ,500 for Bcnastar and Jean Lot, , Oots Bros , the owners, refusing to sell one withont selling the other."
