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GOSSIP OJP THIS TURF. The Chicago racing firm of Bromley and Co. did not buy as many yearlings at this seasons sales as they did last year, but the five they purchased were of the extremely costly order. The full brother to the famous Henry of Navarre cost them ,600, and if he emulates the deeds of that grand horse he will prove a groat bargain Brothers and sisters to truly great racers always do bring great sums, but the records Ehow the great majority of them to have been costly failures. There have been exceptions, however, and it is to be hoped this son of Moss Rose will prove to be a gem of the highest order. The Hoodoo filly is a full sister to their crack.two-year-old Mesmerist and to Barney Schreibers flying filly Jinks. The other threo youngsters are from young broodmares, and have been described as strikingly handsome specimens. The colt from the young Longfellow mare, Lady Useful, is said to be a remarkably well shaped young hor6e, probably not excelled in perfection of conformation by any brought to the auctioneers block this year. The full list of the Bromley fc Co. purchases to data is as follows : Chestnut colt, by Fonso Lillian Beatrice.,500 Bay colt, by Albert Leda 2,700 Chestnut filly, by Albert Hoodoo 2,200 Chestnut colt, by Albert Lady Useful.... 3,000 Chestnut colt, by Knight of Ellerslie Moss Rose 6,600 Total J16.000 Manager McEvoy has arranged to build a special grandstand at Hawthorne for the jockeys and their valets. The stand will ba erected over the Secretarys office and will be connected with the jockey room by a stairway over the entrance to the paddock. This is to prevent the jockeys from going out into the paddock. When any attendant leaves the jockey headquarters he must wear a green cap to be provided by the association. Suspended jockeys and jeekeys who have no mounts during the day will not be admitted to the scalesroom. The Prince of Wale3 as a horse breeder is a distinct success. Last month he sold at Wol-verton sixty-nine horses, which realized 8,005, or about 40 each. Among the Princes customers were Sir Thomas Lipton, who bought a bay mare, Fille du .Regiment, for 53,250; Sir E. Vincent, who gave ,625 for a handsome chestnut, Coup do Grace; Lord Iveagh, who paid ,250 for Victor; while the Duke of Marlborough gave 80 for Lady -Belle. The Prince entertained bis customers at luncheon. Jim Murphy trained the Haggin stable in 1886 and Ben Timmons went east as foreman : "We had one of the strongest stables that ever left California," said Timmons, while discussing the campaign. "In the string were Tyrant, Hidalgo, Ben Ali, Ban Fox, Firenzi and King Fox. If Ben Ali had not gone wrong we would have won every Derby, butjas it was, Ben Ali captured the Louisville and St. Louis Derby s. while Ban Fox tnnexed the Coney Island Derby, Ben Ali could. not have lost the American Derby, as a very ordinary lot contested in 1886. Tyrant and Hidalgo wera bothfair handicap horBes, but the star of the stable was King Fox. He was about the grandest 2-year-old that I ever saw, and would undoubtedly have developed into the king of the turf. Ho was a phenomenal weight-packer. King Fox was beaten only once, and then by Kingston at Long: Branch. He died from blood poisoning while a 2-year-old. He weighed 1,030 pounds, which explains why he could handle so much weight. Firenzi was only a. fair 2-year-old. She did not attract any especial attention until she was sent over a distance of ground, when she showed to be a wonder. " Bt. LouiB Republic.
