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GOSSIP O- THE TURF. A New York dispatch to a Cincinnati newspaper sajs: "It is understood that Mr. Wnl-baum, of Saratoga and Guttenborg fame, will not make any contract with the Metropolitan Turf Association this season. The M, T. A. would take charge of the ring, see that none but reputable men made book, give the public a fair, square deal and guarantee the Saratoga Association a good round sum for the privilege. Mr. Walbaum, however, prefers the come-to-me style. He wants to eDgmeer hiB own ring There are some paople mean enough to say that this is because it is a certainty that association books will draw paying stands. It is understood also that the disreputable ladies book will flourish at Saratoga. The stind messengers are forced to take the bets women make to this book, which lays under the regular prices in the ring. It is a mean, contemptible method of making money, that of shaving prices in this manner. The Jockay Club ought to stamp out this book. It is not a necessity. It is really a poolroom in tli3 grandstand. So long as the Gutteuberg crowd remains in charge of Saratoga, just so long cheap Bowery methods of getting the money will prevail. In spita of ; all these drawbacks Saratoga will probably hnve a good mooting. Thrae weeks clear dates , will drive many New Yorkers to the Springs, and the book programs show that the racing will ba as high class as one could wish for. Tho stakes have filled well and good racing seems assured." The St. Louis Republic of San lay says: "Burns and Waterhouses powerful string was shipped back to California last night. Trainer Mike Kelly chartered a special car for the horses and will take them homo by way of Denver, Salt Lake and Ogden. The Barns and Water-house string included Eddie Jones, Doctor Sheppard, Marplot, David Tenny, Pat Morris-sey, Ned Dennis, Southern Girl and Bit of Fashion. The Burns and Waterhouse string has won about 0,000 at the Fair Grounds. Manager George Tuttle is highly pleased with the showing the stable made here. The Californiana left a big chunk of the money their horses won in St. Louis, having paid in the neighborhood of 58,000 for Southern Girl and Bit of Fashion, the pair being purchased from Abe Cahn, the St. Louis turfman. Burns and Waterhouse stand second among the winning owners at the Fair Grounds, and their jockey, Charlie Thorpe, is second to Tommy Barns in the list of winning jockeys. Doctor Sheppard won two stakes for the California racing firm, the Inaugural and Mississippi Valley. Southern Girl also won a Blake for the firm, the Missouri for two-year-olds. Burns and Waterhouse will doubtless Bend a powerful string to the Fair Grounds next season." St. Louis jockeys with ten or more winning mounts to their credit up to and including last Saturday, were: Jockeys Mounts 1st 2d 3d unp T. Burns 249 77 44 37 9L Frost 212 34 42 44 122 Thorpe 102 33 27 17 25 Conley 158 32 21 22 83 Houck 173 29 19 2d 99 Southard 182 21 34 31 96 Jenkins 110 21 14 15 "60 Piggott 65 13 13 8 31 Lines 66 10 5 11 40 Owners with ,000 or more to their credit were: Owner. Amt. Owner. Amt. J W SchorrandSon 4,782 John Huffman.. .,995 Burns andWaterhse 9,428 PTomlinsonandCo 2,742 J C Cabn 7 673 J S OBripn 2,540 C C Maffitt 6.182 W W Darden .... 2 534 J H McAvoy and Co 5,995 B Schreibar 2,428 A Cahn 5,590 C Van Studdiford 2.285 G C Bpnnett 4.109 M S Hutrhes 2,206 W M Rogers 3 641 Talbot Bros 2,000 M Murphy 3,764 In the system of batting on the New York . tracks the bookmaker takes the number of any persons badge with whom he has laid a wager. The system has its drawbacks. Bookmakers have been victimized quite a bit lately by crooks who shift badges. In other words, if they win a bet they send a friond to collect. The friend uses the original bettors badge, is identified and receives the money. Then tho original bettor marches up and demands his bet. The bookie, of course, expostulates and declares that the bet was paid. The crook insists that the other badge muet have been a counterfeit, and the bookmaker is forced to the same conclusion. One bookmaker has tumbled to the game, however, and his cashier iB armed with a punch. When a badge is presented and a bat paid a hole is punched in it to prevent the badge being rung ia again.
