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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. George Bennett, the Memphis turfman, was in town Sunday, and during the day drove out to the Newport track with John Payne, the Covington poolroom man, for the purpose of looking over the yearlings at the track. The youngsters aro in charge of Henry McDaniels, and Mr. Bennett was more than pleased with the way tlwy aro baing handled by that competent horseman. They are the finest lot ol, I yearlings ever quartered at Newport, and are going along exceptionally well under the careful training of Mr McDaniels. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE, GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from 1st Page. The two best looking animals in the bunch cost Mr. Bennett over ,000 each. One is a fine, big colt by Hanover, and the other iB by Inspector B. The Inspector B. colt is a beauty in conformation and size, with all the qualifications of a high-clasB thoroughbred. Cincinnati Enquirer. That one jockey is the same aB another jockey to the English turf authorities has been of An demonstrated, and that Ted Sloan now knows it practically the following Associated Press cablegram shows. It says : "Owing to an exhibition of insubordination at the starting post in the race for the Warren Nursery at Southdown Park Saturday Starter A. Coventry reported Jockeys Tod Sloan, Henry Robinson and John Dalton to the Jockey Club meeting this morning. The club voted to suspend Sloan and Robinson from July 18 to August 5, and Dalton until July 29. This bars Slcan and Robinson from riding Grodno and Merman respectively in the race for the Liverpool Cup, for which the horses named are first and second favorites."
