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j GOSSIP OJB THE TURF. It has been definitely decided to have the Newport meeting begin Monday, October 30, and continue eighteen racing days, the meeting thus coming to a close November 18 Tbe date for tbe wind-up of the meeting, howover, is contingent upon that for the beginning of the New Orleans winter racing season If tbe Crescent City meeting is to begin November 23, then Newport will close on the date named. In the event lhet the New Orleans meeting is not to begin until November 30. the Newport meeting will continuo about a week longer, proviiing weather conditions permit. At tin spring meeting Jackson Smith will be presiding judge, and Colonel Henry Q ean will be associated with bim. Who will be the other judge has not be n decided, but in all piobfbiliy it will b a goutleman near to tbe position as far as tbe Cincinnati tracks are conceine 1. A se ectioa will not be made u itil withia a few days of the tim i for the be iunin? of the meeting. Jake Hi limiD, well and favorab y known Cincinnati racegoers, will handle ttio fl g Ito The New York 8nn of Tuesday says: "The great Futurity cindida03 are nearly all quartered at the Ln Isl n i racecourses, most of them at the Sheapshead Bay track tbe scene of next Saturdays great atrule. M my of the large stables arrived from Saratoga yesterday. Jame3 Rowe sho ed up at tha 6heephaad Bay OONTINDBD ON SECOND PAGH. GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from 1st Page. racetrack with Chacornac, who won so decisively at Saratoga, and will doubtless bo a great favorite in next Saturdays event The best judges who saw him run at Saratoga think he is an absolute winner of the race. "Some of the fastest work that has ever been done for the Futurity since its inauguration was accomplished during the past week and yesterday. Musette covered six farlongs in l:l3i. Previous to this work she breezed a mile in 1:43 very handily. This is really phenomenal for a two-year-old at this time of the year, and especially for a filly. William Hayward, who trains her, thinks her the fastest filly he has ever seen. "J. J. Hylands Brigadier, by Rayon dOr St. Bridget, has done fine work. He covered a mile yesterday in 1:44 with weight up. Brigadier has been reserved for the Futurity, and has all the maiden allowances. Fred Burlews Tristan Belle has bsen doing fine work at Gravesend. She covered six furlongs in 1:15 very handily. This was grand work over the Gravesend course in its present condition. Green B. Morris Modrine has also done well at the Gravesend course, working a mile in 1:46. Pupil, in the same etablo, is not a candidate, and the stable will rely on Modrine. "Gideon and Daly have decided not to start their colt, His Royal Highness. With David Garrick he was handicapped at 134 pounds, and the owners have decided to withdraw bim. They will rely on Erwin, a maiden colt. Erwin has run several times this season, but without success. Pierre Lorillards David Garrick, who is said to be a certain starter, will carry the top weight, 131 pounds, next Saturday." Tony iLicalzis horses are to be sold in the paddock at Harlem Saturday. Tony has long been a familiar figure in Chicago racing affairs and from the days of eccentric Ormie down to date has alviaya- had a good horse or two in hand. In the lot to be sold Saturday are three good ones, as Chicago people who have seen Al Fresco, Donna Rita and Lady Ellerslie II speed first past the judges in many a fast race can testify. In the course of his racing last year and this Al Fresco has beaten such horses as Gandleblack, Traverser, Tenby, Goodrich, The Roman, The Devil, Great Bend, Mizpah, Jolly Roger, Clay Poynter, Myth, Hobart and many other speedy oneB. He is a good handicap horse anywhere and in any company. Donna Rita is one of the best known of western race mares and a prize for any one, whether for racing or for a grandly bred brood mare. Imp, Carnero, Paul Griggs, Dr. Sheppard, Dunois, David, Eddie Burke and others as noted have had to surrender to her great speed in various races. Lady Ellerslie II. has often demonstrated her right to a front place in the ranks of the fastest sprinters of the day. Besides these, Sirdar, Galileo, Contessa, Rosolia, Hop Scotch and Nailer have all taken their places in the list of winning racehorses and are ready to win again for new owners. Tonys salo will no doubt be a success, for the effectual reason that his horses are of the order owners desire horses that can win. M. J. Maloney, owner of Populist, was not ruled off at Saratoga as stated, but allowed to go free, as the stewards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association did not think he was implicated in the job in the race. C. W. Penniston, owner of Mr. Dunlap, has asked the stewards for a reopening of the case and to hear his story. His request will probably be granted.
