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GOSSIP OV THE TURF. A short time back a young fellow arrived in New York bringing with him the reputation of being the crack jockey of Austria and a prospective rival of Tod Sloan. Impressionable New York newspapers published his portrait and stunning commendatory sketches. He was ready to take an engagement at high figures and, presumably, set the racing world afire. He was given a private try-out at Sheepshead Bay, Monday, and a New York newspaper gives the following statement of results : "Radford, the alleged jockey who said he rode for various Austrian noblemen, was given a chance to show Mb Bkill in the saddle at Sheepshead Bay yesterday, with the result that he was thrown from a horse and Btunned, When he revived he cried bitterly, and said, with a broad English accent, that he had "eard of Yankee broncho, but never knew ennythink about em before.1 Radford brought a letter of introduction to David Gideon, the turfman, a few days ago. Gideon turned the boy over to bis trainer, Ed Feakes, and yesterday when the horses were going out on the track for rag ular exercise, Feakes decided to Bee what he could do. He put him on one of the quietest horses in the stable. The trainer, who was an expert jockey once, promptly saw that Radford knew nothing about riding. He was ill at ease, and when the horse got out on the track, was all at sea. The animal, finding no one was holding him, went off at fall speed, and ran away, throwing Radford heavily. The boy was picked up in a dazed condition. Feakes. thinks the boy ii demented, or wanted to become a jockey through reading about Tod Sloan. As to riding, Feakes believes he never threw a leg over a thoroughbred before yes terday." Of some Futurity work done Wednesday the Sun of Thursday says: "Horsemen as astounded at the fast work that has been dons this year by the Futurity horses. They agree that either the horses are much faster Or the tracks are faster, and thsy nearly all agree that the latter is the chief cause. "Yesterday fast trials were worked by some of the candidates engaged in the Futurity. Jim. Bodeni Oketts covered six furlouga over tha Brighton Beach racecourse in 1:141. The colt was worked by Frank OLeary and must havr carried 120 pounds at least. The trial mast bs classed of the highest order, and if the son of Rayon dOr runs in the race as he worked ho must surely have a fighting chance. Marcos Dalys Bt. Finnan worked a good trial also over the Brighton Beach course. The yoangiter had a rare trial horse with him, the speedy-printer, Decide, but he won easily, covering-the six furlongs in 1 :1S. Both Marcaa Daly and. Trainer Lakeland are vary confident of St. Fin nans chances. "Musette was worked for the flnt time yesterday with weight np over the Sheepshead Bay course and she did not do so well. She covered six furlongs in 1:17. For the past two weeks the filly has been working over the course with a vey light boy weighing bnt about 80 pounds. With this impost up the filly did remarkable work, covering six furlongs in 1:13 and also a mile in 1 :43. "Brigadier, Knight of Rhodes, The Scotchman a .d other cracks did but light work as their final trials will take place today." The well-known western firm of J, W. Schorr and Son will not go to Sheepshead Bay as expected, but will return west. The stable jockey, Tommy Burns, will remain, and on Satnrdy will take part in the Futurity, riding Johnny Hylands Brigadier, and then rsturn-ing west.
