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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The following table of the performances and earnings of the sons and daughters of the great broodmaio Marion, taken from tho Spirit of the Times, shows compactly what a remarkable producsr she was : Name and Year Foaled. Sta. 12 3 Unp Amt Dake of Norfolk 11878. .. 5 3 2 0 0 ,210 Duchess of Norfolk 1879 20 11 0 4 5 8,717 Prince of Norfolk 1881.. 8 4 2 1 1 2.3J5 Kingof Norfolk 1883.... 68 8 9 8 43 10,430 Q. of Noi folk Vera 1884 10 0 2 3 5 700 Emperor of Norfolk1885 29 21 2 4 2 61,445 The Czar 1886 4 4 0 0 0 6,295 El Rio Rsy 1887 7 7 0 0 0 43.835 Rey del Rey 1888 24 5 3 6 10 33,323 Yo Tambien 1889 73 44 11 10 8 90,450 Yo El Rey 1891 ... 15 1 1 2 11 420 Totals 263 108 32 38 8562,170 The latest English exchanges contain the acceptances for the Ccsarewitch and Cambridgeshire. Fifty-three are left in the fotmer and eishty in tho latter event, which would seem to assure big fields in each event, and there should be plenty of ante-post speculation. Calveley is top weight in the Cesarewitch with 127 lbs., his original weight having been increased 10 lbs. for his victory in the Great Yorkshire Handicap, aud 1 lb. on account of the weights having been raised, Merman, with 125 lbs., having been the highest to accept. Of the eighty in the Cambridgeshire General Peace, Merman and Hawfinch are perhaps the befet of those weighted at 112 lbs. aud upward, and of those whose impost is 98 lb3. Sly Fox, Irish Ivy, Survivor, Innocence, Winsome, Charteris and Refractor aro probably the pick of the lot. Tho racing season in Australia ended July 31, and Mr. J. R. Smiths stallion Gozo, by Wild Oats Malteso CrosB, by Oxford, heads tho list of winning sires with a total of 3,975 won by twenty-seveu winners, who finished first in sixty -five races, and his get has thirty-eight and one-half seconds to their credit. Lochiel, by Prince Charley Nellie Moore, is a close second, with 1,045. The following are the other stallions whoso gat won ovar 0,000: Bill of Portland, 1,600; Trenton, 3,035; Carbine, 3,270: Malua, 9,915; Abarcorn, 9,593; Clan Stuart, 3,820; Sunrise, 3,335. Under the head of winning owners W. R. Wilson comes first with 8,670. Mr. Forstar comes next with 5,340, and then coma in order H. Oxenham, 4,625; C. N. Kidman, 4,110; H. Powers, 3,765; G. Hunter, 2,825; J. Paterson, 2,575; A. Miller, 1,970, and W. Bailey, 1,770.
