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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The ten stakes offered by the California Jockey Club to close November 6 aggregate 7,000, the list being as follows : The Burns Handicap, 0,000 A handicap for two-year-olds and upward. Weights to bo an nonnced five days before tho race. One mile and a quarter. The Thornton 8takes, 53,000. For hortes that will be three-year-olds and upward at the time the race is to be run; four miles. Tho Lissak Handicap, ,500. For two-year-olds and upward; one mile. The McLaughlin Selling Stakes, ,500 For two-year-olds and npward; one mile and a sixteenth. The Fcliansbeo Handicap, 51,500. A high-weight handicap for two-year-olds and upward; seven furlongs The Naglee Selling Stakes, ,5C0. For three-year-olds and upward; seven furlongs. The Palace Hot3l Handicap, 000. A handicap for two-year-olds and upward; one mile and a furlong. The Pacific Union Handicap, 52.000 For three-year-olds foals of 1897; one mile and an eighth. The Gunst Handicap, ,500. A handicap for two-year-olds and upward. One mile and a sixteenth. XheGebhard Handicap, ,000. For two-year-olds foals of 1898. Weights to be announced four day 3 prior to the race. This race will not be run before April 1. Futurity course 170 feet less than three-fourths of a milo. R. W. Walden sold a lot of yearlings at Morris Park Friday. In order to show the quality of the goods he had for Bale he resorted to the novel expedient of giving them all a public trial the day before tho sale, the youngsters reeling off the following -paody quarters: Bay colt, by Galore Abaca, 22. Bay colt, by Russell Ambition, 23. Bay colt, by Russell Minnehaha III., 23. Chestnut colt, by Cayuga Certamen, 23. Bay filly, by Juvenal Suspense, 225. Bay filly, by Rainbow Princess Palatine, 23. Bay colt, by Galore Stefanette, 225. Bay filly, by Silver Fox Merry One, 22. Bay filly, by Rainbow Festival, 23. Bay or brown colt, by St. Florian Queens-town, 21. Bay filly, by Galore Glide III., 23. Bay filly, by Galore Olivick, 234. Brown filly, by St. Florian LaJJisere, 24. Each of the youngstora had a heavy stable boy in the eaddle. Tho trials pleased the horsemen greatly. Secretary Hopper has announced that Owen Bradley, tho well-known trainer, will not be allowed to race at Latonia during the meeting. Bradley has tho filly Ada Russell and he raced over tho track at Columbus, Ohio, where outlaws were permitted to race. Electric light races were also rnn there and, in consequence, the ban has been placed on Bradley and bis filly. Wood Huffmans useful old campaigner Molo pnllod up very lame out of bis work at Latonia Friday morning, and it is thought that he has broken down. Macao, from Rome Respass string, also has again gone wrong.
