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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Since moEt of the eastern jockeys have been suspended the western boys have been scoring quite a success. Jenkins and Bullman seem to be the stars of the western division. JeDkins won three races the other day and was placed in two others. Bullman won two races also and the odd one went to that young artist, Wilson. Odom seems to have gone back a bit or else he isnotgettitg as good mounts as he used to. The youngster has been a bit timid since his fall and perhaps owners are not willing to take chances on him. Spencer is not in very good form, and OLeary seems to be riding poorly. Nothing sncceeds like success, and since Jenkins and Bullman have ridden one or two good races there is a rush to secure their services. Luck is an important factor in races and turfmen are proverbially superstitions. All jockeys have their streaks of luck. There was a time at Saratoga when Sloan, the master of them all, with his choice of mounts selected by competent advisers, rode in fourteen or more races without scoring a win. Maher had a loDg losing streak of twenty oddraces at Graveeend last fall. Bullman, when he made his first appearance here, not only rode badly, bnt seemed unable to get away from the post except in the tail end division. Jenkins was not thought much of on his first appearance. But Jenkins and Bull-man have run into a streak of Inck and they will be public idols as long as it lasts. As horeeman they are outclassed by Spencer, Odom and one or two others who are riding, but luck carries the day. New York World. Flying Fox has this year won 87,075 in his six races, and should he come out fresh and well next season Buch valuable stakes are apparently at his mercy that the aggregate winnings of Isinglass ana Donovan bio. fair to be thrown completely in the shade. Flying Foxs total winnings in 1898 and 1899 reach 00,480. Isinglass won 87,375 in his three turf seaEonB of 1893, 1894 and 1895. while Donovan won 75,772.50 in 1888 and 1889. Flying Foxs engagements for next year include no less than four races of 0,000 each, namely, the renewal of the Princess of Wales, Eclipse and Jockey Club, each for three-year-olds and four-year-olds, together with the new event, the Century Stakes, at Sandown Park, which is run in the spring and is exclusively for four-year-olds and five-year-olds. Flying Fox is also in the Rons Memorial and Hardwick at Ascot, and has, therefore, to win less than one-half of his engagements in order to pass Iain-glass record. That he will do this and more is solely a question of his health.
