view raw text
NOTES OF THE TURF. Little Jack Martin is rapidly becoming as b;g a favorite as Johnny Reiff, and is no doubt a better rider thai that j remising youth. He can kick em nearly as hard as Bullman, sit still as long as Spencer, handle the bat like a Simma and finish the same as a Garrison. This may, of course, be drawing it a little broad, but for a sixty-pounder he possesses a head that is fall of nothing but the grey matter when it comes to horse sense Frisco Exchange. Lester Beiff, whose successful riding in England has been a feature of the season jnBt ended, has signed for next year with a Btable that ia truly international in its make up. The horses in the stable are mainly of English breeding. The trainer, F. W. Day, is an Australian, and the owner, Mr. A. Bailey, is a wealthy South African nine owner. Beiff, aa a representative American jockey, completes the combination. Morning Telegraph. Charley Dwyers horseB, Sly Fox and Peaches, which liave been trained by John Huggins during their English campaign, have been transferred to the stable of Charles Archer. Sly Fox has become so sour and unreliable that he cannot be depended upen to show well when he races, although in his trials he performs so creditably that his stable connections have lost large Bums in backing him. Pierre Lorillards colors will be seen frequently on the eastern turf next season. Mr. Lorillard has made numerous entries in all the stakes recently closed by the Coney Island Jockey Club, and will probably enter freely in the events offered by the other associations. Frank Beagan has already shipped his lot to the Crescent City. W. C. Daly will take most of his string down and W. Oliver talks of sending Warrenton, Brisk, All Gold and the rest of bis serviceable lot on to do battle in the stakes and purses. News comes from Nashville that jockey Boscoe Troxler is not particularly anxious about being reinstated. He is attending school in that city and says he is preparing himself for a higher position in life than that of a jockey. With only two days of the meeting left, the directors of the Birmingham Jockey Club concluded to declare further racing off. The action was taken in view of the long siege of unsettled weather and the prospect of its continuance. It is reporte d that William Qerst, the wealthy Cincinnati brewer, will be among the new-comers on the turf next season. Mr. Gerst has established a breeding farm near Nashville, Tenn., and will race horses of his own raising.
