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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Burns and Waterhouse, the famous California racing firm, have decided to remove their extensive breeding establishment from California to Missouri. Joseph A. Murphy, secretary of the St. Louis Fair Association, is authority for the above announcement. He is the presiding judge at the Oakland track, in which Burns and Waterhouse are heavily interested. "Burns and Waterhouse have an extensive breeding ranch near Sacramento. said Mr. Murphy recently. "They have a lease on a ranch which adjoins J. B. Haggins famous Rancho del Paso, the biggest breeding stud in the world. Burns and Waterhouse intend to secure a farm in southern Missouri. George Tuttle, their agent, will come east this summer for the purpose of locating a place. He told me that his"employers thought pretty well of the Ozark Mountain foothills, and if it is possible to secure a|big. well-watered farm in that part of Missouri, the Burns St Waterhouse breeding establishment will bo transferred there. The phenomena] raccess of Barney Schroioers great two-year-old filly, Sofala. who was bred in St. Louis county, has been the biggest kind of an advertisement for Missouri. She is beyond a doubt one of the best youngsters ever brod in this country, and the fact that she conies from Misn viri proves conclusively that this state is capable of producing just ;-.s good racehorses as Kentucky or Tennessee. "Misswiri-bred saddle horses are noted the world over and the day is not far distant when Missouri-bred thoroughbreds will be ] equally as famous. California produces big horses, but they never have any winter out there, and breeders claim that thoroughbreds i do better in a climate like we have in this part of the country. This fact accounts for J. B. Haggins continued investments in Kentucky and Barns A Waterbooaea determination to come to Missouri. The acquisition of the Burns and Waterhouse breeediug establishment will certainly be a big thing for this state. Both members of the firm are millionaires. Colonel Daniel M. Burns being one of the republican leaders of California. He and his partner, Clarence Waterhouse, developed the famous Candelaria silver mine in Mexico. Their racing stable is one of the mo4 extensive in America. They had about sixty head of horses in training last winter and led the winning owners at San i Francisco. Lucidia, a Missouri-bred filly by Buckmaster. from J. D. Lucas Goodwood Stud in St. Louis county, is one of the speediest two- i year-olds in the Burns and Waterhouse stable. "Take Notice, the sire of the good two-year-old Rollick, and Altamax, one of the best sons of Maxim, are the leading stallions at Burns and Waterhouses stud. Paloma, dam of Yellow Tail and Miss Rowena. and Free Love, dam of Midlove, Dunfree and Lovedal, are two of the most noted producing matrons in their broodmare band, which also includes Sweet Faver-dale, Bit of Fashion and other young mares that were successful racing machines."
