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GOSSIP OF THE TUKF. "Gene " Leighs horses in training will be sold at auction in New York Saturday. Commenting on this sale a New York newspaper -ay- : "Horsemen generally were surprised when it was announced that H. Eugene Leivh would sell all his horses in training and retire for a time from active participation in turf battles. Mr. Leigh has been so successful thus far this season that many wondered why he had reached this decision. He stated that pressing private business forced him to give up racing for a time, and as he preferred to train his own stable had decidedjto soil rather than have them handled by others. "The horses will be sold next Saturday under the auspices of the American Horse Exchange, in the saddling paddock of the Brighton Beach race track. The sale will begin at 1 oclock. p. m. "Among t lie horses to be offered are lldrim. Vulcaiu. King Bramble, Nausen. Inishfree. Del-march and Xiegfeld.liThe latter two are promising 2-year-olds; the others are 3-year-olds. "lldrim is unquestionably one of the be.-t. if not the best, three-year-old in the country. j Hi- win of the Belmont stake- at Morris Park, as well ashis sen-ational second to Prince of Melbourne in the Realization at Sheep.-head Bay, stamped him a colt of the highest class. Those trainers who diecussed the sale yesterday expressed the opinion that he would bring OONTINCHD ON BBOOND PAOK. GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from First Page. the highest price of any horsp sold this year. "lldrim has several important engagements for the balance of the season, the most valuable of which is the Annual Champion of S20.000 to be run at the autumn meeting at SheeDshead Bay. On past performance lldrim seems to have this race at his mercy, as few of those eligible appear to have any chance with him. "Vulcain is a more than useful colt, while the others are good enough to win anywhere with proper management in placing." A dispatch from Lexington to a Cincinnati newspaper of yesterday says : "To the astonishment of his friends Starter James B. Ferguson, who for a week was believed to be in a dy-intr condition, today left his bed in St. Josephs hospital and insisted on being driven to Kingston," the farm which hi- wife sold on Monday to Ex-Senator Bronston for 0,000. His nurse. Miss Viola Jensen, of Louisville, could do nothing with him. He ordered a carriage and compelled the driver to land him in a cottage on the farm, where he went to bed. His friends say that he has lost his mind. Phil T. Chinn and his wife, who is Mr. Fergusons daughter, have been telegraphed to in New York to come to Lexington at once." Sidney Lucas performance Wednesday aroused horsemen to make the most complimentary remarks of the great colt. Green Morris said: "He can beat any horse in the east at age and weight over a distance." Johnny Huffman, who once trained To Tambein and now has Milwaukee, said ; "He is the best horse I ever saw. Milwaukee is no common dog and the way he raced my horse but shows what Lucas is." Johnny Schorr said: "He is the best horse in the west and it will be easy for him to beat them at the weights." "Kid" Wel-ler thinks Lucas the best 3-year-old in America. —The Chronicle. The other day a comedian known as Snitz Edwards approached the Teutonic Mr. Wal-baum in the bookmakers inclosure, and expressed a desire to bet 0 upon a horse that did not look particularly likely to win. Mr. Walbaum took the money and said, scathingly : "Iss datbet on der leffel." "Of course it is," responded the actor, with a touch of indignation in his tone. "By chinks," resumed Walbaum, earnestly, "you ought to be a goot comedian. You dry so hardt to make beople laugh."
