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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Besides the yearlings named in the catalogue of the Woodard and Shanklin sale, Mr. O. H. Chenault will sell. Monday night, a filly that is a full sister to The Elector. She was omitted from the catalogue through an oversight. The Electors fine racing at Washington Park recently will serve to draw more than an ordinary measure of attention to this dainty aristocrat when she is led into the sales ring Monday night. Next Saturday a meeting is slated to begin at Windsor that will cover thirty days of racing and more, if a reasonable measure of prosperity attends its progress. Enough horses have already gone to the track to insure good racing, but more will go from here at the conclusion of the Washington Park meeting, and a contingent is to go from St. Louis, so that there will be horses in abundance. The meeting is to be conducted by a local organization, a circumstance that is pleasing to the patrons of the course, who have resented the fact that heretofore their meetings were conducted by foreigners. A novelty for Windsor is the fact that the betting ring is to be open to all bookmakers who choose to cut in. Syndicate betting has been the bane of the Northern Circuit meetings and a return to the open ring principle will be heartily welcomed by the race goers of Detroit and Windsor. Mr. T. F. Buckley recently purchased the following two-year-olds from John Gardner: The brown filly Sinfi. by Loyalist— Irre-pentance, and the bay colt Denman Thompson, by Deceiver — Ramona, The former owner of these two horses was warned off the track and had but little chance to race at any other point and they had to be sold to responsible parties in order to remove the blemish. Mr. Buckley, knowing their value, went direct to judge Murphy and had his permission to purchase and race them. He paid exactly St.000 for the two and estimates the filly worth S3 000 and the colt ,000. The bill of sale was drawn by the clerk of scales at the Fair Grounds and was reliably witnessed. The cash was paid on the spot on June 27. This enterprising young turfman has a clean record and his horses are run to win and are good betting propositions. Mr. Buckley has a host of friends who are very glad to see him prospering and able to buy "good ones." St. Louis Sporting News. Owners are reminded that this is the last day for making entries to the fine list of stakes proffered by the Chicago Jockey Club. Twelve in number they are liberally conditioned and -hould receive generous patronage. Hawthorne is a popular race course and the officials of the Chicago Jocke Club spare no pains to assure the comfort and convenience of turfmen and spectators. Racing there this summer will be, afl it wa.- last year, up to the highest mark. The terms of the stakes are fully set out in the advertising department of this issue and should receive the immediate attention of owners who may have neglected to m ake nominations.
