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GOSSIP OF THE TURF The stewards of the Jockey Club held a meet ¬ ing at the Sheepshead Bay track Saturday after ¬ noon August Belmont J F Bradford T R Hitchcock James R Keeno and Andrew Miller were present Jockey Combs who rode an un ¬ satisfactory race on Wax Taper last Tuesday had his license revoked W 8 Vosburgh was appointed steward to represent the Jockey Club it tha Brighton Beach Racing Associations meeting On the recommendation of the stew ¬ ards of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association the mare Kassela and tha gelding Salesman were reinstated for steeplechase and hurdle racas The following licenses were granted grantedJockeys Jockeys Dennis Desmond James Fitzaim mons M Henderson Richard Head Bnrt Knapp A Powell Edward Phelan Eagona Snedecker H Shields H Vititoe VititoeTrainers Trainers H B Blair E Burrows John Chapman George Connall J B Dyer James E Dorsey W E French Joseph B Ferguson W B Howell 8 N Holman Frank Jones George A Luckey John McKee John H Bhep ard Howard Williams D Withers and Louis Guton A dispatch from San Francisco Saturday says Advices from Honolulu are to the effect that Prince David has sworn out two warrants for tho arrest of W H Cunningham and J Morgan two wellknown local turfmen on a charge of conspiracy alleging they attempted to hire his jockey to drug the horse Weller in a on June 11 Weller is one of the princes horses and was a strong favorite in the betting until the evening before the race when his stock fell under heavy betting against him The jockey informed the prince that the defendants had offered a large bribe to him to dope the horse before the race Weller was an easy winner in the race The scandal has created quite a sensation here being the first of the kind in a long series of Kamehameha Day races racesMatt Matt Simpson that has done such good work for Father Bill Daly was sold before tha Bay Hurdle Handicap Thursday and carried the colors of his naw owner J H McCormick in that event
