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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Discussing the race for the Champagne Stakes at Morris Park, Turf, Field and Farm Bays: "In the parade to the post the- contrast between the sturdy powerful Yankee, with.creBt and shoulders like a four-year-old, and the dainty, light-built filly, which will not weigh within many pounds of the colt, was marked. And in action there was more radical difference between them. Yankee strides along in resolute plugging fashion, while the filly skims the ground like a swallow, with action that is almost frictionlesB. "OConnor, in skirmishing at the post with Endurance by Bight, got caught in the barrier, which got him round the neck and pulled him half off the mare. But the lad was equal to the emergncy, recovering his seat in acrobatic fashion. Had he been spilled the runaway that would have followed might have ruined 5,000 worth of horseflesh for racing purposes. I "Luck and Charity, which is yet backward in condition and not up to Buch company as he was meeting, got away from the barrier for the first time in his racing career, aided by Joe Howelis blacksnake whip. This colt is a good one and ought to make a useful three-year-old. "The race ? was, of course, no trial at all, except as to how eaaily Yankee and Endurance by Right can beat Caughnawaga and Luck and Charity. Coming down the homestretch hill Turner waa busy holding Yankee back and many think he could have passtd the filly at any time. But she also was only galloping eaaily, not having bsen extended at any part of the race. The differences of opinion, however, after the race as to the merits of the pair extended even to the two jockeya. "Turner said Yankee could have run over the filly at any time, while OConnor, who had ridden Yankee in the Futurity, said Enduranca by Bight was the fastest mare or horse he Una ridden this year. Among the trainers most f aa-cied the filly. James Howe went to extreme in his compariaon in declaring that the filly coi.M carry him and bjat the colt. As Rowe, who ;s not going to England, by the way, weighs over 200 pounds, this is an extravagant estimate of Endurance by Bights merit. "Other trainers of equal prominence were of the opinion that the filly could have given Yankee from ten to fifteen pounds and beaten him. They reasoned that if she had carried Yankee along like she did Heno at Gravesend, or Heno did Yankee down the toboggan, that Turner would not have had to do any lugging in the homestretch. Judging by the easy way in which she recorded 1:28 for the Beven fur-longB, she could probably have knocked two seconds off that mark if pushed." Under the caption "Made Them Squeal" the Enquirer of Saturday says : "When the edict went out from the Secretarys office at Latonia yesterday morning that all trainers and jockeys reinstated by the Western Jockey "Club would have to take out new licenses before they would be permitted to participate in the scrambles for the candy there was a howl that frightened the wild geese off the lake in the infield. Each license fetched 5 out of the jeans of the regenerated ones, and for each set of colors required to be registered there was an additional five-spot. The reproduction of the remarks made by the affected ones would be unbecoming. It ia sufficient to say that they were not of the Sunday acbool variety." Paper Maker, one of the best two-year-olds raced on the Canadian circuit, may never race again. Shortly after the colt arrived at the I Newport track he was attacked with. a apscies of influenza, which waa prevalent on the northern circuit late in the season. By good care Trainer Franklin brought the colt ;out of danger, but the ravages of the disease.left the youngster in poor physical health. It is not known whether his wind is affectedor not. If lit is the colt will never race again. The colt ia the property of Mr. Charles Meade, a prominent merchant of Dayton, Ohio. Paper Maker Is a chestnut colt by Himyar Frogmore.
