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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Preparations have been made by the horsemen at the Fair Grounds to scatter to various meetings throughout the country, a special train of ten cars having been arranged to depart for the LouiBville meeting tomorrow morning. Many of the owners will Bhip to that point, others will go to Washington, D. C, John CONTINUED ON SECOND rMOE, GOSSIP OF THE TUBF. Continued from First Paga. S. Bratton among these last, while a few will go North. Many will ramaia at the Fair Grounds for awhilo to rest their strings. Owners who will ship to Louisville tomorrow include P. M. Civill, Gil Curry, Tom Stavens, P. J. Miles, E. D. Orr, J. C. Tucker, J. M. Johnson, J. C. Ferris, Jr., Wade McLemore, Frank Garing, W. H. Billings, J. Dockery, Cliff Kennedy, T. A. Daviea, T. P. Hayes, 8. P. Harlan and P. J. Nolan. John B. Bratton and J. E. Lane and Co. will ship to Washington to take part in tha Bon-nings meating, while Hugh McCarren, Jr., is scheduled for the Windsor track. Jockeys J. and L. Daly will go to Washington, while Troxler, Patton, ONail and Beauchamp will go to Louievilla. Announcement was made Wednesday that H. Fliten would train for J. S. Bratton at tho Ben-niDgs meeting. Frank Carr, the local bookmaker, has sold his gelding Ciales to John Mc-Kee for a price said to be ,000. An interesting item is a record transcontinental trip for a racing man with a stable recently made. Groan B. Morris, with sixteen horssB, including the two-year-old Cunard, the four-ysar-old Water Cure, tho three-year-olds Janice and Autolisht, started on a schedule of five and a half days on tho road. The horses were in two express cars, each equipped with eight box stalls, padded and provided with clean straw. The cars were taken to Chicago by the fast Pennsylvania express No. 9, and switched to the Santa Fe express over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Bailroad. TMb is the first time the officers of the Santa Fe road hitched horse cars to its flyer. Mr. Morris stable will raca at San FranciBco, returning east next spring. He expects to get his share of the purses at Tanforan and Oakland. The English jockey record up to October 11 was as follows: Mta. Lost. Won. O. Madden 639 5S6 113 8. Loatea 449 S70 79 L. Beiff 322 217 75 G. McOall 3S3 263 70 J. Beiff 291 324 70 M. Cannon 868 801 67 D. Maher 319 253 66 F. Bickaby 387 326 61 J. Childs. 327 275 52 W. Hafsey ..415 863 50 H. Alin 253 210 43 J. H. Martin .. 269 227 42 K. Cannon 392 351 41 C. Yarnell 232 195 37 W.Lane 379 344 85 C. Jenkins 242 210 32 8. Clemson 2S4 227 27 J. Ffigan 236 210 26 T. Heppsll 228 205 23 J. McCall 125 104 21 T. Broom . 284 215 19 F. W. Hardy 161 146 15 C.A.Thorpe ..lll 98 13 Papinta, the danseuse, who a few years ago established a thoroughbred breeding farm near Concord, Contra Costa county, in this state, will send to the auction ring in this city during December, a consignment of handsome and well bred two-year-olds, all by El Bayo and out of select mares. Papinta, who is Mrs. Lorena V. Holpin in public life, has made a beautiful home of her stock farm, and greatly enjoys the time spent there among the horses and coltB. The lady is an excellent whip and handles one, tiro or four horses as if to the manner born. San Francisco Breeder and Sportsman. Jockey T. Barns has been re-engaged to -ride for W. C. Whitney next year. The contract is. not yet signed, but arrangements have been made and the paperB will be ready in a day or so. Burns had more than one offer for noxt season, but he listened to none until he had interviewed Mr. Whitney. Contrary to the general opinion a number of the horses at the Oakland track are very forward in their preparation. A two-year-old stepped five furlongs the other morning in a fraction of a second better than 1:01, while several of the older horses have shaded 1 :41 for the mile. Walter Jennings has sevantesn horses in training at Sacramento aside from yearlings. The list includes Yesuvian, Andrisa, Dunblane, Canderos, Bedwald, The Scot, Modder, El Bano, Milas, PreBtano, Qniet, Lapidns, Minerva, Sister Jeanie, Jacqueminot and Evander. The California Jockey Club is badly in need of more stabling accommodations at Oakland, despite the fact that new stalls are in course of construction. It is likely that Ingleside will baprepared so that owners can train their horses on that track.
