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j j j j j , GOSSIP OF THE TURF. ThomaB H. Williams, Jr., president of tho new California Jockey Club, iB about to try an experiment in preparing horses for the track, The well-known horseman is a believar in the theory that horses should not be put on tho track until they have reached their maturity, He believes that two-year-olds are neither strong nor wise enough to do themselves justice. Mr. Williams intends buying a number of yearlings and colta and sending them to Ore- gon. It is his intention to allow the horses to browse on the rich grass and gain strength GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from first page. loaming over the country. Ho will not permit them to grow wild nor will ho have them trained. He will Bimply have them" ridden from time to time for the purpose of accustom-ing them to the work they will have to do cn the track, where, he is confident, they will demonstrate the correctness of his theory. "The advanco guard of racegoers and turfmen are already beginning to arrive" says the New Orleans Picayune of November 18. "Last nights spscial from Cincinnati brought In several prominent men in the turf world, among thsm I Capt. Buck Franklin, trainer of Pink Coat, about the best handicap horBB that raced at Chicago last summer; Charles Rowe, of the firm of Rowe and Clarkson; "Doc" Campbell a well known horsemen from Boston, and Ed Jasper. Secretary Clarks genial assistant. On the same train were the Daly boys, Larry and Johnny. Both these jockeys are on their way to Frisco. They were accompanied by Maj. Charles Butler, a gentleman well remembored by the soldiers who camped on the Fair grounds a few years back. "From now on racegoers will arrive in droves. Even now the hotels are well filled and indications point that there will be a larger crowd here this season than ever before. "The Gene Elrod special left Cincinnati yesterday and is due to arrive here tomorrow morning. This lot comprises fifteen carloads, and among them are the pick of the thoroughbreds that took part in the recont Latonia meeting. "The following is a list of the stables that will ship from Cincinnati: Liger and Brown, 12 horses; C. E. Rowe, S; H. Robinson, 6; J. Laird, 8; Ed Richardson, 2; Wood Hoffman, 2; M. C. Lyles, 10; Honry SimoDs, 8; W. L. Hazelip, 10; DanLamasney, 8; R. E. Watkins, 9; U. Z. De Arman, 10; C. C. McCafferty, 6; C. H. Williams, 4; J. B. Brannon, 2; William Weir, 4; William Mclnerny, 3; John Naylor, 7; George Land, 3; Walter Wells, 4; W. T. Baldwin, 8, andB. Crow-hurst, 2." T. L. Piorco, says a Cincinnati paper, who for several years was head lad in J. S. Curtis racing stable in England and South Africa, has gone to New Orleans with a string of jumpers. At Latonia he got Mr. Pomoroy and Lot Thomas and schooled them over the jumps at the Kenton county track during last week. He haB engaged Pat McGovern, of Chicago, to ride for him in the timber topping events at the Crescent City track this winter. "I think McGovern is one of the best boys that ever straddled a jumper," said Mr. Pierce. "He is as fearless a rider as I ever saw, and. Ive seen the best of them in England and Ireland. He won the Tnrf Congress on Bristol at New Orleans last winter, and the ride that he put up was a beauty. Mr. Pomeroy has the making of a good jumper and I expect to win some nice races with him this winter."
