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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Fred Foster has arrived at New Orleans. The Picayune of December 3 has tbiB to say about him: "Fred Foster, who raced Abase, Glen-, moyne and other horses here a few years ago, was among: the new arrivals at the : Fair Grounds yesterday. FoBter has been abroad all snmmsr. He will x locate for the time being across the pond, where he has a two yeara contract to train for a German nobleman. Foster is here on a visit to his brother, Matt, who is racing the mare Lennep at the present meeting. He will remain here for a week or two, when he will return to Chicago, and will then make preparations to return to Germany. During the past season Foster has been in Turkey, Germany, France and Austria, where he has met with great success. Foster was tho first American trainer to handle a stable of thoroughbreds in Austria. Shortly after arriving in Austria he was engaged by Gideon Von Bohenzee, speaker of the house of parliament at Budapest, as trainer. He had considerable succees with this gentlemans stable, winning eleven races in one month Morgan, the American jockey, did most of his ziding, and out of thirty-six Btarts in Austria, Hungary and Turkey he was unplaced but four times." Among the crowd at the New Orleans race track last Monday were noticed many who on t Saturday were at Bennings for the wind up of the eastern season. It means a long jump, still turfites are quick movers, and the invading forces were eager to participate in the racing without deiay. With them came Cochran and G. Thompson, two clever riders of the light weight division. Slack and Hay den are due there today, and Wonderly, with one or two more, the latter part of the week. All will be welcome, for this matter of jockeys looks like the one weak spot of the Crescent city meeting. There are, of course, some clever horsemen among those already there, but when the fields get big, as they are sure to in the near future, there will be a demand for all that can be secured. Word comes from the coast that "Johnny" Woods is doing by far the best riding of all tne jockeys there. He is commended for his alacrity in getting away from the post, judgment aB to pace and energetic finish. He has drawn a large following to himaelf lately.
