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GOSSIP OF THE TUBE. Tictor Porter, the steeplechase jockey, will not ride at New OrleanB this t. inter, through the intervention of the courts. His injunction suit against the Crescent City Jockey Club and its officials praying that they be restrained from interfering with him in bis vocation has been diemiesed by Judge Bummerville. His suit for damages egeintt Manager Eueh, Secretary Clark and Presiding Steward Bees will come up for trial next Friday. The Ban Francieco Examinor of December 17 haB thiB to sey of Water Cure : "Water Cure ie undoubtedly the beet horse now being trained in California. Yesterday he won the three-cornered race at six and a half furlongs against VeBUvian and The Pride in a big cantex, and after receiving a wretched ride at the hands of OConnor. He was in a corner practically from start to finish. Perhaps the jockey thought Ph.Prida and Ve mvlan would turn wide into the stretch and let him through, but they didnt, and at the paddock Water Cure was almost jumping on Yesuvians heels, with The Pride pinning him in on the rail. OConnor was forced to pull up short and come on the outside of them both. Of course the horse had enough left to enable him to do it easily, but that very fact should have shown OConnor that he need take nolchances of being cut off or interfered with. Water Cure is not a sprinter; that is, he never was regarded as one around New York, He hes demonstrated his ability to go a loag i route. With his speed, courage and clasB, if he : stays good, he should hold the Burns Handicap j safe against anything that has shown here, i That is probably the reason that a rumor got ! into circulation at the track yesterday that Burns andjWaterhouse had offered Greon B. Morris 5,000 for him. Colonel Burns denied that this was jtrue last night, and also stated that his firm had not contemplated any such purchase." Ed Corrigan arrived at the Palace Hotel, Ban Francisco, last Monday night and held a levee in the corridor. He has secured another English horse to add to his Sacramento breeding farm. The newcomer iB Dnnlop, by Ayrshire. He was a promising two-year-old in his day. Basseda, the California mare taken to England, did not stand up in her training and is now en route to Sacramento. While in England she was bred tolEncounter, by Isonomy. Corrigan says he haB twenty-five horses in training in England and he will sell the yearlings and two-year-olds at his Sacramento farm at Chicago early thiB spring. He will never again ship any horee fromjhere to England as the journey is too severe. Corrigan sold Geyser to Wishard, who has shipped the son of Ben Ali back to America. Corrigan will return east in a day or two and will leave for England early in the Bpring. A story is current in New Orleans that Tod Bloan, the former jockey, is married and Mb bride is a French girl. Cash Bloan, bis brother, who is there, waB seen and said that he knew about his brothers matrimonial venture only from what ho had heard. He also said that he met Tod in Paris six weeks ago and that he had nothing then to say about hiB marriage. Jed and William Waldo, the two young jockeys who rode for Ed Corrigan in England, have arrived at New Orleans and will ride during the meeting. Tiny Williams, the negro jockey, has also arrived. " The correspondent of the New York 8un, writing from New Orleans under date of December 19, sayB: "A scandal that will probably equal tho I sen case of last winter, when a number of owners and jockeyB were ruled off the turf for life, is brewing. Ever since the steeplechase race of last Friday there have been all kinds of storios afloat concerning the race, and judging by the efforts of Divertissement yesterday the itories have in part been substantiated. According to talk that began immediately after the race laBt Friday, jockeyB that were to ride in the race met in a sporting resort on Thursday nightland decided to bet on, or at least to have some one to bet on, the horse that they would select to win. Divertissement was the one selected and cipher messages were sent away to a number of cities where turf exchanges are operated. It is said that those in on the deal had some one else to sign the mesBago so as to leave them out in case anything came up. The amount won by the jockeys and the party that put up the money iB Baid to be in the neighborhood of 0,000. The out-of-town poolrooms 1 were hard hit, while two in Providence were practically put out of business. It may be said OO W TIM UBU Olf FOURTH WAMMt , GOSSIP OF THE TUHF. Continmd from First Pagt, that bo far as known not one of the ownera was in on the deal, and it wbb strictly a jockeys feast. The Btewards have not as yet taken any action in the matter, bnt it is expected that they will." William G. Whitneys sending Nasturtium away to England to try for the Derby and such other races aB the great Watercress colt is eligible for is an act which does not appeal to the popular fancy any more than did Mr. Eeenes dispatching Conroy oyer to try for the Ascot Cup, etc. Nasturtium on public form appears to be the great coming three-year-old, as Conroy on form bids fair to be a four-year-old of the very highest quality. The American turf accordingly has lost two of its flneBt specimens of horsi flesh. Mr. Whitney, as president of the new Saratoga Bacing Association, is as much pledged to do all he can to help along the game in thiB country as is Mr. Eeene in his quality of " -vice-chairman of the Jockty Club. It is not enough to talk of the credit which will redound to the American turf in the event of a Nasturtium victory in the Derby or a Conroy triumph in the Ascot Cup. Americans would rather have American horses like Nasturtium and Conroy remain in this country and win great races here. We can worry along without British turf honors New York Bun. Captain James B. Clay, of Lexington, Ey., has sold to P. J. Dwyer a weanling colt by Handspring Mon Droit. This youngster is a full brother to a yearling sold last spring to Mr. Dwyer for ,000, and is also a brother to the good colt Major Daingerfleld. The price is thought to be upward of ,000. Lester and Johnny Beiff, two noted jockeys, arrived at San Jose December 20, and went at once to their country place on Homestead road, where they will spend several weeks with their parents in well-earned quiet after their active and somewhat turbulent season on the turf. Lester is somewhat disgUBted with his experience this year in England, and announces his intention of quitting the turf. Johnny will remain at his home until February, when he will go to France to take part in spring races. He is now only sixteen years old, and has ridden four seasons.
