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GOS8IP OF THE TUBF. The New York Bun of December 27, has this to say of the new race track, building at Jamaica, L.J. ; "More than two hvndredgpt. ere, carpenters and others are at work building the new rac6 track projected by Senator Timothy D. Sullivan and a number of prominent Tammany politicians, which is located about a mile and a half oaBt of Jamaica Yd Queens. Huge piles of lumber were scattered around yoBterday, while a big gang of carpenters were hammering and Bawing away on material for the handsome clubhouse. The clubhouse is already enclosed, while the foundations for the big grandstand and betting ring were laid sometime age, and work of constructing the grandstand is now under way The mile oval track with tbi"chute" furnishing a straight course of five and, a half furlongs has been laid out, graded and fenced in, It will be rolled and bardenedlwbeh the weather settles. The track is 100 feet wide, and the grandstand, according to plans, is to be 500 feet in length with a big lawn in front. The betting ring is to he an immense: affair, twice as large as that of any other racingJaBBociation on Long Island, and will be encircled: with an elevated gallery or promenade! from which spectators can view the scone in tha ring below. John Huggins thinks that Felix Leach, who will hereafter train for tho Messrs. Eeene, will prove to be successful, as he has had years of tuition under such experts as Mathew Dawson and Richard Marsh, Leach has some horses owned by Mr. T. P. King. The Newmarket correspondent cf the Manchester Chronicle, has the following interesting notes about the Messrs. Keeneelhorees: "The arrival ofMr. J. B. Keenes horses to be trainodlby Felix Leach, has greatly strengthened thelGrabam Place trainers team. Each of the animalelfrom Beckhamton looks the picture of health. Einopi, when at exercise, looks like running for some time, and being a proved stajer, will, Ido not doubt, continue to pay his way in lorg distance races. Disguise II. is a big, powerful horse that, to me, will require a Btrong course of training to get him into" racing trim. Bunning Stream is also a grand looking filly, and .tound in every reepect. Bhe, too, is likely to distingnishlherself ovor short cuts next season. uChacornac, a tremendous big animal of extraordinary length, will, I have no doubt, gain in strength end make a better horEe next season than he proved last term. The Oaks heroine, Cap andjrBells II., is a nice filly that ap-pearffclean and firm on her limbs. There is everyproepect that she will make up into a gocdl four-year-old, I quite expect her to be en-toredjfor tbe!AEcot Gild Cup and other leading long-distance prizes which close next month. Olympian is useful looking and will make up into an even better four-year-old than his past performances! euggest. At the same time he does not strike me as one likely to prove a stajer. I Eearearge is a taking sort, with all the appearance of developing into a high-class three-year-old, who may hold his own in clasaic events with tlio beit. Tho colt by Gallinnle Tragedy brother to Wildfowler is every inch a racehorEe,and cannot fail to distinguish him-Eelftnext season. "Others cf Felix Leachs charges that are wintering well are Zanomi and the disappointing Orchid." Daily America. Modrine, the four- ear-old colt by Sir Modred Katrine, is dead at the Sheepehead Bay track. He waB the property cf Jamea H. McCormick, the trainer, and was bought by him from Green B, Morris last summer. In the colors of Green B. Morris he was many times a winner, and was very successful at the San FranciBco meeting last winter, where he had as much speed as any hone in training,
