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GOSSIP OF THE TUBF vln discussing some of the recent London sales of thoroughbreds an English authority has this to say One of the biggest lotteries is the breeding and Tsale of blood stock Experience shows that vin viiers often turn up in inexpensively purchased ahi rmals Santoi the winner of the Jubilee Stakes and jfthe Ascot Cup cost 190 guineas Handicapper the sensational winner of the Two Thousand Guineas was bought as a yearling for 380 guineas The 1897 yearlings sold for something like 40000 and the bnlx winner out of the lot is Le Blizon 189S proved bad year for the purchase of highpriced stock rrand of the 1899 lot only Pietermaritzburg has come vbut with credit George Fabers colt won the tfv Jockey Club Stakes and two minor stakes and so got Jback his purchase price of 2000 guineas The 1900 yearlings have not done much this season as twoyearolds Sceptre cost 10000 guineas and has won 2455 guineas Mr Plaits Ice Maiden cost 1900 guineas and has won 460 and so on The costly failures during the justended season include Cup CupJbearer Jbearer Flying Lemur Sandflake and Ormelie all of whom have failed to score This little lot cost rupwards of 25000 Captain Samuel Brown owner of the famous Garry Hermann has announced names for a number of twoyearolds which are to represent representi i ills stable in the many races at Chicago and andOther Other western tracks The horses are all de tdared to show promise and there is one cracker jack in the bunch Captain Brown is looking for a jockey for his western stable He will use Odom in inthe the east where his racers will be trained by Peter PeterWimmer Wimmer The latter writes his employer that thatHyphen Hyphen last years fine racer is spreading out and andwill will be heard from the coming season The new string of twoyearolds are Penance SunlightPluck ch f by Pirate of Penzance Sunlight Pluck IndustryRheta br f by Pirate of Penzance Industry Rheta br f by Lamplighter Senofita Prism CrystalMarcian b c by Henry Young Crystal AllahTancred Marcian br or b c by Falsetto Allah Tancred ch c by Troubadour Unadilla Lampoon UnadillaLampoon ch f by Lamplighter Mona Airlight MonaAirlight b f by Lamlighter Sunbeam SunbeamPirate Pirate GallopThese b c by Pirate of Penzance Gallop These are all of Captain Browns breeding They are being trained in the west by Tucker They are jentered in events here hereThe The betting privileges for the spring meeting of ofthe the Memphis Jockey Club have been awarded to toJeorge Jeorge C Bennett of Memphis Tenn Other bid ders were C A Tilles of St Louis and Chambers Walker of Hot Springs Any reputable book i maker will be allowed to draw in at the meeting
