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GOSSIP OF THE TURF It will be welcome news to lovers of racing says Judge Burke in the Daily America of January 16 if the Jockey Club will accede to the desire of the Washington Jockey Club and grant that asso ¬ ciations request to commence racing one week earlier than has been scheduled In other words the Bennings people want to begin on Monday March 24 instead of on Thursday March 27 It will be nearly four months by that time sinco any one around Now York or Washington will have seen any racing and in view of the great difficulty now I hat racing people have in backing their fancy the I irly commencement at Washington will be eagerly I jlcomed The rearrangement of dates if it be kade and there is little doubt of that I fancy Jll give the Bennings track eighteen days in the spring before the legal date April 15 at which rac ¬ ing can begin in New York state Should there be no rearrangement of dates in the fall to provide for the Jamaica track Bennings will have at that time of the year eighteen more days making thirty six in all In several quarters last night the opin ¬ ion was expressed that there would be a rearrange ment so as to let Jamaica have about ten days or two weeks for by that time if not before it is said that that track will be in firstclass working condi ¬ tion Another American stallion nov doing stud duty in England is the famous horse Eamapo winner of the Suburban of 1894 when carrying 120 pounds and ridden by Fred Taral he beat Banquet 119 pounds Sport 114 pounds King Lee 110 pounds Henry of Navarre 3yearold 108 pounds Pickpocket 110 pounds Sir Walter 120 pounds Don Alonzo 1211 pounds St Michael 100 pounds Kinglet 105 pounds Comanche 112 pounds and Charade 111 pounds Time 2 06 g Value to winner 12070 Ho is by Pontiac Annie F though the requirements of the rules mention that he had a double paternity by Runnymede or Poutiac He stands at 120 in England The Washington Jockey Club has announced the stakes which will be decided at the Spring and Autumn meetings They are as follows The Ben ¬ nings Spring Handicap 700 six furlongs and the Second Spring Handicap 1000 seven furlongs to be run at the Spring Meeting The Grand Consola ¬ tion 2500 seven furlongs the Dixie 1500 one mile and threequarters and the Vestal 1200 one mile and a half to be run at the Autumn Meeting MeetingJudge Judge Burke in the Daily America of January 19 has this to say of Garry Hermanns dam Soldiers of fortune who expect to acquire sudden wealth by discovering the long lost Silk Gown dam of Garry Hermann are wasting their efforts searching for her When she was bought by the Breeders Asso ¬ ciation and sold withtlut pedigree as far as racing goes she died writes W M Moeckler in the Globe Democrat It would not make a particle of differ ¬ ence if she should now bo discovered and her identity established to the satisfaction of those who knew her best for she can never regain her place in the stud book and her progeny though thorough ¬ bred by right of birth would not be so accepted She might produce another Garry Hermann though this is so unlikely that it would be safe to lay SCO to 1 against it but even if she did the sec ¬ ond Garry Hermann would notbeallowed to run on a regular race track governed by the rules of either the eastern or Western Jockey Club Thus who ¬ ever might buy Silk Gown for 75 or 100 would get a mare worth probably not so much as that though if she can produce good mules as it is reported she is doing she could not be bought for any such sum Mules are worth on an average more than horses and the advantage in their favor Would be great indeed were it not for the occasional sensational prices made for exceptionally fast race horses i Joe Hawkins the trainer has charge of a largo string of twoyearolds at Versailles Ky which he is preparing for a western campaign which will probably open for him at Louisville He is hand ¬ ling the following twoyearolds Chestnut gelding by Victory FledaB FledaBBlack Black filly by Victory Strap StrapChestnut Chestnut filly by Ben Strome Lizzie McCabe McCabeBlack Black colt by Tristan Ellorslie EllorslieBay Bay colt by Tristan Aquilon AquilonBay Bay filly by Tristan Scotia ScotiaChestnut Chestnut filly by Tristan Banana BananaChestnut Chestnut filly by Tristan Souffle SouffleChestnut Chestnut filly by Tristan Tudie TudieChestnut Chestnut filly by Tristan Bunch BunchBay Bay filly by Tristan Katie Chestnut filly by Rossington Kittle We
