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GOSSIP OF THE TURF At a meeting in New York City of the stewards of the Jockey Club January 22 for the purpose of or ganization and general business the following offi cers were elected for the ensuing year Chairman August Belmont Vice Chairman James R Keene Secretary and Treasurer F K Sturgis SturgisThe The Washington Jockey Club was granted per mission to commence its spring meeting on Tues day March 25 instead of Thursday March 27 as asper per the original allotment of dates On the recommendation of the National Steeple chase and Hunt Association the bay mare Ninons foaled 1894 by Charaxus Ninone property of John S Bratton and the brown gelding Arian by Mich ael Nannie Rapture property of John W Hunt were reinstated for steeplechase and hurdle races Th stcwards at NewOrleunshandcdintheiriind ihg in the Harshberger case which brings an indefi ¬ nite suspension for that rider The following is heir report in full N C S Bush President and General Manager Crescent City Jockey Club Jockey Harshberger was suspended January 6 pending investigation of liis ride on the horse Ernest Parham in the second race of that day distance six furlongs OH well at the start in a field of eight horses in good position he at once took his horse twelve to fifteen lengths back of the leaders and virtually out of the race and vas in that position fully onethird of the route with his horse more or less under restraint Around the turn leading to and into the stretch he gave an exhibition of riding so weird it is impossible to describe it intelligently at the finish was beaten oil six to eight lengths The explanation given by Harshberger was not in keeping with his instruc ¬ tions or in any sense satisfactory satisfactoryThe The previous and subsequent races of this horse will show that ho runs to best advantage in front as with additional weight up and over a long route he has demonstrated that fact and when so ridden his races have all been most consistent Harsh bergers riding heretofore at least on one occasion on this horse has not been above suspicion and his ride and actions on the heavily backed favorite Master Mariner November 29 together with his unsatisfactory explanation of the same at that time is now recalled as well wellWe We are satisfied he rode the horse Ernest Par ham on the day in question in a manner apparently to finish unplaced and certainly the only way lie could have succeeded and for a purpose as our in ¬ vestigation will show best known to himself himselfHis His suspension from all turf privileges is to con ¬ tinue indefinitely By order BOAKD OP STEWARDS The complete list of entries announced by the New Memphis Jockey Club for the stakes to bo decided at the Montgomery Park meeting gives an indica tion of what may be expected in a way of class as owners entering there have with few exceptions made known their intentions of racing exclusively at the St Louis and Chicago tracks The list outnum bers any in recent years Every division has filled 1 well and from the names that appear among the threeyearold division it is evident that the Derby and the stakes for Memphis for that age will excel 1 the class of any year of late Their work here will 1 bo an index to their Chicago and St Louis form t later on The Montgomery Handicap which will be the feature of the opening day has all that per tains to class in the handicap division in the west CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE GOSSIP OF THE TURF Continued from First Page a few of which are McChesney Wyeth Rochester Wax Taper Alard Telamon Rolling Boer The iady St Marcos Lady Schorr Lord Quex Federal Tayon Specific Nitrate Vulcain The Unknown Caviar Cambrian Waring Tho threeyearold class is represented stronger than in any other division Those that are in the Hotel Gayoso Stakes the sequel to the Tennessee Derby and a race that will furnish a lino on djher Derbies are McChesney Abe Frank Charles W Meyer Wyoth Bunnels Larry Young Ed Austin Bessie Spahr Aladdin Barouche Herodiade AllanaDale Lord Quex QuexFor For the twoyearold division each owner has in his possession many youngsters that have shown well in the trials Schorr owns twentytwo that have been nominated to all the western stakes Bennett has eighteen twoyearolds and Sam Hil dreth is the only owner who does not own any youngsters A c6mparison of this and last years entries shows a decided increase President Wall last Wednesday before the racing began at Charleston addressed the horsemen and although he did not make a lengthy speech he never ¬ theless told them plenty The purport of his remarks was that a few horsemen had been cheat ¬ ing and this had occasioned much talk It was simply on account of the laxity of those who were invested with the power to punish had not done so and that he in future himself would see that pun ¬ ishment was meted out to offenders And the pun ¬ ishment which will be inflicted will not be of the lenient kind but of the kind that will deprive wrongdoers of ever cheating again In conclusion ie extended amnesty to all those who had come under the ban previously but warned them that a repetition of their wrongdoing would be harshly dealt with He stated that the jockeys who had been punished with fines and suspensions were only the mere instruments in the hands of some unscrup ulouspersons and as punishing the jockeys did Hot affect the real culprits he forgave them with the warning to go and sin no more He also told them plainly that woe be unto the one who in future is found guilty of anything wrong be he little or big His badge will be taken from him and his entrance to the race track will be forever barred During the fortyfve days of the Crescent City Jockey Club meeting that have already been run the association has distributed among the horse OWifiitStiie sum of 10783650 This amount has gone to 172 owners of whom 98 have won 250 or more George C Bennett Co are in tho lead with the narrow margin of 11 Two owners have won more than 5000 three more than 3000 five more than 2000 twentysix more than 1000 twenty four more than 500 and thirtyeight more than 250 The other seventyfour have won all the way from 249 down to 25
