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GOSSIP OK TIIK TUKK The latest move mmlo by President Wall of tlio Charleston Racing Association to elevate the sport there was to create a Hoard of Stewards It was formed for the purpose of assisting the judges to weed out guilty parlies who have been manipulat ng in several of tlio races there The Hoard of Stow irds consists of Associate Judge 0 H McGeheowho ivill net as the presiding ollicor J H Marshall a icwspaper man connected with a local paper and President Tobo Wall The naming of G B Mc Qohco for the presiding stewardship will cause a vacancy in the judges stand which will bo filled by Col R W Johnson an able lawyer from Virginia The board will take cognizance of all matters per ¬ taining to racing there Turnoy BrothcrB will chip their string to Churchill Downs Louisville in a few daya They have fifteen in training his year of which they consider Waswift the best In fact they believe that ho is the greatest horse they have over owned The twoyearolds in tho string arc arcChestnut Chestnut filly by Candlemas Nell Swift SwiftBay Bay lllly by Candlemas Truant TruantBuy Buy filly by Lamplighter Landlady Buy lllly by Huck Massio Dahlia Bay colt by Wawokus Feronica Chestnut colt by Wawekus Miss Marcum Commenting upon tho arrival in England of Nas ¬ turtium the Sporting Life says It is an open secret that Nasturtium which cost Mr Whitney 10000 has been brought over to this country spe ¬ cially to win tho Derby and accordingly tho most elaborate arrangements were made on the Minno haha to insuro hissafcty on tho voyage Tho colt was given into tho personal charge of Mr II Wood the horso foreman of tho Atlantic Transport Line who bad specially constructed on tho steamer two large and commodious stables one for Nastur ¬ tium and tho other for tlio Peg Wellington colt Each of tho stables was seventeen feet six inches iu length by eight feet in width and thickly padded from top to bottom All the beams were similarly treated and a thermometer was placed in each stable so that the temperature could bo taken every hour Between tho stables was placed a couple of berths with a porthole looking into each in order that the two attendants might always have tho colts under observation Tho stables vcro whitewashed and disinfected twice a day and many other precautions were taken to insuro tho horses being landed in perfect health Tho voyago across was extremely rough but notwithstanding this disadvantage neither animal showed tho slightest sign of fatigue and both briskly walked about their boxes every day They have arrived in tho Thames in quite as sound condition as when they loft New York YorkThere There is much interest among turfmen in the two yearolds to bo developed by John E Madden this year chielly because ho turned out such a lino string last season in Blue Girl Yankee Ileuo Flywheel jandotlujrs Madden has a bunch of forty young ¬ sters which are wintering at Churchill Downs and they have been pronounced a fine lot by experts Most of them are by his stallion Mirthful out of mares that have all thrown winners It is a dilli cult matter to get a line on Maddeiis doings and it is snid that even his stable boys and rubbers novor know tho name of a horse until ho is started except by tho number of his stall Maddcns two yearolds are all well developed and finely con ¬ formed Several of them have already done quar ¬ ters in better than 25 seconds All of them will bo shipped east as soon as they are ready to race which frill bo about May 1 The indications now are that little Lyno will not notride ride in tho Schorr colors the coming season It is a sure thing that he will not if it is Mr Schorrs Schorrsidea idea to have tho Lexington lad figure in tho role of ofunderstudy understudy to J Woods tho present stable jockey As a matter of fact tho proprietor of Larchmont Stud is desirous of having his son rido in tho cast and for that reason ho will probably have him go with Captain S S Brown as tho coal magnate has made overtures Overtoil If Chonault of Spendthrift Stud Ken ¬ tucky has bought of W T Muir six highly bred twoyearold fillies which composed thu Muir string at tho Kentucky Association track Tho youngsters have shown well but Mr Muir will probably retire from tho running turf to engage in tho trotting horso business and on that account sold them Tho price is said to have been a long one Following is a list of tho youngsters youngstersChestnut Chestnut colt by Kussoll Anna Garth by Spring ¬ bok bokBay Bay filly by Russoll Clare Duncan by Aretino Bay AretinoBay BlazesChestnut filly by Hormenco Blilzons Sister by Blazes Chestnut filly by Spendthrift Golida by King Alfonso AlfonsoBay Bay filly by King Eric Virgilina by Virgil VirgilTho Tho last named filly is a fullsistor to Isabinda that was never unplaced in thirtytwo starts in 1899 1899Mr Mr Muir campaigned runners for tho first time last season Ho had a stable of live twoyearolds which included Sweet Billio that ho sold for 2000 Coacoa sold forl000 His stable winnings amount ¬ ed to aboutT2m i that it MsMloVfr hn Yantof success that ho is retiring
