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GOSSIP OF THE TUKF In speaking of this years Annual Champion Stakes Judge Burke has this to say in the Daily America of January 28 It matters not who framed the conditions of the Annual Champion Stakes which is a fixture of the Coney Island Jockey Club fall meeting The fact remains that to horsemen it appeals beyond all others Once a man enters his foal or his yearling in that grandly devised stake that colt or filly can start in the race each time it is run provided ho or she has riot been declared out And why should a man declare his entry out of such a stake unless the candidate is absolutely broken down Therefore as long as horses like Ethelbert Maid of Harlem Iiothario Brigadier Prince of Melbourne Ildrim Disguise Chacornac Alcedo Toddy David Gar rick Rockton Standing Douro Commando Lance man All Green and Elkhorn have a possible chance to stand training it will be possible for them to run in each renewal the only additional cost being the starting fee Consider how rich a stake this is and how cheap it is for horse owners First money each year 20000 2000 to second 750 to third The owner of the winner at time of entry receives 1000 the owner of Js concTi606 and the owner ofthe third 250 The trainer of the winner receives 500 This last feature is so good a one that it has recently been imitated in England where in order to com ¬ memorate coronation year the trainer of the win ¬ ner of the Manchester race will receive 500 500The The conditions of the Annual Champion Stakes also say that the death of a subscriber or trans ¬ feree to this race does not disqualify the entry provided it be assumed by the then owner of the horse In fact it begins to dawn upon turfmen that this clause should bo adopted for all import ¬ ant stakes so that the earning capacity of a high class colt or filly should not necessarily be limited if the subscriber died The clause is already in force in a few of the great races of the year why not in all the valuable stakes The Annual Cham ¬ pion closes on July 15 of each year If breeders do their full duty by this stake and enter their foals for it thus laying the foundation for its success there is no doubt that in the course of a few years it will be made doubly as valuable as it is so that it may bo equally as rich a stake as either of the three ten thousand pounders1 which are annually raced for now in England and which this year will bo failures because many of the best of Englands three and fouryearolds are not in them themThe The difference between the Annual Champion and the three big English stakes alluded to is that the American race can always be the medium of a meeting between the best horses in training year after year provided they have been entered while with the English stakes one contest for each ends the interest and the horses who start say in 1902 are not necessarily eligible for its annual renewals while those entered in the American race are eligi ¬ ble annually annuallyThose Those good twoyearold performers of last year which have the right to run in the Annual this year include Mastermau Hyphen The Goldfinder Brunswick Yankee Compute Saturday Hanover Queen Lux Casta Tribes Hill Chilton Baron Caughnawaga Do Reszke Slipthrift Goldsmith King Hanover and the following highly spoken of dark ones Scholarie Blackmore Major Dainger field Telescope Knight Templar Precenter and others President H I Wilson of the Montana Jockey Club has made the following announcement The Montana Jockey Club has decided to open its sum ¬ mer meeting at Butte on Saturday June 11 Racing will continue at Butto and Anaconda for at least sixty days We guarantee no purses will bo less than 250 It is ouraim to carry on high class racing and also to secure the very best of officials who will guarantee these results Onr stakes will bo announced by February 20 Of the sixtyseven candidates entered in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby fourteen are eligible to the Chicago classic and what they do between now and next May will bo watched with increasing interest Among these are Abo Frank Belles Commoner AllanaDale Blennenworth Wyeth Charles W Meyer Inventor Bed Hook and Slipthrift any one of which has a chance on his twoyear old form to land the 20000 prize at Washington Park Abe Frank will probably be the winter book favorite for the Kentucky Derby and should he show the form as a threeyearold that he dis ¬ played as a twoyearold last spring he will prob ¬ ably go to the post first choice with the betting public However Hans Wagner Jordan Charles W Meyer Jack Eattlin Commissioner Forster AllanaDale and others will have many supporters There has been absolutely no work done among the thoroughbreds quartered at Churchill Downs Louisville Ky for a few days on account of the severe storm that visited that section of the country The weather however for the first three weeks in the year was sufficient to give all the trainers a line on their twoyearolds and many fleetfooted youngsters are now laying up during this spell that have already done a quarter in better than 25 secdnds That sounds remarkable for this season of the year but it is nevertheless true on account of the extraordinary weather con ¬ ditions that prevailed and the excellent shape the track was in to give these youngsters their early work for so long a time previous to the present bad weather W C Whitney has definitely decided to re ¬ move his thoroughbreds to New Jersey Harry Payne Whitney was at Lexington Ky last week and made a short inspection of the stock He visited both La Belle and Hamburg farms at the latter place dining with J E Madden and looking over Ballyhoo Bey He also spent a day at La Belle with H P Headley The reason given was that at Rancocas he and his father would have a bettor opportunity to see the horses often and since their horses are their pleasure they want thorn close at hand handClarence Clarence Mackay the young millionaire will make a strong bid for turf honors this season In a corner of the old Monmouth Park race course close to Eatontown N J he has fifteen horses in winter quarters These thoroughbreds are of the highest typo With them he hopes to defeat the champions owned by W C Whitney James E Keene and J B Haggin John W Schorr received an offer of 8000 for a twoyearold half brother to Endurance by Eight The colt is unnamed and by Pirate of Penzance Early Morn Mr Schorr refused to part with him as he has not been fully tried Mr Schorr refused to give the name of the eastern man who made the offer
