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GOSSIP OF THE TUKF TUKFWhile While little has been heard of the new Buffalo association which is to build a race track in the Bison city for the last few weeks it is understood that work is being rushed in the final preparation of plans and other details With the breaking up of the snow a fine tract of land to the north of the city susceptible to the highest improvements awaits the attention of the track builders and by that time all will be eager for active work Indica ¬ tions are that Buffalo in the future will bo well cared for in the matter of the sport of kings The Highland Park Club has been successful in secur ¬ ing a special session of the Western Jockey Club for the adoption of its date schedule and is pro ¬ ceeding swimmingly with its arrangements for the summer campaign on the Canadian or Northern Circuit in which circuit of course Fort Erie fig ¬ ures as the keystone Providing the meeting which will open in Juno and run till the latter part of July does not conflict with the early summer meet ¬ ing proposed for Buffalo nothing seems to threaten an obstacle in the way of a good season at Fort Erie A glance through the oligibles of the west in ¬ dicates that the Canadian Derby should fill better this year than last year and it may be that we shall see another American Derby winner like Sidney Lucas and another handicap star like Advance Guard racing for the prize this summer summerPresident President W F Schulte of the New Louisville Jockey Club was in Cincinnati several days ago to close a contract with a firm there for the printing of the badges to be used at the spring meeting which opens at Churchill Downs May 3 3We We are going to have a splendid meeting said President Schulte Our stakes have filled surpris ¬ ingly well They show an increase of 150 over the events of last year The Derby is a very open race and from a speculative view point it should be more attractive than any race for the same prize which has been decided during the last half dozen years yearsThe The horses at Churchill Downs are all in good health and there are some as good lookers among the twoyearolds as I ever saw J E Madden has fortytwo youngsters in training there and a day or two ago he telegraphed for twenty more stalls I dont know what he is going to put in them but I presume more twoyearolds as T hear that he has altogether close to seventyfive gallopeta 01 that age We are building new stables now but lam afraid that even so we will not have stall room for all the horses that will come to the meeting meetingYes Yes Captain Bees has been engaged as presid ¬ ing judge That will end his engagements in the stand for the spring No he will not officiate at Latonia as has been published in one of the Cin ¬ cinnati papers I dont think that he has ever been asked to At any rate I know that he will not be here because he told me that he would not He is going to build a summer home and wants to personally superintend its erection The firm of Sullivan Harris of which Sam Har ¬ ris manager of Terry McGovern is a member will have a string of eighteen horses in training this year All of their horses are now turned out at HempEtead L I They will be taken up about March 1 and will bo trained this year by Christy Martin Mr Harris who is now at Cincin ¬ nati Ohio received a letter several days ago from Trainer Martin in which he reported the horses in good health and fine shape He is also in receipt of a letter from H P Headley Beaumont Farm Lexington Ky advising him that his mare Lin dula by Linden is safely in foal to Sir Walter A foal from this union should make a good race horse Speaking of his plans for the seasons campaign Mr Harris says We will not race a horse until the opening of the Gravesend meeting I do not believe in racing early I would rather come along late with fresh horses The percentage is better against horses that have been raced until they are stale and I figure that along about the time they get to Gravesend there will be a good many stale ones chasing after the purses Martin tells mo that Isia is looking fine and that he will bo a hard horse to beat Ho is by Tammany you know out of Isis by Bend Or As a threeyearold last year ho was a good winner Ho beat Miss Bennett and Sevoy at Chicago as easily as if they were tied and at Fort Erie he walked away from everything ho went against The Musketeer was about the only thing that gave him any trouble out east Ho was a good second to him in two or three hard races The Daily America of February 18 has this to say of the effects of snow on certain horses The boulevard and roads near Sheopshead Bay Graresend and Brighton were lined with thorough ¬ breds all yesterday morning and until late in the afternoon The heavy snow which fell Sunday night and yesterday was gladly welcomed by those who have in their stables horses that are affected with ringbones fevered ankles and infirm foot The effect the snow has on animals of this nature is vastly beneficial and in most cases cures entirely the two latter ailments It also strengthens the tendons to such an extent that the horses are at times able to stand a vigorous campaigning during the next season seasonAs As a comparison it maybe mentioned thatMarti mas who won the Futurity was trained at Water ¬ loo Canada in the snow and Saragossa one of the best handicap horses that ever came from across the border stood four years of campaigning after being virtually broken down as a threeyearold and won many great races racesIt It will be remembered that the veteran trainer Green B Morris was one of the first in these parts to promote this system of training that has long been in vogue among the Canadian trainers Morris and other American trainers wore for years par ¬ ticular about giving horses that were affected in the legs any hard exercise during the snowy weather in winter until Bersan which was owned by Morris became affected affectedAfter After many remedies were tried to get him to stand training all of which were of no avail the idea came to Morris that the salt water and snow gallops might harden his favorite bread winner The day after old Bersan was galloped through the snow from old Monmouth Park to the ocean and given both a snow gallop and salt water soak outs The next season saw Bersan the star of the handi ¬ cap horses He started early in the spring by giving Drake Carter and Eolian weight and defeat ¬ ing them handily at Washington in the National Hotel Handicap and Biggs Hotel Stakes but later on was beaten by the Dwyer horse Joe Cotton which he afterward defeated at Louisville A bill has been introduced in the Maryland legis ¬ lature by delegate Clayton of Elkton containing provisions which will enable the outlaw racing to open up again in Elkton The bill was prepared by former Senator John S Wirt an attorney of Elk ton and provides for holding of games and trials of speed between horses on the grounds of the Elkton Improvement Company or any ground that they may hereafter require It also repeals all general laws or any local laws which prohibited the sport This it is said will repeal the provisions of the act of 1898 which prohibited the outlaw races in Cecil County The new bill contains several apparently innocent provisions with reference to the encourage ¬ ment of horse breeding etc There is no limit to the time of holding the meetings and no license is required The Elkton fair grounds are now owned by the Elkton Improvement Company composed of several wealthy sporting men of Elkton and one or two capitalists from Philadelphia The grounds were once used as a legitimate agricultural fair but were aband6ned and sold after the outlawed races came to Elkton a few years ago The bill has been referred to the Cecil delegation in the Mary ¬ land House of Delegates for their final report A running circuit of minor importance called the Buckeye Racing Circuit embracing a number of Ohio cities has been formed recently The asso ciation will only give running races The following are the dates for the races in the various towns which have thus far joined the association Tiffin June 24 to 26 Mansfield July 2 to 4 Sandusky July 9 to 11 Lima July 15 to 18 Bucyrus July 23 to 25 Mt Yernon July 29 to August 1 H E Bell of Lima was elected president and V B Chesney of Bucyrus secretary secretaryAccording According to Mr Walden the most promising yearling in the stable of Messrs A H fe D H Mor ¬ ris is a half brother of Sam Phillips winner of the St Louis Derby of 1900 This precocious juvenile is by Bequital Reckon His dam in addition to throwing Sam Phillips also gave to the turf Add and Compute tho latter a twoyearold last season which won stakes on the metropolitan tracks The Messrs Morris paid 25000 for Compute as a year ¬ ling They have always owned Reckon which will be remembered as one of tho greatest race mares ever trained on the American turf
