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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. Hart Dernham, the owner of Peat, claimed C. B. Campbell out of the fifth race. George Eowe, owner of Lovable, also put in a claim for the same horse, but as Peat finished third this gave Dernham the prior right to C. B. Campbell. S. C. Hild-reth, his former owner, bought the horse back soon after paying Dernham ,550, an advance of 00 over the claiming price. E. J. Baldwin will ship his horses, including Crazados and Americano, to New York next Sunday. They will race on the eastern tracks the remainder of the summer and be shipped back to California in the fall. There was a lull in the selling race war which has waged so fiercely since the beginning of the meeting. Although three of the races yesterday had selling conditions, none of the winners was bid up. C. C. McCafferty refused an offer of Sl.EOO for his contract on jockey Bonner. Mr. McCafferty secured Bonner during the Charleston meeting, where the boy rode some creditable races. A. H. Vivell arrived yesterday at Hawthorne from St. Louis with Sharp Bird and three others. Ex-jockey J. Weber, who used to ride for E. Cor-rigan, wired from Montana requesting stable room CONTESTED ON FIFTH PAGE. LOCAL TUBF GOSSIP. Continued from First Page. for three horses, which he intends to race at the-Hawthorne and Harlem tracks. The original fifth race had to be declared off on account of numerous scratches. In the other five races there ware twenty-seven withdrawals. Joekey Miller, who rode Emir in the second race, allowed his mount to swerve in the last eighth. After weighing in he complained to the judges that Coburn had bumped into him. Judge Morse rebuked the rider for his impertinence in claiming foul when he was tho chief offender.
