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I.OCAX TURF GOSSIP. Jockey Taylor, who rode Farrell in the steeplechase, sustained injuries when the horse fell that may keep him out of the saddle forever. Several doctors who examined closely into the jockeys condition stated that he had become paralyzed in his lower body. Taylor was taken to the Garfield Park Sanitarium, where he will be under the care of Dr. Harvey. The following rule was yesterday adopted by the Chicago Jockey Club: "In all stakes where a horse or horses be added to the field, the positions of such horses at the poBt shall be determined by lot, without disturbing the relative positions of the other starters as assigned over night." Jockey J. Baker, who rode Beauty Book in the closing race, appeared to have been seriously hurt when his mount fell, bat beyond a shaking up it was found that ho had sustained no injury. Jockey Hoar was fined 5 by starter Holtman for allowing his mount to break through the barrier in the second race. Jockey Ezell was suspended for three days by the starter for the same offense. Jockey Mathews was painfully injured about the back and sustained a sprained ankle when he tumbled off Ice King in the first race. He was later taken to the Garfield Park Sanitarium. Ice King was running in a contending position at the stretch head when his right fore tendon gave away and he stumbled, throwing Mathews. In an attempt to regain his feet the jockey was Btruck by one of the horses that had been outran in the early stages. To the spectators in the stand it looked as if Queenship had broken her neck when she took the cropper at the Liverpool jump. Time and again she attempted to rise from the ground, but in each instance fell back with a groan. Dr. Keough was sent for by Mr. Tompkins to examine the mare with a view to her destruction if sho was fatally injured-Dr. Keough reported, however, that there was a chance of saving the mare, as in his opinion she had only wrenched her back and probably some muscles, but as for sustaining any fractures he was almost sure she had not. Mr. Tompkins later telephoned for an ambulance to assist in removing the mare to the stable. Jockey Johnston stated that Queenship swerved in going over the jump, and before she could firmly plant her feet in the ground after clearing the obstacle Dagmar had struck and rolled over her. Helen Paxton also struck her when she got in the mix-up
