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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. A special to the St. Louis Republic of yesterday says: A mile track, almost in exact duplicate of the famous Washington Park race course in Chicago, will be built near Kansas City this winter. The track, will cost 50,000 and all the stock has been subscribed. The promoters and leading spirits in the race track enterprise are all Kansas City business men. They are F. C. Christie, Alex Frazer and W. A. Rule. "Kansas City needs a mile race track," said Mr. Christie this morning. "Believing that such a project will be a profitable investment, -Mr. Frazer, Mr. Rule, myself and others have decided to build the track. We have 50,000 subscribed and are ready to spend it. "We propose to organize a jockey club similar to the Washington Park Club in Chicago. The jockey club will control racing meetings. We intend to have a running meeting every spring, beginning May 15 and continuing until June 15, The trotting meetings will be held in the fall." Louis V. Bells Alcedo, which was thought to have been hopelessly broken down after his fall in the Brooklyn Handicap, has again been put in training. Trainer McCormick had last years Suburban Handicap winner out receiving routine exercise this week and was very much pleated and encouraged by the manner in which he did his work.
