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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. As a result of a decision rendered Friday by the stewards at Brighton Beach, Mara, the steeplechase jockey, may accept any mountB he sees fit to in future. They held that the contract with Joseph E, Widener is void, it not having been registered with the Jockey Club or the National Hunt and Steeplechase Association. Mara has not ridden for more than a week, J. Howard Lewis, the trainer of the Widener stable, having set him down. The contract provided that Mara could not accept outside mounts without the permission of the stable, and an effort was made to enforce the provision. Mara appealed the matter to the stewards, and Mr. Widener was requested to give his version and produce the contract. The stewards saw the document, and after learning from Mr. Crickmore that it was not registered informed Mara that he was not bound by the agreement. Mara says that he will now accept outside mounts. Robert L. Baker, of the racing firm of Baker and Gentry, has purchased from Mrs. J. B. Ferguson the entire Kingston stud of 250 acres together with two stallions, brood mares and sucklings for 6,600. The stallions are St. George and Prince Royal. St. George is the sire of Lucien Appleby. Aladdin, South Trimble, Lady Wadsworth, Brissac and the two-year-old winners this year, Mamie Worth, Dolly Gray and Step Around. Prince Royal is the sire of the eastern Oom Paul, Merry Prince, Yankee Doodle, Dr. Walmsley, W. B. Gates and the frequent two-year-old winner Seize.
