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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. The largest number of entries made by horsemen this season on any of the local tracks was made for todays card, in all there were 105 entries made. This forced Secretary Nathanson to throw out twenty-nine, which will no doubt get the preference in starting the next time they are entered. 8. C. Hildreth has disposed of Theory to D. S. Fountain and P. Dunne has transferred Sortie to E. Corrigan. Both horses raced in the colors of their new owners in the second race. Fred Cook purchased yesterday from K. P. Shipp the two-year-old Linguist. The reported price paid for the youngster was ,000. Steeplechase Jocky Corbly had his collar bone iractured by a fall on the horse Bitchey while schooling the latter over the jumps. A. E. Gates, who trains for G. W. Cook, returned yesterday from Toronto, Canada with the horses Miss Patrick and Jerry. Jockey A. Jackson, who had the mount on Greek Slar in the steeplechase had his collar bone ken when the horse went down at the Liverpool jump. A sharp trick which proved successful and which cost the Mobile Club 50 was worked yesterday after the fifth race. A frequent racetrack visitor bet 00 on Topsoil to show against 0, a ticket was given to him and the number was 412. After the race had been run and Topsoil had finished third, a ticket numbered 412, calling for 50 on Topsoil to show was presented to the cashier and he paid the money unhesitatingly. Several minutes later the original purchaser of the Topsoil ticket presented his to the cashier for payment, but it was refused. Investigation proved that the first ticket was a "phony," and that the figure 7 had been pasted over with a 2. The bookmaker was compelled to settle both tickets.
