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LOCAL TUKF GOSSIP. Lester Reiff, who was the heavyweight jockey and assistant trainer for John A. Drake, severed his connection with the latter yesterday and will shortly leave for his home in California. There was no disagreement between Mr. Drake and Reiff. The only reason Reiff leaves the stable of Drake is because the best horses were shipped east and those left in the charge of Reiff are mostly of no account. Jockey Winkfield stated yesterday that he would accept mounts beginning Monday. Three track records were lowered yesterday. S. K. Hughes has sold the two-year-old, Rankin, toEdCassin. . A. D. Gibson, which star led in the Maywood Stakes, bled shortly after passing the half-mile ground. Dan McKenna, which finished third in the first race, pulled up very lame after the race. P. J. Gorman and W. M. Rogers will ship their horses tonight to St. Louis and will race at the coming Kinloch Park meeting. The owners of the Chicago Jockey Club are applying the lesson they learned on Decoration Day, when, for the want of one good stream of water, the buildings were reduced to ashes. In addition to its own water works the club will have the use of the Berwyn mains. The stand will be supplied with ejght regulation fire plugs. A thirty-four horse power gasoline engine will supply the necessary power for pumping and electric lighting. The book for the first week has been prepared and is waiting the approval of Secretary Clark, who will return from Saratoga on Monday. It was the prevailing opinion among horsemen after the Maywood, Handicap, that had not Jim Clark carried five pounds overweight he would have been returned the winner. Jockey J. Miller was originally engaged to ride the horse, but .his failure to notify Mr. Gorman in time that he would be here caused Mr. Gorman to engage Jockey Co-burn. Miller came on from St. LouiB, but Mr. Gorman decided as he had engaged Coburn at the last minute he would let him ride. Jockey Miller returned last night to 8t. Louis, where he will ride Gormans horse? until Dade, the stable jockey, will have sufficiently recovered from his illness to don colors. . Lady Chorister, the winner of the closing race, was bid up to ,200, her owner retaining the mare by an advance bid of . Albert Simons claimed the horse" Major Mansir which finished third in the seventh race, paying ,100 for him. Jockey Buchanan, who rode Alard in The May-wood Handicap, was fined 5 by the starter for his failnro to join the field in one of tha breakaways, thereby spoiling what would have been a perfect starts
