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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. Starter Holtman, who wielded the flag at Kinloch Park prior to his arrival at Hawthorne, stated that the present meeting now going on at the Mound City is the best in the history of the club. The daily attendance there now is nearly double that of former meetings and seventeen books are catering 1 t ! i 1 1 to the wants of those who are speculatively inclined and are doing a good business. The acrobatic performances, that Helen Paxton has shown in her last four races were the direct cause of the suspension of E. B. Rodgers stable by the Hawthorne judges yesterday. In addition to suspending the stable, jockey Downs, who rode Helen Paxton in the steeplechase yesterday, will not be permitted to accept any moremounts for an indefinite period. Jockey Coburn was given a severe lecture by Judge Trevelyan after the second race for carrying Ahola out on the stretch turn. The rider stated that his mount had run out and that the mishap was unintentional. Jockey McAuliffe, who rode Dr. Nowlin and fin- ished second in the steeplechase, lodged a com" plaint with the judges that MacLaren, the winner, had impeded his mounts progress after going over the last obstacle. Judge Trevelyan questioned the riders who had finished in the first flight closely and allowed the result of the race to stand, giving as his reason that the interference was not a sufficient cause to change the placing of the horses.
