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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. August Belmont has. decided to winter a large portion of his racing stable at Garnet, g. C, next winter, instead of at his famous place at Babylon, L. I. While he will not entirely abandon the Babylon stables, on account of the fact that his father established them there, it is pretty safe to say that the end of Babylon as winter quarters for Belmonts great Btable is in sight. Every horse which is intended to campaign in the early Bpring next year will spend the cold months at Garnet, where Gloriosa, Toscan and Rosetint wintered last year, and doubtless the early success of these Hastings horses has influenced Mr Belmont in this decision. Mr. Belmonts stable at Garnet will be in charge of John Whalen, who looked after the few Belmont horses that wintered there last year, and it is believed that spending the frosty months in the balmy , air that blows through the southern pihos will do-much to send the horses, now in training, and the yearlings that will be two years old next springs north strong and healthy for the early campaign. There is a three-quarter-mile track on Mr. Belmonts place at Garnet, which is in grand condition most of the winter, and one which the horses from the Nursery Stud, Lexington, sons and daughters of Hastings, Henry of Navarre and Margrave, can" take their exercise on in the months when the days are short and can get their first preparation for the spring stakes. There will have to be a considerable enlargement of the stable accommodations in order to mako room for valuable stock that will be shipped there before the snow flies. Daily America.
