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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The status of the English jockeys from March 7 to August 4 is as follows : Jockeys. Mounts. Won. Lost. W. Lane 340 261 79 D. Maher 212 169 43 J. H.Martin 291 248 43 W. Halsey 313 272 41 tF. Hardy 252 213 39 M.Cannon 195 161 34 G. McCall .." 280 247 33 W. Bray. .-. 199 167 32 J. Childs , 179 159 20 J.Dalton 90 71 19 K. Cannon 187 168 19 H. Randall 142 124 18 fJ. E. Watts 138 122 16 H.Aylin 160 144 16 J. McCall 118 103 15 C. Yarnell .......144 130 14 M. Aylin 108 96 12 fT. Dixon 59 48 11 fW. Griggs 100 89 11 C. Jenkins ..106 95 11 American jockeys. t Apprentices who can claim the five-pound allowance in handicaps and selling races. The new course of thn Buffalo Jockey Clnb at Kenmore is nearing completion and the management has not been sparing in expense. When the plans for the clubhouse were shown it was stated that the estimated cost would be 0,C00, and it has beon increased, until now it is stated that it will be greater than 0,000 and it will be the finest clubhouse in this country. Washington Park has long laid claim to the finest clubhouse on any track, and there is not the least doubt but that of the Kenmore course will be its equal. It has the benefit of all modern improvements and the style of architecture is much more artistic. Work on the clubhouse and track is being pushed along rapidly and all will be in readiness for the opening of the meeting. August 30. It is said that the official count devoloped that upward of 17,000 persons the biggest crowd of tho year saw the races at Saratoga last Saturday. Twelve thousand was the general estimate. The association is out of debt now. It owed only 5,000, counting all tho outstanding bills for improvements at the end of the first week of the meeting. With good weather this week and next the association will make between 0,000 and 00,000 clear, and have a surplus after paying a 5 or 6 per cent, dividend to stockholders with which to make further, improvements and to add to the attractiveness of the stake book for next season. A prominent New York politician is responsible for the statement that the question of racing at Saratoga will be one of the issues before the legislature next winter, and that there is a probability that the great game at the Spa will be killed by that body. It would be a shame to wreck such a plant as that at Saratoga, but it is quite well understood in the east that much of its future depends on the action of the Jockey Club with reference to dates for the new track at Jamaica.
