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LOCAL TUKF GOSSIP. The following notice was handed down by the officials of Hawthorne yesterday: "On and after Monday, August 25, all flat races held uusUib auspices of the Chicago Jockey Club will bjjjB i with the no-recall system, the rise of the barrier being the signal for the start." The no-recall system avoids delays, and it is noted that there are few horses left at the post on the eastern tracks, where the no-recall system is in vogue. Another advantage of the no-recall system is that it saves horses while at the post and keeps them longer in racing condition than when they are sujected to a lot of wear and. tear by long delays at the post. The no-recall system of starting is by no means a new innovation to race-goers at Hawthorne for the same method of starting was in vogue when William Bruen handled the flag for the Chicago Jockey Club during the summer of 1898. The majority of the owners now racing on the local tracks are in favor of having their horses started without tbe recall flag and will petition the Western Jockey Club to make this system of starting obligatory on all tracks. Old Fox, one of the starters in the steeplechase yesterdaj, will hereafter be barred from starting until the judges deem him in a fit condition to run through the field. The horse, from all accounts, met with some kind of an injury in his last start, hence the ruling-yesterday; Thirty-five bookmakers had their slates up in the ring yesterday. The judges at Hawthorne are satisfied that jockey Downs, who was suspended for Helen Pax-tons bad showing Monday, is blameless of any wrong doing in connection with the running of the mare, and they have lifted the ban and he will be permitted to ride in the future. The suspension of E. B. Bodgers and J. H. Young, the owners, is continued for an indefinite period. Jockey Bartley, who had the mount on Stamp in the steeplechase, had his collar bone broken when the horse fell. Jockey G. Wilson was badly cut about the head by his fall on Ada S. G. The riders on Iceni, Mazo and Greek Dollar, which also fell in the race, escaped unhurt. Jockey Coburn was taken suddenly sick with cramps before race time and refrained from riding during the afternoon. Jockey T. Knight, the clever rider in the employ of J. B. Bespess, did not accompany the latter to Buffalo yesterday, having secured permission to remain here and ride Argregor in the Northern Handicap, which is to be run at Hawthorne next Saturday. Jockey J. Woods was fined 00 by the starter yesterday for breaking through the barrier on Gold Bell in the stake race. And Jockey Prior was suspended for four days by the starter for disobedience at the post in the first race.
