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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. s At Saratoga Tuesday, J. H. Carr said that he woud start Leipsic in the Futurity and that Won- ; derly would have the mount. It turns out that Carr has all along had first call on Wonderlya services, but has allowed J. B. Haggin to use the : jockey whenever the latter needed him. But Carr ; now believes that Leipsic has a chance to win the big race, so that Mr. Haggin will have to look elsewhere for a rider. The Haggin eligibles in the ; Futurity include Teddy Mack, Sir Voorhies, Parisi- j enne and Miss Dorothy, and, as all of the best : jockeys have been already engaged, it looks as if ; the millionaire turfman will experience trouble in securing competent boys. Because of this, it is believed, that the only representative of Mr. Haggin in the race will be Sir Voorhies. "There are some fifty stables already on the grounds, and the track is alive with horses every morning. The track itself will be very fast in dry weather. The topsoil is a rich, black loam, and much superior to that at Fort Erie, which, in the main, is comprised of yellow clay," says a special from Buffalo to Morning Telegraph. "In dry weather the Canadian track is as hard as a brick. There is a cushion on the Kenilworth track, and horsemen seem to bo pleased with it. At least, there are no complaints heard. What it will be in wet weather yet remains to be seen. "There will be a large delegation of Eastern horsemen here. Several are already on the ground, among them J. J. MacKessey, Frank Began, W. Jennings, J. J. Carr, J. Tabor, H. C. Schulz, J. Gardner, Brown and Peters, Fox and Coles, and M. Welch, M. J. Daly, F. M. Taylor, J. E. Lane and Co., H. B. Bowie and Green Morris have telegraphed for stables, and will be here to-morrow or next day. "From Saratoga will alsocome the stables of E. J. Baldwin, Turney Bros., W. H. McCorkle, George A. Davis, J. F. Smith and J. F. Schorr. Davis string includes Articulate, while defiant is among those in Smiths barn. Baldwin telegraphed Secretary Swigert yesterday to reserve him stables, while Green Morris made a trip to Buffalo last Sunday to look the new track over. The Chicago delegation will include S. S. Browns western division, in charge of Bob Tucker, C. DeWitt and Co,, M. H. Tichenor, a division of Ed Corrigans stable, and W. W. Darden and Co. "From St. Louis will come E. 3. Arnold and Co., J. Butler and M. Goldblatt. The pick of the stables that raced at Highland Park shipped here. Tom Hayes brought fifteen, while his brother, W. M. Hajes, sent six. Joe Pogh, J. Baker and Co., J. Robertson and J. E. Lanes stables completed the lot that shipped from the Detroit track. "Homo Respess has had his stable here for several days. In his lot is the crack western two-year-old, Dick Welles. The class of horses will be good, and the racing in keeping." Concerning betting tquabbles at Saratoga a Cincinnati writer correctly says: "The green-eyed monster seems to have entangled certain eastern bookmakers in his tentacles. That howl which has gone up from the Mets at Saratoga could not have emanated from anything else than jealousy. There is nothing in the laws of the BooV makers Association which limits the amonnt of money a man shall have in his bank roll, and nothing which attempts to prescribe how or where he shall assemble the. long green which goes to make up his bundle. They have the same right to gamble with other peoples money as has Joe Ullman, providing the other people are willing to let them handle their coin. Altogether it is a very cheap squeal. Ullman has simply ontgmbled and outgeneraled them and they are sore."
