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EASTERN TURF TALK. "Many excuses were offered yesterday for the failure of Dazzling to win. The filly met with a slight accident one day last week that compelled her to let up in her work slightly. This compulsory rest did not do her good, the turf sharps say, and was chiefly responsible for her comparatively poor race on Saturday," says the New York Sun of Monday. "There was a story in circulation that trainer Rowe was anxious to start Dalesman in the Futurity, but the Messrs. Keene would not consent. The showing made by Whitechapel was particularly disappointing, inasmuch as ho had done the best work of the Keene youngsters over the distance. He was unruly at tha post, Coburn having much difficulty in getting hm to break. Then, after leaving the barrier, Whitechapel sulked and finally curled up under the weight. I "Irish Lad found that 130 pounds was too much for him to carry and stand the strain. It was generally conceded that he had dono his share in previous big stakes and was entitled to a rest. Ace-fulls race was something that his owners could not fathom. Neither could John E. Madden. T.Burns,-who rode the eon of Mirthful, said that Acefull evidently thought that he was out for a frolic and simply would not run. " I didnt have a whip with me, said Burns yesterday, and in not taking one with me I made a big mistake. "August Belmont was highly pleased with the game showing of his colt, Lord of the Vale. Trainer Hyland said after the race that Lord of the Yale had been regarded all along as the best two-year-old in Mr. Belmonts barn, and that the youngster came fully up to expectations. Lord of the Valq started only once before. For that reason it was not at all surprising that he was just a trifle short in work and was beaten a nose. Altogether the Futurity has provided a fund of gossip that will keep the sharps busy for some time. "The announcement that A. H. and D. H. Morris intend to retire from the turf and will sell all of their broodmares, stallions, yearlings, weanlings CONTINUED ON SECOND FADE. EASTERN TUBF TALK. Continued from First Page. and horses in training at the Fasig-Tipton paddocks, Bheepshead Bay, on October 1, came as a big surprise to turfmen. It turns out that the Messrs. Morris hare found their private business interests hare grown to such an extent that they have little or no time left to devote to racing. They own one of the best known breeding establishments in this country, situated at Middleburg, Md., known as the Bowling Brook Stud. The stallions to be sold include Galore, Bowling Brook, The Friar, Filigrane and the three-year-old Compute, by Hanover Reckon, which won this years Withers Stakes at Morris Park and then broke down. The mares include the famous Correction, dam of last years Futurity winner, Yankee, Reckon, Lizzie Baker, Medusa, Holiday and others. About forty head in all will be disposed of, which will make the sale particularly noteworthy. The Morris stable, one of the oldest on the American turf, was established by the late John A. Morris. A list of norses that have carried the all scarlet to victory would include the names of many of the best ever seen in this country."
