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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. J. B. Respess has entered his crack two-year-old, Dick Welles, in four stakes which will be run off at the Morris Park autumn meeting. All are handicaps, so that it is not now possible to know on what terms he is destined to meet the eastern stars of his own age. Savable, Acefull, Invincible, Alsono, Girdle, Mizzen, Dale-man, Payne, Lord of the Valo, Duster, Grey Friar, Yardarm, Olafiant, Judith Campbell, Blue Ribbon, Athel, Eugenia Burch, Whitechapel, Americano, Africander, Hurstbourne, Clarion, in fact about all eastern two-year-old performers of merit are nominated against him, while in two stakes, for two-year-olds and upward, he is pitted against such older horses as Sadducee, Cruzados, Lux Casta, Hormis, Blues, King Pepper, Whiskey King, Redpath, Runnels, Bonnibort, Reina, Arsenal, Igniter, Dublin. Royal, Colonel Bill, Chnctanunda, Ordnung, Clorita, Gunfire, Goldsmith and many others with winning credentials of high order. On the whole it seems that ho is destined to "be thoroughly tried out if he fills all of his engagements, which are the Nursery and White Plains handicaps for two-year-olds andjtho Manhattan and Fordham handicaps for two-year-olds and upward. R. H. McCartor Potter has reconsidered his decision to sell the breeding stock at Pequest Stud. Two weeks ago Mr. Potter made public his intention of selling out the entire lot of stallions, mares and young stock at his breeding farm and- had mado arrangements with the Fasig-Tipton Company to that end. At Pequest Stud are the sires Buck Massie, Flambeau and Royal Stag, together with a choice lot of stud matrons, which Mr. Potter had selected with much care. His reason for his intention to dispose ofjthem all was that ho did not have the time to devote to the business. Mrs. Potter was, however, opposed to tho idea of selling out and begged him to reconsider his decision to do so. A few days ago Mr. Potter visited tho farm and was so impressed with the quality of the yearlings there, especially those by that sterling performer, Buck Massie, that he was easily persuaded to continue the breeding business.
