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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Jockey C. Kelly, who rides for J. J. Marklein, has come to the front faster than jockeys usually do, OONTINB2SD OW SECOND PAGE, GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from First Page. and the prediction is made by capable horsonnD that by next season Kelly will be one of the best riders in the west, says the Cincinnati Commercial . Tribune, of Friday. Kelly was discussed in the paddock yesterday by Dan Lamasney and John Bay. "It is just two years ago last spring, when, one night when we were shipping our horses, and Marklein was shipping bis, that a dirty-faced, longhaired kid came up and asked if he could go along," remarked John Ray. "He asked Jakie and Jakie told the boy to go away. The kid, however, was determined and persistent, and made us pay attention to him. Mr. Lamasney and I finally urged Jakie to take him along, but Jakie refused and I said to the boy, Get into the car. I will let you go with my horses. We walked away to get a drink, and, while we were talking, Marklein suddenly remarked that he would take the boy. We had forgotten all about him, but, at any rate, Jakie took him. That boy is Kelly, who is riding for Marklein now, and is one of the best boys at the track. His contract would bring a bunch of money," said Mr. Lamasney. "I wish I had taken that kid. Kelly was a messenger boy in this city a few years ago. Marklein gave b.im an opportunity to gallop horses, and for months he was a joke, because every horse that he got upon was sure to throw him. Gradually he learned to ride, however, and today he is regarded as a comer for the first rank. Jockey J. Martin haB learned that there are other ways of losing diamonds and money than by batting on the wrong horse. He was walking down Broadway, between Fortieth and Forty-first streets, early Thursday morning, when two men jumped out of a doorway, and. while one of them held him, the other tore off his tie, containing a valuable diamond pin, and took 50 out of his pocket. Martin is a little fellow. He fought the robbers as best he could, but after getting his diamond pin and money one of tho men struck him, knocking him down. Policeman Aikens found the jockeys tie on the sidewalk, but the diamond pin had been taken out. Martins hat was broken and he was hurt about the head.
