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I- AQUEDUCT RACING GOSSIP. Of gossiping reports and incidents cropping up during the last day of racing at the Aqueduct track last Saturday the Sua of Sunday said: "A rumor was afloat among racing men yesterday that the Aqueduct track had fallen into disfavor among the powers that be and that next year the Queens County Jockey Clubs spring and fall meetings would not occupy four weeks, but only half that time. Just how the rumor started nobody seemed able to discover, but it spread rapidly. Attached to the report was the statement that the new racetrack at Jamaica controlled by the recently organized Metropolitan Jockey Club, of which Timothy D. Sullivan, P. H. McCarren and other well known politicians are leading lights, would receive part, if not all, of the dates formerly used by Aqueduct. Timothy D. Sullivan was at the track yesterday, holding a number of mysterious conferences. He first talked with Senator McCarren, then with Frank Farrell and afterward with E. Tucker, who, with Thomas D. Heilly, holds a controlling interest in Aqueduct. When asked about the new track at Jamaica, Sullivan said to the Sun reporter: " The track will be ready for business in the spring. We have made an application to The Jockey Club for dates and we hope to get them. We havo spared no expense to make the track one of the finest in the country and we intend to do all in our power to further the interests of the sport. No, I cannot say when we expect to hold our meetings for that has been left to The Jockey Club. But the public can rest assured that if we do open, we will have some high class racing. Sullivan said he knew nothing Bbout the report concerning the curtailment of Aqueducts dates. "Jack McGinnis cleaned up another bank roll on tho victory of his colt, Tribes Hill yesterday. It will be recalled that he bought the colt from the Messrs. Sanford at Morris Park recently for and that when Tribes Hill won the other day at 60 to 1 he cashed ,500 in b3ts. Yesterday the colt was quoted at 10 to 1. McGinnis bet 0 straight, 00 place and 00 third, pocketing about ,500 on tho result. Tribes Hill, therefore, won about ,403 in purses for his new owner, whose gross winnings since he got hold of the colt are nearly 6,000. "The western crowd went down hard on Glen Wrater in the Oakdale Handicap. A. Shields also lost a big bet on Hunter Raine. St. Finnan, the winner, again showed that he is a far better horse in the fall than in midsummer. Hackensack, the winner of the fifth race, was recently the property of P. J. Dwyer, who bred him. In this event Geisha Girl, Mart Mullen, Guy Park and Louise Elston were the tips. More Money was lost on Jack oLantern than on any favorite during the day. "Though The Huguenot was regarded as a lead pipe in the laBt race, there were others thought to have a fine chanco. One of them was Blue Victor. Those who had the tip pounded his price from 50 to 1 down to tens only to see him run all the way in the ruck. Thero was a plunge cn Henry Clay Rye, with Redfern up. Flara, which ran third, was reduced from 0 to 1 to 20 to 1, the show books suffering. Great American was also backed solidly for the place. "During the day W. M. Redfern, the father of jockey Redfern, received a sealed envelope from Sidney Paget. Though tho contents were not made known it was said that the letter contained an offer for the boys services from W. C. Whitney and that if the negotiations are concluded Redfern will rido for Mr. Whitney and J. B. Haggin. Mr. Paget, who has been closely identified with Mr. Whitney in racing matters, is now allied with Mr. Haggin, having purchased a numbar of yearlings for the latter at a recent sale. Redferns father held a long confab with Col. James E. Pepper, who has set a price of 0,100 on his contract with the jockey. There may be some developments tomorrow in Washington. "Before tho races were over the Aqueduct stewards, W. S. Vosburgh, C. H. Pettingill and Frank T. Clarke, announced that the case against A. L. Aste had been dismissed. Mr. Pettingill left for California last night to act as presiding steward at the winter meeting to be held there. "Terry McGovern, who bought Cincinnatus from M. F. Dwyer on Friday, will send the colt to Washington, New Orleans and San Francisco this winter. His brother, Phil, will go along to ride. "J. B. Respess.will ship his horses to Latonia today. When the races ended yesterday a train of palace horse cars rolled to the track entrance to take a number of stables to Bonnings. Starter Cas-sidy and Jugde Clarence McDowell will ofliciato there. Before leaving last night Cassidy said : 4I hope Ill never start at Aqueduct again ! "C. Black bought Black Dick yesterday from L. V. Bell. "Many persons were puzzled over the pronunciation of the name of the horse Yentihw, who startod in tho fifth race. Some of them discovered that the odd name was Whitney, spelled backward. "One of the race trains to Aqueduct was stopped Just beyond Ozone Park yesterday bocause a boy dropped a dollar watch on the track. A trainman ran back after it, but before he could return to the cars somebody pulled the bell rope and th engineer went on without him. The boy leaped oil and walked to the track with his watch and tho brake-man, who was decidedly hot under the collar. "F. R. Hitchcock is visiting J. E. Maddons breeding establishment at Hamburg Place. Mr. Hitchcock has a number of horses there."
