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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. Harry White, assistant secretary of the Crescent City Jockey Club, was kept busy duriDg the afternoon looking after the welfare of the horsemen who are intending to shiD on the Crescent City special, which is scheduled to leave today at 2 p. m. From present arrangements the train will consist of ten palace horse cars, two day coaches, a sleeping car and one baggage coach, and is due to arrive in New Orleans early Sunday morning. C. 2. Mahone is reported to have refused an offer of ,000 St his two-year-old Banter. The offer is said to have been made by a person acting for E. J . Arnold. James OLeary stated after the races that the meeting just terminated had been a losing one to the ring. He claims that Durnell and Herz, Frank Lanterman and E. J. Arnold had won over 0,000 between them during the first two weeks. The judges yesterday excused Kentucky from starting in the third race ou account of the bad condition of his feet. Lawrence Young, president of the Washington Park Jockey Club, and John Kelsey, associate judge at Worth, were among the visitors at Lakeside yesterday. " Harry White; the assistant secretary of the Crescent City Jockey Club, forwardod to New Orleans over 750 stake entries made from this point. Among the prominent owners are the following: H. I. Saxton, 15: James Arthur, 62; E. J. Arnold and Co., 45; 8. S. Bender, 35; Durnell and Herz, 130; Hatfield and Ownbey, 15 ; C. A. Johnson and Co., 20; S. G. Morton, 15; M. H. Tichenor, 35; Curtis and Dernham, 26; J. U. Strode, 49; Fizor and Co., 22; B. Butler, 30.
