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GOSSIP Or THE TURF. The New York Sun of December 22 has this to say of jockey Henry: "Milton Henry, jockey to Baron Rothschild, whose license has been revoked by the French Jockey Club, arrived here ysterday from France on the I Kaiser "Wilhelm der .Grosse. During the season Henry made his home at Chantilly, Paris. the famous racing ground just outside ot "While the customs officials were inspecting the belongings of the jockey and his wife, Henry talked freely about the muddle with the French racing authorities. He said: " I defy the Societe dEncouragement or any one else to prove that I have ever sold a race or been guilty of the least item of misconduct on the French turf. I have decided to bring suit against the Jockey Club, and for that purpose have retained La-bori, the famous French lawyer, who de fended the unfortunate "Dreyfus against the government. The suit is for 0,000, and the trial will come up on January 26 and they will have to show cause why I should not get a license. If I am successful in my suit, and I am strongly of opinion that I will come out victorious, I will then sue the French papers for libel, and if they can prove that I have not been on the level, why I will walk out of court, that is all. I attribute the action of the Jockey Club to jealousy on the part of the French jockeys. They were all envious of the winnings of Johnny Reiff and myself, and for that matter there is quite a lot of prejudice against Americans, anyway. " "A-cablegram" frotnParissays:""TuTfmen are greatly interested in a report that M. Mougeot, Minister of Agriculture, has sanctioned the requests of several " race horse owners who do not belong to the Jockey Club, that, in view of the numerous racing scandals-and disputes, a mixed committee of club members and non-members be appointed to examine and decide such questions instead of leaving them, as hitherto, to the sole jurisdiction of the Jockey Club. "It is stated that six non-members, consisting of private owners and representatives of the state stud farms, have been chosen to co-operate with the Jockey Club in supervising racing affairs. It is rumored that one of the first acts of the new committee will be to restore the license of Johnny Reiff, and probably that of another American jockey. "According to the Temps,, which is likely to .be informed from official sources, the six non-club members are former Minister Du-puy and five owners, to whom are added two state stud officials, who will attend the sessions, but will not vote. M. Mougeot also requires that at the beginning of 1903 the program of the years racing meeting be submitted for the approval of the Minister of Agriculture. The decision of the committee will also be submitted to the ministry. The new regulations dispossess the Jockey Club from the autocratic control it has long exercised in racing affairs and introduces an important measure of state .supervision." The new chute at Brighton Beach track has just ben completed, and it is sure to prove a popular innovation with horse owners, - as the Brighton Handicap and other races at one mile and a quarter will not in future be started oh the turn. The chute extendsall the way back to the boulevard, and a perfectly straight run of three furlongs to the judges stand is the result. It is eighty-five feet wide and level throughout. It is all ready for use, having been rolled and harrowed list week. It has, in fact, a better bottom than the old track, and was not nearly so badly affected by the recent hard rains. Seventeen horses can now be started for races at one mile and a quarter without crowding or the danger of accident that prevailed at the old starting point and have a straight run for more than a quarter of a mile.
