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j GOSSIP OF THIS TURF. Followers of the racing game and admirers of kapt. 8. S. Brown, thand Pittsburg horseman, who has ilarge string of thoroughbreds, will be grieved to ar that a number of the Pittsburg mans fine fjrsps are seriously ill in the far south, says the Jttsburg Dispatch. Peter Wimmer has written a friend that some of the good ones stabled at Mobile fare in a bad way, but tho nature of the disease is Eliot given. ; j The Bascotnbo track at Mobile, where the Brown Citable is wintering, was purchased by Captain Brown lor a training track in tho 80s. Hero Troubadour was prepared for the Suburban, and Blno ! iVing, Senorita and others also wintered there. Jit is a full mile, and is one of the best parts of i tho f3tult City, on good grouud. composed of a sandy ?loam. But for some years Captain Brown has not I wintered any of his horses at Mtbile. The lastlot that spent the cold weather there carqonth too soon, with the rather enBrvatihgjjgf the semi-tropical climate still in thSlwly all fcaught cold and CaRtain Brown viE.t?ttijaalved i theBascombeas ,e. training groun5HaThjwinter ; the experiment andas beetL tried agaSM; fnilp. iagaih, it is safe toandand7 flial it will ndflHpted. ! Lon Bellew, who has charge of GornHSauBrs jBjhat he expects to have soma reBfim in the three-year-old division thilHijsay jnf one or two older .obes tlBpjn Jveek. The unbeaten BarduHMandbe i , important thre"e-year3MHR!ly i east and west, including the American Derby; and his stable companion, Lem Redd, will also be well entered. Bellew says that Bardolph is a much improved horse and that he is growing grander every day. Preparations are now being made at the farm to take the string to Nashville about January 15, or at least as soon thereafter as the barn which is being constructed for them is ready. The following two-year-olds of next yerr, bred by Dr. J. D. Neet, of Versailles, Ky., will be d next year as the property of Sire and Neet, Lsc.ader Sire having bought a half interest, Clifton Forge half brother to Vincnnes and Likeness, by Handsome Illiaee, by Baden Baden. Gret.t Eastern half brother to Ten Pins, br. c, by Handsome Austerity, by Reform. Soson, ch. f, by Handsome La Creole sister in blood to Pentecost, by Spendthrift. Caviat half sister to Caviar, br. f, by Handsome Annie G., by Charaxus. Seven Oaks, br. f, by Handsome Message of : Loundsbury. . John Fay has given his two-year-olds, now quar; tered at Memphis, the following names:- Henry Lnehrmann Jr., b, c, by Golden Garter- -SrAoyJrayiUiis, Is; c,"d dorian Nonage. Jl Ugly Ben, br. c, by Huron Suisun. Ed Tiernoy, b. c, by Montana Loo. Gloomy Gus, b. c, by Dorian Martine. Lady Bountiful, b. f, by Handsome Miss Hera. Morning Star, b. f, by Loyalist Satellite. Dolly Varden. b. f, by Inspector B. Piazza. Black Eyes, b. f, by Tithonus Inspectress. An eastern exchange says horses in training at Sheepshead Bay were given a taste of the snow last Monday. The course was covered to the depth of four inchos, and a majority of the trainers took their charges out for a gallop through it. That tho horses thoroughly enjoyed the snow and the nipping weather was evidenced by their actions. Tbey were buck jumping and full of play and put the exercise boys on their mettle to keep them under control. Frank McCabe had out a string of youngsters from the Perry Belmont barn, headed by the 0,000 two-year-old, River Pirate. They made the circuit of the track and scampered through the snow in a i lively way. The old American Derby winner, Sidney Lucas, j which Frank Frisbie believes will stand training again next season, was out with a couple of youngsters from the same barn. Sidney . Lucas was as lively as the youngsters. He is in great shape at present, and tho belief of his owner and trainer that he will race again seems well founded. Thomas Digaey, who trained the horses of F. J. Lantry last season, will handle a public stable the coming year. Two youngsters arrived at the Graves-end track Monday which will join his stable. One is by Wagner and the other by Star Ruby. Both are good lookers. He expects another lot next week. Barney Schreibor haB refused an offer of hB30,000 from E. J. Arnold for his great young stallion Sain, and reports that it will take 00,000 to tempt him to part with the son of St. Serf The Task. Sain is one of the most remarkable stallions for his years in American breeding annals, with Otis, Corrigan, Schwalbe, Zirl, Sylvia Talbot and other good iprses to his credit, and bids fair to head the "win-nftcg stallions" list of this country before long. fiohn Wallace, secretary for P. J, Gorman, the "lHDnati tnrfman arrived in Lexington Monday rLt to look OTer the yearling, brown filly, Blue I Bvit, by Rainbow Tho Brown Countess, by rhat is engaged in over ;?150,COD worth of Jfblnding the Futurity. Cdloncijarnee Mnly the ruaning qualitjCTG-Uie lyngBter.
