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GOSSIP OV THE TURF. The livest scenes of tho present year wore enacted ast Wednesday morning among trainers and owners with racing strings preparing for the coming turf season at Montgomery Park, Memphis, Tenn. J. W. Schorrs Rightful, who is being prepared for the Crescent City Derby, was sent over five-eighths of a mile in a 2 :00 minute clip. Bob McLean, Spencer Reif and Janeway, American Derby candidates, were taken out in the same set and given long gallops. C. B. Ellisons Skilful, S. S. Tracey and Co.s The Don, "Bishop" Pooles Flocarline and Sidney C. Love were worked over the inside course. C. E. Ellisons expensive youngsters were worked in several different sets, the colt Johnny M., by Kingston Wantage, doing the fastest three furlongs of the year, which was accomplished in a faction less than 40 seconds. George Walker had J. W. Schorrs full set of two-year-olds, numbering twenty-two in all, out, and tho perfect hoalth in which they have wintered enabled him to give each a broezing through the stretch. Moharib, the supposed crack of the stable and full brother to Judith Campbell, was noticoablo among tho Schorr youngsters. Burns and Watarhouses groat four-year-old race horse Corrigan met with a serious accident at the Oakland track last Wednesday. He was being exercised along with, a two-year-old when the latter bocame frightened and cut across tho track, carrying Corrigan with him. Corrigan was going vith such force that he crashed into the fence and turned a somersault over it. He was fortunate to escape with a bruised shoulder, scraped knee and back, and may not be permanently affected as a result of the accident. Jockey L. Woods, who was riding Corrigan, was thrown violently to the ground and suffered a broken collar bone and other injuries. Starter C. J. Fitzgerald closed two contracts last Monday by wire for the coming season. One was with tho Metropolitan Jockey Club of New York and the other with tho Montgomery Park Club, Memphis. Mr. Fitzgerald has so improved in health since going to New Orleans that he now shows no signs of ever having had the dread fever which so nearly carried him away. His work there with the no-recall system has been superb, and the club and public are alike gratly pleased. Over 150 different owners are represented in the list of entries to the stakes of the New Louisville Jockey Club, including all of the leading western stables. Omitting the Steeplechase Handicap, which naturally has a limited number, tho stakes have averaged over 100 each, tho total being 991 entries as follows : Debutante, 93; Bashford Manor, 98; Juvenile, 96; Clark Handicap, 71; Fehr, 88; Blue Grass, 81 ; Steeplechase, 35; Kentucky Derby, 137 ; Kentucky Oaks, 105; Nursery, 187. E. Corrigan has bought from Albert Simons the imported horse Corbletts Bay on private terms. Corbletts Bay was one of tho lot which Enoch Wishard bought in England and brought to this country for John A. Drake. He raced at New Orleans in the name of J. W. Berthurum, and was claimed out of a selling race and later sold to Simons. The stewards at New Orleans have put into force a desirable rule, namely, that agents of bookmakers will not be allowed in the stalls in tho paddock when trainers are giving riding instructions to jockeys. If the rule can be rigidly enforced it will do away with a great deal of unsatisfactory talk as to the running of the races. C. E. Mahone, who has P. Dunnes former colt, Banter, in training at Louisville, is also anxious to experience tho ssnsation of owning a Derby winner, and he haB already started with Bantor, and during tho past week the gelding was sent over long gallops in company with other Mahone horses. Banter is by Bassetlaw Marsala, and was one of P. Dunnes groat collection of two-year-olds last spring, which included Early, the prospective favorite for this years Tennessee Derby; Savable, last years Futurity winner; Allan, Poor Boy and others. m
