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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Ten head of good mares arrived at Lexington last Friday from Now York, to be retired to the studs of thair ownars. Six are the property of Perry Belmont and were bought by him at the dispersal sale of the Roderick estate onStaten Island, . They ware taken put to Arbordale Stud, where they will be in charge of J. C. Graves. The other four are the property of J. R. and F. P. Keene, and were taken to Cistleton and put in charge of Major Daingerfield. The latter have been racing in England and have been shipped homp for breeding purposes. There is quite a lot of fever among the horses at the New Orleans Fair Grounds. Borne of Durnell and Hens horses have it. The two-year-old, J. ReifF, is quite sick, and Dick Bernard, which ran in the Debutante Stakes, is also ailing. A meeting at New York last Thursday of the officials of several racing associations was held to considar the question of long distance races. An effort to bring about a conference on this feature of the sport was made by Col. C. Fellowes, secretary of the Coney Island Jockey Club, last month, but the business of the spring races intervened and the matter had to be deferred. It is the intention of these officials to do something handsome in an over-night purse way for the distance runnere. The committee took up the matter, and the result of their deliberations will bo looked for with interest by the public, who are especially interested in long distance races. H. Stover has leased Agricultural Park, Peta-luma, Cal. Stover announces that he will give a thirty-day meeting during April and May of this year. No particulars as to who is backing Stover have been given out, but it is understood that several wealthy Californians are interested in the enterprise. The plan is to catch the horsemen after racing at Oakland and Ingleside has closed, and establish a regular meeting.
