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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. "I want to make a prediction on this Ash Wednesday," said J. W. Russwurm, secretary of the Tennessee Breeders Association, some days ago, as he stood looking at the blooded animals doing slow turns on the choppy track at Nashville, Tenn. "My prediction is that Cumberland Park Derby will be won by a maiden from Hayesville, which has never been to the post. That sounds as wild as a March hare, when such horses as Bardolph are in the field, but it stands, just as I stated it. You have my prediction." Hayesville, which the genial secretary names as the home of the Derby winner, is the home of Messrs. T. P. and Will Hayes, and it is also the home of their prominent stable of racers. The Hayes brothers have two cottages and two stables on a knoll in. plain view of the clubhouse at Cumberland Park, and the horsemen have dubbed the abode "Hayesville." There are a number of fine horses in the barns there, and it is something which no one can tell whether or not Mr. Russwurm is right in his forecast. If he does make good he will be in a nice position to say, "I told you so," but that is something which he, like all good horsemen, have cut out. Noblesse, the dam of Red Robe, the winner of the Cumberland Park and the Canadian Derbys, and also the dam of Springwells, will be bred this spring to The Commoner at Belle Meade. I The most notable of these changes in the Brooklyn is the cut price against Himself, "Father Bill" Dalys candidate. Quite a number of bets have been recorded, and the price about the son of Himyar has in consequence been cut from 100 to 50. Spencer Reif, the Schorr representative, also has quite a following, and his price has in consequence been cut from 100 to 60.
