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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The Saratoga Specials list of -nominations was augmented last Saturday by the naming of candidates from the stables of Andrew Miller, steward of the Jockey Club, and the new owner of thoroughbred horses, William B. Leeds, who will try for honors this season for the first time. This brings the number of nominations to the Special up to seven. The stake closes on March 9, and judging from past experiences, so far as the naming of horses for stakes is concerned, the secretary of the Saratoga Association for the Improvement of the Breed of Houses may -reasonably expect a number of additional entries to the stake before the date of closing. Nominations to the Special so far have come from unexpected quarters in the majority of cases. Captain Sam Brown was one of the earliest of the nominators to the interesting Saratoga stake. Phil Dwyers nomination was not expected either, but those from Larry Waterbury, Mr. Leeds and Dr. H. Lyman came in the nature of surprises. There is every probability that the Keene, Belmont and Whitney stables, as well as other prominent onqs in the east, will be found in the list of nominations before the stakes closing. All of the stakes for the spring meeting of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at the new Jamaica track have filled well. The two-year-old events are particularly well patronized. One of the most interesting is the Rosedale Stakes for fillies, for which nearly all of the more prominent owners have made nominations. August Belmont has named Silver Dream, by Henry of Navarre Golden Dream; Woodspring, by Hastings Wood- CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
