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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Fifty entries have been received for the Kings Plate, the chief event of the Canadian turf. This number constitutes a record. Twenty-five owners are represented. J. E. Seagram leads, of course, with nine nominations. "William Hendrie has five entered, while Adam Beck, who at one time raced on the metropolitan tracks, has named three. The race is for Canadian bred horses exclusively, and has been run continuously for forty-four years. The approximate value of the event this year is ,400. The other stakes for the Toronto spring meeting have filled well, and this meeting, which is looked upon as one of the greatest turf gatherings in the entire country, promises no decrease in interest at the coming renewal. The opening of the spring meeting at Ben-nings, under the auspices of the "Washington Jockey Club, will mark the beginning of the years campaign on the tracks of the east. After twenty days at Bennings the sport will be taken up at Aqueduct and thence by other New York tracks in the order of the allotment of dates. According to the latest advices from "Washinton the coming meeting at Bennings promises to be the best ; ever held in the District of Columbia. The ! size of the purses and the stakes has been i CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE. GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from first page. materially increased, and for the first time in the histroy of the track stable room for a spring meeting will be at a premium. It is understood that some of the horses of Mr. August Belmont, which have been wintering at Garnett, S, C, will be sent, to this meeting. J. W. Schorr has engaged fifteen stalls, and a number of applications for stable room have been had from horsemen now racing at New Orleans. Owners now racing their strings at New Orleans, have already mapped out their plans for the spring campaign up the line. A majority of the stables will go from there direct to Memphis. The eastern contingent will return to Bennings in a body, while several will scatter between Little Rock, Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis. The following shows where the stables will be shipped: TO Memphis S. C. Hildreth, Durnell and Herz, H. TJernham, J. Arthur, R. G. Lansing, J. N. Miller, E. Trotter, B. Butler, Walker and Winters, E. C. Reynolds, H. Robinson, C. K. Burdeau, Lowe and Hacker, E. and L. Bohlman, H. Morgan and Co., W. H. McCorkle, D. F. Snow, C. Rowe, W. S. Price, W. J. Gilmore, W. Carroll, Haverly Bros., M. Goldblatt, La-masney Bros. To St. Louis U. Z. DeArman, S.W.Streett, K. D. Orr, R. E. Watkins and Co., "V. Hughes, S. J. Charles, C. E. Durnell and Co., E. Dealy and Co., J. Howell, J. W. Nixon, T. A. Gay and Co., Jabine and Co., G. I. Landon, S. J. Adams and Co., W. W. Fawcett, E. W. Baxter, M. Blardone and. Co., J. Wambsgans, T. Miles, G. W. Scott. To Chicago R. M. Westerfield, T. Carey, R. G. Bolich, H. L Saxton, J. P. Hirth and Co., W. Burke, J. P. Krewer. To Little Rock J. U. Strode, B. Schreiber, L. B. Kahn and Co., J. Arthur, H. D. Beams, J. C. Tucker and Co., R. N. Vestal, A. Zimmer. To Louisville E. Corrigan. To Nashville Fizer and Co., E. W. Moore and Co., W. S. Laird, -F. Gering, R. P. Dodson, J. McAllester and Co., J. W. Berthurum, G. W. Summers, J. S. Rothert, Doyle Bros., A. Bellew and Co. W. C. Scott, editor of the Thoroughbred Record, is making an effort to revive racing at the historic old Kentucky Association course at Lexington. In an editorial in a recent issue of his paper, he expresses confidence that the Western Jockey Club would gladly grant the track a license for a six days meeting just prior to the opening of the Louisville meeting, and calls upon the merchants at Lexington to aid the breeders in financing the proposition. He argues that there are now in training at the Lexington track over two hundred thoroughbreds, a sufficient number to give a meeting of the duration proposed, without drafting the material of other tracks, and that it is due horsemen who have wintered at the course that they have benefits in some such shape from the people they have so materially aided. No money could be lost on a properly conducted meeting at Lexington, and the probabilities are that the matter will be taken up by the Chamber of Commerce or the Business Mens Club of Lexington. Joseph Yeager, of Cincinnati, is the latest to try and secure a stable of thoroughbreds that will be strong enough to compete with the best of the western racing strings. Last Sunday Yeager spent at Montgomery Park looking over his trio of thoroughbreds, Jane Holly, Anchor and Bonnalie, and made no secret of the fact that he wanted to branch out as a large owner. He visited McChesney, the champion Gilfain, Topsoil, Skilful and other good three-year-olds in their barns at the track, but after a talk with Emil Herz, of Durnell and Herz, Yeager announced that he would probably encounter many obstacles in mustering a string of horses that could win. Yeager was accompanied by Ed Stutte, the Kansas City bookmaker, who may become interested in the ownership of a string of horses. The racing string of Thomas C. McDowell, proprietor of Ashland Stud, for this year will consist of twenty-five horses all told, made up of nineteen two-year-olds, four three-year-olds, one each four and five. The nomenclature of the youngsters is complete, except two. The stable will be led by last years Kentucky Derby winner, Allan-a-Dale, which is keeping up in good shape and shows no signs of his disability of last season. It is, there-: fore, settled that he will race this year, and . he is being prepared for the campaign. The five-year-old brown mare Monarka, by Prince of Monaco Narka, and his two derby prospects, Woodlake and Bourbon, with Kentucky Cardinal and Escurial, make up the older division. The horses all are in splendid shape. They are back in their work owing to the continued wet weather, but Mr. McDowell expects to have them in shape for the Louisville meeting. Joseph E. Wheeler, registrar of the stud book department of the Jockey Club, has written an acceptance of the names selected for the two-year-olds, which are as follows: Geranium, br. f, . by Lazzarone Gaillard III. Maritana, b. f, by Sir Walter Virginia Dare. Chatsworth, b. c, by Charade Mago. Marvin, ch. c, by Hindoo Queen Regent.. Delmonico, br. c, by Sir Dixon High Degree. Japan, ch. c, by Top Gallant The Queens Gambit. Elridge, b. c, by Onondaga Antelope. Gold Star, ch. c, by Ornament Kitty Clive. Peasant Girl, ch. f, by Order Madrilene. Oriental; b. f, by Wadsworth Dorothy Jordan. Princess Wildwood, ch. f, by Prince of Monaco Bamboo. Chief Deputy, ch. c, by Salvator Monarda. Baritone, ch. c, by Sir Walter Aggie M. Red, White and Blue, br. c, by Requital Our Flag. Grand, b. c, by Deceiver Brigerta. Chrystal, ch. c, by Ornament Hutoka. Two-year-old bay filly, by Pirate of Penzance Queen Like II. Two-year-old brown filly by Requital Kanawha. The last two had been named Miss Gossip and Whim respectively, but as those names had already been claimed, others will have to be seclected.
