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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. The horses which are being trained at Clinton Park, Little Rock, are well advanced, and when the meeting opens Monday, March 23, they will be as fit as will be the contingent to come from New Orleans and Memphis. The winter has been unusually mild at Little Rock, and the trainers have not been handicapped as have those at Memphis and elsewhere. J. K. Hughes, the Texas turfman, is the latest arrival at the track. He brings a stable of ten, including The Light, Nearest, Kunja, Edgardo and Pourquoi Pas. Colonel R. R .Rice has sent in from his farm the horses Wax Taper, W. B. Gates, El Caney, Little Chimes, Varner, Little Hindoo, Sal-lie Lamar, Bandrol, Miss Dora, Master Mariner, Votary and Rose of Red. The stable of T. P. Hayes contains twenty head, five of the number being three-year-olds, Whipplewood, Orlando, Outlaw, Dollie Gray, Chickasha, and these, with the good horses Jordan and Lady Strathmore, comprise the other division. There are thirteen two-year-olds, and they are a good lot. In addition Mr. Hayes has several head in training for the well known racing firm of Hinde and Baker. Below is a complete list of those belonging to T. P. Hayes: Jordan, br. c, 4, by Lamplighter Emma III. Orlando, b. c, 3, by Ornament Lillian Lee. Outlaw, br. c, 3, by Requital Black Eyes. Dollie Gray, b. f, 3, by St. George Palmetto. Lady Strathmore, b. m, 5, by Strathmore Lady Loud. Chickasha, ch. f, 3, by Lamplighter Jean, by Longfellow. Whipplewood, ch. c, 3, by De Beauvoir Quintette. - - - Two-year-olds Dolanda, ch. c, by Donald A. Lindau. Bugler, b. c, by Ornament Barbara Gray. Homerun, b. c, by Handball Schottische. Scipio, b. c, by Requital Camilla. Kilo, ch. c, by Donald A. Dolittle. Mafaldaf b. f, by Russell Soprano. Radium, b. f, by Russell Silverstone. Zama, b. f, by Russell May B. II. Orient, ch. f, by Ornament Bessie V. C. Blue Ring, b. f, by Handball Susie Bush. Chestnut filly, by St. Leonards Helena. Chestnut filly, by Handball Monarchess. Brown filly, by Halma Jessie Leebee. This stable is the third largest at Cumberland Park. First on the list is the stable of Drake, having thirty-four head. William Gerst has the second largest, twenty-six head, and the stable of T. P. Hayes comes next .with twenty head. The Hayes horses are well engaged at Nashville, St. Louis and Chicago. Incubator, owned jointly by Hayes and Van Meter, is engaged in the Tennessee Derby, along with Outlaw, Dollie Gray and Orlando. Incubator is at present at Louisville, in the hands of Frank Van Meter. Hardy Durham will race a string of seventeen horses this year, eleven of them being two-year-olds. They are now at Horse Haven, near Lexington, and will be shipped to Brighton Beach about April 15. The string is made up of Madison, Merito, Operator, General Prig, Dekabar, Belle of Troy and the following two-year-olds: Lord Haven, b. c, by Prig Ada D. Thank Haven, b. f, by Belvidere Thanks. Haven Run, b. c, by Prig Handy Cup. King Crane, ch. c, by Eberlee Investigator Topright, b. c, by Top Gallant-Aunt Sallie Chestnut colt, by Knight of the Thistle Serlina. Chestnut filly, by Knight of the Thistle Galliard. solonel Kearney, b. c, by Badge White Bay colt, by Badge Sea Food. Brown filly, by Belvidere St. Veronica. Chestnut filly, by Kingston Sultaness. McChesney had his first experience in the nature of work at the Montgomery Park track last Sunday. Without a skip or break the great four-year-old was sent on a long journey, which was finished up with a half-mile breeze negotiated in 54 seconds. The colt accomplished his work like it was nothing more than a romp, and from the manner in which he did it some doubts about his disliking the make-up of the track, were dispelled in the minds of trainers who witnessed it. Topsoil, S. C. Hildreths American Derby candidate, turned a handy mile in 1:51 and pulled up without any signs of distress.
