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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. M. S. Denslow, who managed the defunct Kenilworth racetrack at Buffalo last year, is now in Buffalo, and it is rumored he is there in the interest of Chicago capitalists, who are prepared to bid high for the track when it is put up for sale. Mr. Denslow, when asked who he represented, said: "Wait until the sale is held." Riley and Tucker, owners of the Aqueduct track, have had a representative in Buffalo, it is said, for several days, looking into the Kenilworth property, and his report must have been a favorable one, as it was learned from good authority that the New York turfmen will bid for the plant. Some time ago this firm talked of buying the Fort Brie track, being anxious to obtain control of a course situated centrally between the east and middle west, but the deal fell through on account of the fear of adverse racing legislation in Canada. D. J. Campau, of Detroit, has an attorney in Buffalo, who is also looking into the value of Kenilworth. It is said that Mr. Campau is anxious to get the track and is prepared to bid high for the property. A Buffalo syndicate, of which W. Henry Taylor, president of the Buffalo Racing Association, is said to be the head, will also bid at the sale. The property will be put up at auction as quickly as the report of its insolvency is filed by the referee which the courts appointed. As an outcome of the Tennessee Derby, a three-cornered match race has been arranged for next Tuesday at Memphis. Hil-dreth, owner and trainer of Witfull, and G. W. Poole, trainer of Flocarline, both felt somewhat aggrieved that their Allies were not in the Derby. They told Mike Daly they believed if they had been eligible to start Claude would have Anished third. There is also some reported rivalry between Hildreth and Poole as to the relative merits of the Allies. Daly said that if the association was willing to hang up a purse he would race Claude against the two Allies at weight for age at a mile and a furlong. The association agreed to give ,000, all to go to the winner, and the horsemen among themselves agreed on seven pounds below the scale, which will make Claudes weight 115 pounds, Witfulls 110 and Flocarlines 110 pounds. Bullman will ride Claude, Coburn Witfull and Wonderly Flocarline. Describig some of Mr. Corrigans young horses now in training at Louisville, the Courier-Journal says: "Maxey Blumenthal, chestnut colt by Riley Hattie Harris, is a full brother to one of Mr. Corrigans horses that won both here and in England Joe "Oilman. Blumenthal is Ullmans partner, hence the name. This is another big, lengthy, well-furnished colt. The brown imported colt Raven is by Rav-ensbury Rakestale. He is a medium-sized colt, but put up like a runner. He should be an early sort, has shown speed, and is much liked by the stable. The bay colt Galba, by Major Richards Miss Preston, should make a useful horse, if nothing more. He is a medium-sized, stout, compact colt. Some of the two-year-olds have the earmarks of stake winners. The brown colt by Riley Sardonyx, dam of Sardine and Sardonic, the latter winner of the Kentucky Oaks, and a winner in England, is a great, big rangy, powerful colt, with stout legs under him. This colt is neither leggy nor washy, however, and has the substance to stand severe training. There is a lot of racing quality to him, and he has the size to be a great horse. He is as yet unnamed. "The brown colt by Riley Helter Skelter, Mr. Corrigans well-known old race mare, full brother to Hurly Burly, is a lengthy colt, with splendid quarters and shoulders. He has size, but is not growthy, is evenly built and shows enough quality to be a stake horse. Horsemen would select both the colt and the unnamed brown colt by Artillery Otyanna, as very likely sorts. They are both of the same type and of about the same size. 15.3. Otyanna is an Onondaga mare, and is the dam of St. Casimir, Andrattus and Spec. These three are considered by the stable as promising stakes candidates." Writing from Memphis a competent turf critic says: "Schorrs phenomenal success with his two-year-olds here is due in a measure to the clever tactics which trainer Walker employs in Atting the youngsters. Early in the spring Walker has a starting machine erected in the six furlong chute. He brings his lot out in squads of six and eight, lines them up to the barrier, breaks them away once or twice and then works them. This kind of schooling brings good results. All of the Schorr youngsters act like old-timers when they go to the post, are quick to break and, as a rule, run over their Aeld in the early stages. "If all trainers were as painstaking with their two-year-olds as Walker we would have none of these tiresome delays at the post. It would be a good idea for the different associations up the line to employ men to school horses a month or six weeks before their meetings open. It would not only be a good thing for trainers, but would be appreciated by the public as well. The Latonia Jockey Club owns its own barrier, and the probabilities are that trainers at the Milldale track will have the advantage of it. Archie Zimmer has left Memphis for New York with jockey Fuller and his stable, to be there in readiness for the opening of the Aqueduct meeting. Fullers riding at the New Orleans meeting and at Memphis was phenomenal. In the winning jockey contest at New Orleans he won in a walk, and on several occasions when he hooked up with Redfern at the Crescent City, Fuller demonstrated that the crack eastern light-weight could take no liberties with him. Late in the New Orleans meeting, S. C. Hildreth secured call on Fullers services, and the boy rode for Hildreth there and also at the Memphis meeting. Hildreth thought so much of him that he offered Zimmer 0-000 for the contract for the rest of the year. Senator T. D. Sullivan, however, had promise of Arst call on Fuller, and Zimmer would not entertain any other offer. Fuller will ride for Mr. Sullivan in New York this summer.
