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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. C. R. Ellison arrived yesterday from Louisville and was among the visitors at Worth. Thirteen of his horses, including Skilful, the American Derby candidate, have arrived at Hawthorne. The Kentucky Derby winner, Judge Himes, was sent to Latonia to start there in tle Derby. LamasneV Bros. string of horses will be sent to Detroit at the conclusion of the current meeting, and be rested there until the opening of the. Grosse Point track. Albula is still showing slight signs of lameness, but is expected to be in fit racing condition by June 8, the date set for the opening of the Detroit track. Soothsayer, if he continues in his present form, will be a starter in the Detroit Derby. W. Phillips put blinkers on Linguist yesterday and the horse ran in improved form, making no attempt to run out at any part of the journey.. G. C. Bennett is expected to arrive in a day or two and it is expected he will then have a long talk with jockey Coburn. Should the rider not see the evil of his ways and promise to attend strictly to his business, he will, no doubt, be kept on the ground by his employer for an indefinite period. C. E. Mahone has engaged jockey Wink-field to ride his colt, Banter, in the Calumet Stakes, which is to be decided Thursday. S. C. Hildreth entered McChesney yesterday in the original third race, but as only two other owners made entries for the race, and one of the horses entered was of such poor class as to spoil interest in the race and leave it practically a walkover for McChesney, it was decided to declare the race off and substitute the one carded for decision. H. I. Marshall has shipped five horses, all jumpers, to Hawthorne from Louisville. Ed Trotter shipped five of his horses yesterday to St Louis, where they will be raced.
