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1 LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. | 1 E. J. Arnold, the reputed head of the cooperative style of bookmaking, which went to smash last winter, and who recently surrendered to the police authorities of St. Louis and is at present under bonds, was a visitor at the track yesterday. His presence there was communicated to the club officials and they informed him he must leave the track and must not in future attempt to enter the grounds. J. Baker arrived yesterday from Detroit with F. A. Bullock, J. W. Rodes and six two-year-olds. J. W. Gates backed Caviar in the fifth race and was responsible for the odds being cut down from 10 to 1 to 5 to 1. J. B. Respess, when questioned yesterday concerning the report that Bernays was a very sick horse, stated that the horse was practically as well as ever, with the exception of a light fever, the result of a chill which the horse had while being cooled out after his race in the Derby. Mr. Respess remarked in conclusion that Bernays would be as well as ever in a day or two. Ex-jockey F. Leigh, who was suspended by Judge Murphy at Detroit, pending further investigation into the Sarah Black ringing case, was at the track yesterday and received a telegram during the afternoon from Judge Murphy to the effect that he must return at once to Detroit for the purpose of clearing himself of complicity in the case. Jockey -L. Wilson, who rode Pirate, Schwalbe and Sylvia Talbot to victory yesterday, has only been riding since last December, and since his debut in the saddle with colors on, has piloted, including yesterdays mounts, seventy winners. He first began attracting notice towards the close of the meeting at San Francisco, where he had ridden sixteen winners. At St. Louis, since the beginning of the racing, he has won forty-four races and was considered the best lightweight riding there. He has ridden Sylvia Talbot twelve times, of which nine times she was returned a winner. The announcement that Claude had won the Frontier Stakes at Detroit by fifteen lengths caused considerable discussion in the paddock among the horsemen. Some contended that had the track been soft last Saturday, Claude would have won the Derby easily. Others; were of the opinion that with | 1 better racing luck he would have won. All were unanimous in their belief that Claude is one of the grandest specimens of "wear and tear" racers ever seen, not even barring "Pa" Bradleys Traverser, which was continually shipped around the country to fill engagements.
