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LOCAL TURF GOSSIP. P. P. Pomeroy, who is looking after the stake entries for the Hot Springs meeting, stated yesterday that horsemen are responding liberally and the stakes will be well filled. Ananias, which finished third in the opening race, was backed from 100 to 1 to GO to 1 at post time. The colt ran a good race and was only beaten about a length. He is still a bit green, as he has only lined up to the barrier three times, and as soon as he gets to understand what is expected of him, his owner thinks he will prove a useful racer. A crowd congregated around the judges stand after the victory of Glenrice and expected to see her bid up. No one bid on her, although she was entered to be sold for 00, and it was known that P. Dunne had claimed her for 1,200 the last time she Scorpio acted fractiously at the post and delayed the start a long time, and when they finally were sent away he wheeled and was left. Jet and Begone were left at the post in the closing race. The former was turned sideways and prevented Begone from breaking. The latter was backed from 100 to 1 to 50 at post time and was conceded a good chance. Louisville was badly cut off while rounding the first turn and she in turn forced Benson Caldwell to pull up to keep from jumping on Jack Demund displayed a great flight of speed in the early stages of his race, but lack of condition told at the end and he tired badly in the last quarter. Jockey Dominick, who rode English Lad, stated after the running of the Chicago Ridge Handicap, that the colt is one of the hardest horses he ever rode to keep up in the early stages, but once he gets settled fully in his stride he becomes a free runner and covers a lot of ground with little exertion. To a question as to whether he thought English Lad could have run faster yesterday, Dominick replied: "Sure; he was only galloping at the end and could have run in 1:39$." C. R. Ellison shipped eleven horses to La-tonia yesterday,, where they will be raced until the close of the meeting and then be shipped to Memphis, Tenn., where they will be wintered. . , Mose Goldblatt stated to the judges yesterday that Rainland did not show any ill effects from the severe whipping given him by Ad- Ethylene, ridden by Pollak in the fourth race, fell while running in a contending position through the stretch. The mishap was a fteculiar one and opinion differs as to the emue of her falling. Persons near the pad-dock thought that Ethylene had jumped on another horse, while those nearer to the finish thought that St. Tammany had struck "her. Pollak escaped with a shaking up and rode Scorpio in the next race, but asked the ludges for permission to be excused from rlditur-Jet in the last race.; .tanteaSm11 BiSlsLfelstakerace in saying that he would train into a grand three-year-old and would prove one of next years best racers. Old "Pa" Bradley, meeting trainer Phillips in the paddock after the race, said: "You have got a Derby horse, sure enough, and if I owned him I would enter him in the Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps and run in them both." Dick Bernard and Flo Bob were both greatly interfered with in the stretch run and had their chances practically destroyed. Flo Bob suffered the most and but for the interference would have been a sharp contender, as he was only beaten by a small margin for third place. His performance yesterday was a creditable one and leads to the belief that he has fully recovered from his illness and regained his midsummer form.
