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EASTERN TURF GOSSIP. Of points of interest cropping up in connection with the Aqueduct racing of Tuesday, the Sun of Wednesday says: "When Silver Dream, which was No. 3 on the program, won the third race yesterday, the crowd was dumfounded at the hoisting of Dimples number, 6, as the winner. There was a great shout all along the line, for Silver Dream had won decisively, while Dimple was out of the money. The mistake was quickly rectified, and upon making an investigation it was learned that Judge McDowell was in no way to blame. He had called the first three horses correctly and had reached for a board in No. 3 pocket before him to indicate the winner to the man who handles the jockey board across the track. But by some error a No. G board had been placed in the No. 3 pocket, something over which Judge McDowell had no control. It was said that the man whose sole duty it has been at all local tracks to take charge of these pockets was for some reason dispensed with by the Aqueduct management, which, by the way, has also deprived Judge McDowell of his able assistant, C. IT. Pet-tingill, who has been calling the third horses at metropolitan tracks for several years. With the progress made by the Queens County Jockey Club in other directions, it seems to be strange that such an important item should have been neglected. "The brother of George Thompson, the American jockey who had been riding with marked success in France this year, visited Aqueduct yesterday. He said that the little jockey, who is still able to ride at 93 pounds, stands second in the list in France, and has an excellent chance to beat out Ranch, the American boy, who is at the top just now. Thompson will ride Caius in the Cambridgeshire in England today, the horse with which he ran second in the Grand Prix. The boy will return here this winter to ride either at New Orleans or San Francisco. Father Bill Daly, by the way, will send some horses to the coast for the coming campaign, while the Schaffer Meyer confederacy will race at the Crescent City. "John McCue, betting commissioner for Frank Farrell, is ;n luck these days. Following his 0 wager on Athlana at 100 to 1 on Monday, McCue placed 00 on Gaviota in the Nassau Stakes yesterday at 15 to 1, after putting down a commission for Mr. Farrell on Stolen Moments. "John McGraw, manager of the New York Nationals, said yesterday that the report that he had won 2,000 since the Brighton meeting was untrue. T never saw 2,000 in my life, said John yesterday, but if I ever do, Ill put a cotton hook into it so quick that Ill be busy for a week fastening bills together. "Pinkerton has made arrangements to police the new track at Los Angeles, Cal., this winter. Seymour Butler will be in charge. "Gannon is in disfavor with the Keene stable. It was said that much fault has been found with his riding this season. He was set aside for Redfern yesterday in the Nassau Stakes, the latter having the mount on Stolen Moments. The other day Burns received the preference over Gannon in another instance. In all probability the Keenes will relinquish second call on Gannon for next season, and it will not be at all surprising if Tommy Burns, until recently one of W. C. Whitneys jockeys, is signed as the regular rider for the Keenes. "Briarthorpe was a hot tip yesterday, and many took advantage of it. He was backed down from 40 to 1 to fifteens, and many books lost big money. "Starter Cassidy has introduced a new method of sending the fields away. He makes the horses stand in line ten yards behind the barrier and then allows them to walk forward slowly to get the word while in motion, instead of ilatfooted. So far Cassidys work has not been up to the Fitzgerald standard of excellence."
