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GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Manager J. W. Brooks of Ascot Park, Los ! Angeles, announces the following dates for the running of the sixteen rich stakes offered by his club: The Ascot Handicap ,500 added. Saturday, February 13, 1904. The Ascot Derby ,000 added, Saturday, February 27, 1904. The Ascot Cup ,500 added, Saturday, March 12, 1904. The Ascot Oaks ,200 added, Saturday, February 6, 1904. The Hollywood Handicap ,250 added, Friday, December 25, 1903. The Pasadena Handicap ,250 added, Friday, January 1, 1904. The Riverside Handicap ,000 added, Monday, February 22, 1904. The Mount Lowe Handicap ,000 added, Thursday, December 24, 1903. The Coronado Beach Selling Stakes ,250 added, Saturday January 23, 1904. The Santa Catalina Selling Stakes ,000 added, Saturday, January 9, 1904. The San Pedro Selling Stakes ,000 added, Saturday, March 5, 1904. The Santa Barbara Stakes, 2-year-olds ,000 added, Saturday, February 20, 1904. The Santa Monica Stakes, 2-year-olds ,000 added, Saturday, March 19, 1904. The Inglewood Steeplechase Handicap ,200 added, Saturday, January 30, 1904. The Long Beach Steeplechase Handicap ,000 added, Saturday, March 26, 1904. The San Gabriel Steeplechase Handicap ,000 added, Saturday, January 16, 1904. Manager Brooks has so arranged these dates that they will not conflict with the California Jockey Club stakes, and horses will thus be able to fill their engagements at both tracks without any trouble. Cochran, the senior, is one of the horsemen who will go direct from New York to New Orleans with his recent purchase, Ethics. He will take with him his two sons, Harry and Johnny Cochran. Harry has given a good account of himself in the saddle during the metropolitan season that has just closed, but is becoming so heavy that it is doubtful if he will be able to ride except at the stake weights in 1904. Johnny, who has had fewer opportunities, will be given every chance to develop at New Orleans, and as he is much lighter, he may take the place of his elder brother in the season to come. The real star of the Cochran family, when it comes to riding, is little Charlie, who has not yet performed in public. He will be in the jockey lists next season, and the handy way in which he has beaten his brothers at the Cochran farm leads to the belief that he will be a factor of some importance when he takes to the saddle seriously.
