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GERST THREATENS TO SELL OUT. William Gerst, the father-in-law of George Holle and the real owner of the horses racing in the latters name at Latonia, was miffed at the disqualification of Parisian Model in the third race Monday and is quoted by the Cincinnati Enquirer as having said: "It appears to me that I must do one of two things, sell my horses or go away from here. On Saturday my filly Colloquy was fouled in the stake race and no attention was paid to it. Now my lilly is said to be at fault and the race is. promptly taken away. Killings should be consistent. At that 1 had my mind made up to cut down my turf interests, which are entirely two big a load to carry. I went into racing for the sport that was in it. "It was a recreation for me for a while, but it grew too fast. I have too many horses and am under too big an expense to continue it on the present scale. My trainer, AVill MePaniel, wired me today about two colts he would like to buy in the east, but 1 answered him that I was not in the market for more horses." Air. Gerst has a big farm at Xashville and in addition to the stable at Latonia trained by AV. L. Lewis and racing in Mr. Holles name, he has one string in Xew York in charge of AVill McDaniel and another, principally jumpers, on the Northern Circuit in charge of T. L. Pierce. The combined winnings of these three stables for the first six months of this year was fifty-four firsts, fifty-five seconds and thirty-five thirds and .0,S25. Of this amount ?1S,020 is credited to the Holle stable, which has won thirty-seven races, thirty-eight seconds and twenty-two thirds.
