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GRAVESENDS REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING. New York. June 2J.--In the numerous crowd which saw gallant Waldo win the Tremont Stakes and Joe Madden sa-ore oiu-o more oyer Fayette, his stable companion of last season, in tlie Brooklyn Derby at Cntve-enil Saturday, were many patrons of the turf who had not been at the races often this season. William S. Fansliawe. owner of Silver Brook Stud. Commissioner J. J. Martin of Tammany Hall, former Senator Owen Cassidy of Elmira. Captain YVil liain F. Presgrave. manager of the racing establishment of Thomas civile of Philadelphia: Robert I.. Thomas of Kentucky, former Health Commissioner Crosby. DaThl Ihmlop of Coggins Hall. David El-kins of YVost Yirginia. Stephen Klkins. Jr.. of YAest Virginia and New York: Schuyler Parsons, president of the Coney Island Jockey Club: James K. Keene. vico-prt-sidont of the Jockey Crab: Richard T. Wilson. Jr.. the nc-.v president of the Saratoga Association: J. Harry Alexandre, vice-president of tin- Saratoga Association: Matt J. Winn, managing director of the Empire City Racing Assiaiation: Harry K. Knapp of the State Racing Commission, and many others were in the clubhouse. Mr. Parsons is a particularly busy man these days. He serves regularly in the stewards stand, and in addition to that work the task of preparing for tlie i-oining meeting at Sheepshead Bay. which promises to la- on a big scale, has devolved entirely upon him. Francis It. Hitchcock, the new treasurer of the Coney Island Jockey Club, who would ordinarily bear a share of Mr. Parsons work, is absent in Europe.
