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RACING GOSSIP FROM THE EAST. Hew York. April 12. -Beaaeant Park is golting a geaeral ocrhaiiliiiLr. The painting of the hig grand stand is mil under way and nanerinteudenl William a. Hi rni.in has his complotc force of purpleyeea shap Ing up tin- jumps on the main and schooling courses, leveling the track* ami attending to the numerous details Incidental to the opening of the season. Horsemen stabling at the Westchester Barlajr Associations . nurse are delighted with the condition of the mile and a half track as thev arc with the light, sati- enshion on the mile training track. Most • ! the trainers at this course have changed tactic-in regard to the working of their 1 wo year olds this si aaaa. In east years it was Ihe custom to try out tia roeagsters hy working the** to the right, or the way tin race* an- run at Belmoat, Experience taught them the folly of this method, as the jnvi -idles would run t" the outside wh. n making the turns m other tracks. It is for this reason that trainer* Ilealey. Patterson, Nash, fli lasa. Lawler ami other* Instructed their eaercbnj lads to gallop in the direction that races are run on other American tracks. .1 i-ii-s Cottnll. who wa* a rider in Ihe days when McLaughlin. Carris -n and Murphy wen famous, is seriously ill at Shoopshead Hay. Trainer Silas Veit.h has shipped the following horse* to Haiti re from Belmont Park: Grandpa, N.-stor. Bufns. Itlackhrldge, Clovercroft and a bunter. Itchi rniss-coaatry raceca wiatered well and although no fas work over long distances has been naked of them, they are lik.lv to keep the Vir ginians hils;. before the close at Iillllieo.
