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GOSSIP FROM NORFOLK TRACK V r li Vn April 2 Albert Simons does not orroifcnamefi the name ft thirteen twoyearolds of the know rought down from Benning to WhltV during the spring meeting of the Jnmes awn SeyClub which begins Easter Monday and which will rnn until April 27 Mr Whitneyslagent in New York no doubt has registered the names of the youngsters with the Jockey Club but he has neglected to forward them to his trainer One a filly by Hamburg Ballyhoo is n halfsister to Ballyhoo Bey winner of the Futurity and Flatbush Stakes at Sheepshead Bay in 1900 Another a daughter of Burgomaster and Xela is a halfsister to Battle Axe and to Xebec Then there Is a black filly by Hamburg Belle of Troy and a bay by Hamburg Honiton and a chestnut by Burgomaster or Hamburg Mincola MincolaFive Five of the colts are products of Brookdale Farm These are geldings by Burgomaster out of Fairy Sprite and Vespers by Broomstick out of Lyonnaise and by Hamburg Braw Lass and Monadour MonadourIt It Is the intention of Simons to sell this bnnch of twoyearolds for when he gets to Baltimore he wijl have ten others to take up The other ten are at Brookdale Farm They were the least precocious of the youngsters James Rowe kept In New Jersey when he shipped the lot intended for Jack Joyner to EnglandTom England Tom Green the negro trainer who was with James II Kecne for upward of twentyfive years has come to Norfolk as foreman of the Simon string Green trained Voter for Mr Keene when the great sprinter was a twoyearold and prepared him in 1S97 for his victory in the Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park ParkThe The handsomest and most forward of the twoyear olds a the track just now is Con Leightons Bur geois a colt by Burgomaster Victoria M that started six times at Charleston and finished in the money twice twiceComing Coming Coon has recovered from a cold developed the day he arrived from South Carolina and was galloping yesterday with the twoyearold Huda Maid The latter is ready to race raceFour Four of the six horses Pat Clvill brought from Benning are threeyearolds from Barney Schrelbers farm in Missouri They arc Little Erne Uidgeland Sheriff Gannigan and Apiaster They wintered at Benning and have had a lot of work already Mr Civill is quartered at the track and he expects to do a deal of tigthening up work this week He has also two twoyearolds a filly by Sain La Bella and therefore a sister to Emperor William and a colt by Bannockburn Discard The filly is called La Sainrella
