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GOSSIP AND COMMENT FROM KENTUCKY, i I Cincinnati, o.. June 17. — Emerson Cochran qnali- lied as a Cincinnati Trophy candidate of promise ■ When he won a spectacular race at Latonia last Monday. He will have no penalty in the rich event, sel to be run on Saturday, June 27. and his weight will be IIS pound-. The distance of the Trophy, which carries an added valuation of . 000. besides a beautiful silver loving cup. donated by the La tenia Jockey Club, is six furlongs, and is thought l he especially to the liking of this stoutly built i son of Jim Qaffaey. J. H. F.aker and Co. surely 1 plucked a rare prize when they claimed as good a colt as Bawrsoa Cochran out of a selling race at i Louisville. lie looks like a two-year-old that will i continually improve, and bids fair to develop into , a Derby candidate of prominence as a three year- | old next season. His sire is a brother to the sue- . cessful Virginia stallion. Gofden -Maxim, the aim -of Follie Levy. Presumption and other good win acta, l.mersoii Oacbran is much on the order in . general conformation of Jim Gaffoey, which per i former was himself a brilliant two-year-old. . A. Bianchi bred Emerson Cochran, and while the j colt was raised in Kentucky, he was foaled in Call- , fonts, wluie Blanch] kept his few mares until a fen years ago. Brer since he has lieen on the tiuf , Bianchi has been counectcd with mod horses, having been a successful trainer and Linerson Corn-ran indicates that his breeding ventures will also turn oiu profitably to him. He would never have been in Kentucky had racing not been suspended ia the Golden Slate, for be is in love witli the far ; west and thinks it is a great place to raise that ! oughbreds. He says, however, be will never leave Kentucky and go back to California unless racing i- restored in the Golden State. Bianchi was long conn. . ted with James McManus. as a trainer, and while be is not now in charge of any of that turfmans hoi- -. a warm friendship still exists between him and the owner of Belloc. Mr. Mc.Mauus . regrets that he was not able to be in New York j for the recent yearling sale. He means, during the year, although perhaps not before fall, to nurchase Millie a hand of v callings to add to his already ex-tensive string. J It is understood that old Rosebud, the Kentucky Derbj winner of this season, and one of the most sensational of present-day race horses, will shortly be shipped back to Kentucky and turned out at the Carr farm, near Lexington, until next year, it ap pears that his recent injury in the Withers Stakes at Belmont Bark was more serious than at first supposed, and that trainer Weir has concluded to take no chances by attempting to race him again this season for fear of permanently breaking him down. It is reported that he has been assured bv skillful veterinarians that if be is given a proper Bring i p. rati. i. and allowed to run out until next season he will coiiie back in as sound a condition a- be was when tirst brought to the track as a •wo vcai old. His abandonment of racing this season is a hard blow to the stable of II. C. Appll gate and Co.. the former member of Which is the treasurer of the New Louisville Jockey Club, us the great gelding was eligible for 650,000 or more of stakes this season that were apparently at his mercy, had he remained in the condition he was in when he vv.n the Kentucky Derby in record time. He his. however, already earned a fortune for his owners, and Mr. Applegate recently said that he could not complain over the son of Uncle going wrong, and that he would like to purchase another yearling for 50 thai would do anywhere near ;t well as Old Rosebud has during bis career on the turf. The brilliant gelding lias put a halo around i the name of his dam. Ivory Bens, and made her a star among the great band of stud matrons now I ai Hamburg Place. She now has a two-year-old ■ stake winner in Mars Cassidy on the turf, but he is 1 not an Old Rosebud by any means. Word conns from Canada that Cades other good Siin. Little Nephew, is coming around so that he will soon be a! lc to race again, and his Louisville owner. M. B. Cruber. expects him to come back to the track the coming fall, among the crack tluei year-OkU • f the autumn season, after a summer sojourn at Saratoga. Little Nephew is the enh performer that was aide In any race to beat Old Rose bud as a two year old. and this he did upon two occasions. lie is a performer of dazzling sp oil. and Mr. iridic.- think-- that when he- comes ho I, to the turf he will race brilliantly over considerable distances of ground. Mr. Grnber intends to bjrj another good yearling or two before the season Is over for next years racing. His two youngsters, Sam McMeekin and Little String, are both training satisfactorily. William Walker, who is here from New York. says there are many good two-year-olds in training in th- east this season, but he does not look for the leal cracks of this division to show up until the Saratoga meeting is well under way. He thinks several of .lames Butlers two v ear-olds will create a sensation before the season is much old.:r. whjl, J. L. Madden also has several promising youngsters in his barn. . S. Wilson probably will ship the Palmetto Derby winner. Ivan Gardner, to Fort Erie before tie close of the present Latonia meeting to get him at- i customed to thai track for his start in the Canadian Derby. Ivan Gardner is now coming around again. according to owner Wilson. He would have started him in the Latonia Derby, but a few days before that event the colt sh nvved he was a bit off. and s. he concluded to reserve him for the Fort Erie race. Ihe midget jockey. A. Mott. while not wiaajag many races-ai Latonia. is riding in good form, and is becoming popular with race-goers. Of course he has mounts on many light-weighted horses that do not Ogure to bare much chance, still he is frequently there, or therabouts at the tinish. He is sare to be one of the stars at Butte and Anaconda. Where be will ride during July and August. He has a good seal on a bone, knows nothing of fear, and i- rapidly learning the shortest way around the track. He will yet master the post business, and with a little more experience is likely to take high rank a- an accomplished rider. There are a Bomber el prominent turfmen who would be glad to buy the contract that N. K. Moody, of Vancouver. B. C. holds on Mott. but the latter has slinvu no disposition to con-idcr any offer.
