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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of Dec. 31, 1902. Racing at New Orleans, Newport and Ingle-side. Jockey Milton Henry has received an offer to ride for the Lotos Stable in 1903. The offer is contingent on the success of Henrys application for reinstatement in France, where his license was withdrawn some weeks ago. Mr. Tichcnor and Durnell and Herz have had a further conference as to the purchase of Mc-Chesney. The price asked for the horse, however, is still far beyond what Mr. Tich-enor believes to be his value, so that a sale is as far away as ever. Jockey Buchanan has signed a contract to ride next year for M. H. Tichenor. The salary which Buchanan will receive was not stated, but is said to be 0,000, and he is to do 102 pounds. He will report to the stable at the opening of the Memphis meeting. In the meantime, he will continue to ride for S. C. Hil-dreth at New Orleans. John Wallace, secretary for P. J. Gorman, the Cincinnati turfman, arrived at Lexington today, to look over the yearling brown filly, Blue Pennant, by Rainbow The Brown Countess, by Wagner, that is engaged in many of the richest stakes of next year, including the Futurity. Colonel Barnes will sell only the running qualities of the youngster. Lon Bellew, who has charge of Gorman and Bauers horses, says that the string is doing finely at the farm. The unbeaten Bardolph will be entered in all the important three-jrear-old events, east and we3t, including the American Derby, and his stablemaie, Lem Redd, will also be well entered. Bellew says that Bardolph is a much improved horse and that he is growing every day. Barney Schreiber has refused an offer of 0,000 from E. J. Arnold for his great young stallion. Sain, and reports that it will take 00,000 to tempt him to part with the son of St. Serf The Task. Sain is one of the foremost of American stallions, with Otis, Zirl, Sylvia Talbot and other good horses to his credit, and bids fair to head the "winning stallions " list of this country before long. When Olympian, the Keene colt sent to Newmarket two years ago, and which was brought back from England last Saturday, was sesn by several expert horsemen, they marveled at how badly he looked. Some think that James Rowe will have a difficult task in winning with him. "Skeets" Martin, who rode him in England, says that he had plenty of speed, but would not try at the critical time. F. G. Oxnard, younger brother of H. T. Oxnard, will go into racing on his own hook next year. The two brothers were in evidence together at the late sale at the horse exchange in New York, and F. G. Oxnard has entered the bay colt, Alberto, by Albert Octave, in the Stallion Stakes of 1904. This youngster, as well as several others belonging to the younger Oxford, is down at the farm of Dr. Williams, in Kentucky. At present H. T. , Oxnard has more "irons in the fire" than his brother, but the latter has plenty of time.
