The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-01
TURF GOSSIP.
From the Spirit Of the Tunes.

From the Spirit of the Tunes.
Fred Tar"i. the jockey. has severed his
varal has been i'm C~'ampbell's employ for
the past two years, and has ridden some
he'll says the trouble with Tarai was one
of increasing weight. The young man is
of good constitution and inclined to flesh,
and several times he has been unable to
make weight for races which the stable
considered IL had All excellent chance Of
John Campbell, the Beverwyck trainer,
offered barnes, the jockey, $1,000 for his
services next season, but the little ,jockay
refused to sign. Barnes has had more
offers than any one i'm the profession.
Senator Hearst and Mr.. Scott both are
said tn have wanted him, hut he has acted
and il became ommon gossip
that he was "holding out for the best
Offer" Barnes has the reputation OF be-
ing the hest lightweight in the profession,
and in the opinion of many he il fully five
pounds better than any of his contempor-
aries Certainly, he has wonderful pm
able to time his finish with u Judgment
that would do credit to Tom Cannon or
the best i'm any country.
The retirement of Mr.. A. ]. Cassatt
comes rather unexpectedly upon. ''the
Faithfully" and there are many pessimists
who claims that ii forcshadows the grad
nal retirement OF all the real sportsmen
who view the undue extension of the
season, and the fact that racing il bccom-
ing too much of n business, with anything
Hamilton's agcm with Mr.. Bel
mont, which was discredited an "mere ru-
NOR" when first turns out to
be an absolute fact. As was stated n few
weeks since. we had heard enough to
know that Garrison would not continue to
wear the maroon jacket of the Nursery,
and had heard that Mr.. Belmont seriously
considered the advisability of engaging an
English jockey. Hamilton's engagement
IN much better. az an English rider. how.
ever good. cannot learn the style of race
riding here until he ha. been several
. %DssIi Z fr sns sSas q ;:.she mother &c coa ns
try" Hamilton In much the hest of the
colored jockeys of to-day. He In cool. pm.
tient and daring Mt times 10 the verge OF
over the Twin City held ON Exiie in Lake
lands black jacket.
william Hayward, the Jockey. will, we
hear, ride for Senator Hearst next season
We do not know that y r. definisely set
who trains the stable horses, has neGo
tiated for his services since his jockey
Hamilton. signed With Mr.: Belmont. The
retirement OF Mr.. Cassatt leaves Hayward
without an engagement. He could ride
N q sort of free lance and secure all thu
practice he would need, but Hayward 10 q
most conservative man: He prefers 9
to his temperament to fight for his posi-
ton. He loves the security of position, Il
rather old-fashioned. and has no ''valct; =
he carries own traps about and is always
around when his stables horse is running
and whether he is riding or not deems =
his duty to he present and assist i'm max
ing the horses toilet.
Ell Rio Rey whose death has been re
ported and his obituary actually writer
% press, better than he has been at AN
time during the week., although he is no
out Of danger. The colt developed q Sigh
cold n week ago, which became acute In