The evening world., 1893-12-19
GOSSIP OF The TURF,
The Future Of Ivy City Track
Looks Exceedingly Dark.
Repcrt that the Racing May Be
Continued at Pimlico.
Jcckcy Fred Littlefeld Renounces
the Pigsltin.

The situation at Ivy City remains un-
changed. District-Attorney Birney re-
iterates that he will make arrests when
ever a bat IS made. SO the matter
stands. 1t Is said thai j. Il. Collins, who
Is Interested with MIR. iIngeman IL the
IVY city venture, has reported favor
ably on the prospects OF racing at PIN
leo, and intimates that, If the Washing
ION authorities persist in their efforts
TO harass the Ivy Gity people. racing
may be shifted to that point. Mr.. Col
Inns says that the residents of Balti-
more favor racing, and that the authori-
ties are kindly disposed.
The fact. however, that many OF the
bookmakers and horsemen have re-
turned to New York makes II extreme
ly doubtful IL racing could succeed this
Winter at any Southern point. Starter
Caldwell is in this city waiting for the
word which will send him back to Wash
ington. He said II doubt very much II
the meeting will be permitted to con-
tinue. ] am not interested except In that
I had agreed to act as starter, and l
don't care much what the result is, but
it seems strange that what was permit
Led at Bennings should be prohibited
ut Ivy CITY,
1t Is announced that Fred Littlefield
has %renounced the pigskin for the more
He never was a brilliant rider. His
blunders were frequent, and his good
enced turfman invariably tore up his
ticket on Littlefield's mount when that
jockey went to the whip, Littlefeld's
excus for leaving the saddle Is the fact
that he IL growing too heavy,
Jockey Sam Doggett is in New Or
leans, but is doing very little riding.
Sam is taking things easy and conse-
nearly ali the races are made for light
weight jockeys. he gets very few mounts.
Friends of Robert Bonner will, on
Thursday. night, present him with a
s charles f Marvin s ssatef'i ie a %sslRystte. ss
which is attached sunol, 2.Os Ia
Virginia Carroll, the bookmaker, did
not go on at Ivy City during the first
two days of the meeting, A number OF
bookmakers objected to his going on and
the management debarred him. Carroll
has made himself Objectionable In many
ways and race-goers will not be sur
prised to learn that he has come to
grief.
Springtime has been sold to j. Reiser.
The terms are private.
The returns of the Brighton Beach AS
ISOLATION to the State Comptroller, show
c~essful. financially, than in 1882, When
there was no opposition at Monmouth
s Ea1si 81 rhf IN sI ISL t Gses'p We're shi 81 zee were
pad panper the three-vear-oid ully by
~Iroauois, dam Bandana. owned by Rich.
ard Croker, is dead. The filly was a good
auction sale of ]. NJ. Browns horses at
Morris Park In the Faii of 1889. Last
Winter she was sick and did not recover
seven races. but in poor company. Last
week she was taken sick, and the trou;
BILE developed into lockjaw, which resulted
In her death.
The body Of young Phil Dwyer will bt
brought East for interment.
Judge Morrow and Hume won purses
for Green b. Morris at New Orleans yes.
terday. Both were at long ODDS.
IsIington, the full brother to the cele
brated English colt ~Isinglass. is expected
on the White Star steamship Tauric to
morrow. He is consigned to James II
esi' Tbs, T slne o has Isiin renSh IS namtord :.
second in the list Of winning stations ir
England, with Sl3S. S65 to the credit of his
get.
1t Is said that Major Hancock's full
weanling brother to Domino Is not dead
as reported, but only slightly injured.
Jimmy Rowe is making a record a.
presiding judge at the Pacific Coas
Blood-Horse Association meeting.
Van Kirkman and President Johr
Hunter, of the Board of Control, hav,
had several consultations relative to tn,
establishment of a National Jockey Club