The evening world., 1894-06-18
GOSSIP OF THE TURF.

The Morris Park meeting will wind up
tomorrow with brilliant programme.
Though the racing at Morris Park has
been good throughout. people will not
be sorry to turn their faces to the cool
sea breezes that sweep over the Coney
Island track. The journey to Norris
Park Is wearisome. and on very warm
days the trip Is most uncomfortable. The
card tomorrow VIII include the Belmont
Stakes for three-year-olds, the Great
Eclipse Stakes for tw)-ycar-olds and
the match between Stonenel AMI Cor
rection. Every one Of these events will
bo worth looking at. Henry OF Navarro
and Domino may fight it out at the finish
further than the wlthers. Granted that that
iGi hm { the '"S Gdvsntiss MtSss' then sa,
gained amounts to little. as he will now
dd in the Withers ana carry a penalty
for winning that stake. At any rate, It
ought TO be smashing good race. Hal
ton. senator Grady, Rublcon. Dobbins,
sir F;Nctss and other good ones are en-
gagged.
In In the ,dIG great Eclipse stakcs, which Is
cream of the two-year-olds. barring
Gotham. VINO Is ailing. viii be seen al
the post; Among the new ones may be
burned up the track in his trials this
Spring CQnnoisaeur. Keenln. Prince of
Monaco, Walter, Sir Galahad Utica,
I'aladin AMI other good ones will meet
They ought to Furnish a rattling con-
'est. Conn1isseur and Keenan, look to
have the race between them.
The merits Of Stonenell and Correction
are well known. The Mcssrs Morris
are pursuing the right course with their
speedy mare thin season When fresh
and good the mare can come near beating
anything on four legs for five furlongs
a n o rItpr VIII IOk for her
Dwyer's horse Dwyer. by the way. has
never yet lost match race, and the
Dobbns ran a dead heat with Domino.
PERHAPS his luck may be too much for
Corrections speed.
Everyday racing has taken away the
rounds the Suburban Handicap. The lcss-
ening OF the va.ue Of the stakes a,s) has
hsd something 70 DO with 1t, and the fact
that nearly all OF the candidates have
been seen in public makes 1t less inter
estinG than the brooklyn, which Is at
tended by more or less mystery. Never
theless, the Suburban Is bound to be a
Henry OF Navarro. Lamplighter and Cliff
ford at the post fit and well. Sir Walter
and Ramapo seem to have the race be
tween them, though II clifford ia as
good as claimed he will be n contendinS
factor.
The confidence with which gu!leless
people forward their money to book
Brooklyn Handicap and Suburban Is
amazing. It turns out now that "Thomp-
son & CO." caught Western gentleman
named George G. BiXby, OF Hannibal
placed on certain horses. and one OF the
bets was $40 on Henry of Navarro for a
n,rrGe. When the time came to cash
| RiXhV hnWpVpr. from HNnni-
bal. and Victor Gabriel. OF 739 East one
| Hundred and 'rhirty-ninth street, who Is
said to be Thompson & CO." Is now in
Jail The funny part OF all this Is that
Bxbys charge OF fraud stating that at
the time Gabriel got Bixby's checks
there was no evidence of intent to de-
| fraud Bixby then made complaint of
| books will be thicker than flies around a
molasses barrel next Winter.
A despatch from Cincinnati says "a
sensation has been sprung here by a
painted horse being discovered at La
mia, which stable hands say was Frog
| Dance. the crack cot Byron McCleliand
sold last Fail, However. before the colt $
Identity could be positively established
| the horse was mysteriously spirited
away. 1t was thought in some quarters
| that Frog Dance was the horse used In
he recent St Louis sd r9sns 9sd troD b" FTGg Ms
| Ciel,and in a mysterious sort OF way.
As the horses were being shipped West
!ast FAN a stranger stepped up to Nc
buy iS''t1 the e colt. As MeciieI,and had the
| colt all boxed up he put on n stiff price.
hoping to discourage the stranger. Ills
offer was cepted>immedia;ely, and the
colt has not raced this year, and his
| whereabouts are unknown.