The evening times., 1896-09-16
NOTES OF THE RUNNERS.

Eugene Leigh's horses have done fairiy
well in the West.
The Louisville. KY, trotting meeting be-
gins September IS.
st. Frusquin. reported broken down, is
again gong sound.
Jockey Soup Perkins has not been
getting many mo cunts of late.
Ed Corrigan packs up for California as
soon as the Oakley meeting ends.
Louisville poolrooms are closed up tight
for the first time in many years
Jockey Thorpe is still suffering from a
lame back from an accident at Windsor.
Turtle Dove and Belle Bramble are two
of the most likely Western two-year-olds.
II is a remarkable thing, but nearly all
the crack Western two year old> of this sea
son were cheap ycarlinss.
Buck Mas>ie and FLYING Dutchman have
proved two of the most serviceablc horses
racing in the West this year.
Marcus DaIy's horses won S4s, ,440 at
the Shecpsnead Bay meeting. NJ. F.
DIVERS string came second with S6,SS5.
Jockey Dupee is victim of didn't
know-It- wds-loaded accident. lie was fool
ing with d pistol and shot himself in the
foot.
Winter racing in California this win
ter VIII be on a more solid and profitable
foundation than in any other part Of the
country.
Mnylan is now the bread winner OF Ed
Corrigan's stable. He was purchased from
Byron MCCelland for $500, and las Won
half dozen races since.
a strathmore yearling belonging To
MIlt Young. with 136 pounds up, worked
a furlour on the Lexington track the other
morning II IL 12 seconds.
Oakleys book program contains the
following clause: "All starts will be made
with machine When the barrier is re-
leased by the starter there will be no re-
Call, except in case Of accidents"
Iatouia meeting begins October 1 and
closes November I, giving thirty-tbree
days racing Eleven stakes will he dis
posed Of. aud hurdle races and steeple-
chases will he disposed of occasionally.
Lady Inez appears worn and badly fag-
ged out. She was one of the best three
year-olds in the West in the spring, but
continuous racing has told against her,
and In fer last TWO races Sne ieSs
In slow company.
There will be about $50 days racing be-
tween the two tracks at Oakland and In
glesidc with purses amounting to from
S. ZOO TO 400 per day, and stakes OF
the value Of nearly 100000 will be de-
cided ut the two meetings, so that more
than half n million dollars will be dlstri5-
uted among horscmcn this season.
ing TO enjoy a well-earned rest until work
begins for next year. The colt has
slight trouble about the ankle joints, but
the greater part of the soreness, which
was SO manifest when he last appeared
in public. was in the muscles. In order
to get him ready for his Southern and
Western engagements, Hardy Campbell
was obliged to hurry him in his preparation,
and ii is more than doubtful if the colt
has been at his best all the year.
Secretary Price of the Louisville Jockey
Club ANNOUNCED yesterday that the fixed
ing were: The Kentucky Derby, of Sc 900,
one mile and a quarter: the Clark stake OF
$4,000 mile and eighth; and the Ken
lucky Oaks, SO 900, mile and one -sixteenth.
These stakes will be closed on October Is
next. The other stakes for the 1898 meet
ing Will be opened at the usual time later
on, and will average $1,000 each The
Kentucky Derby, Clark stakes, and the
Oaks are for toals of 1895, now yearlings.