The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-23
WHIP AND SPUR GOSSIP.

would be in control Off the diamond.
| WHIP AND SPUR GOSSIP
A California party named Ha y,Ien Dargil
has leased or purchased the Birmineh III
| Ala. fair grounds. and II is announced Their,
| VIII be running meeting there III February
Thomas A. Keith ha Is purchased the Ma VS.
| Vile, KY, fair grounds for ST. 600, which
| is ii little more than half the cost of tn,
| grounds, and about half what the improve
4 ments cost.
| SenatorGrady, the good IA &c horsethat wa,
gelded over year ago and then turned ou
| on Marcus Days Montana farm, will b,
| trained again next season. He is now five
| years old.
The Oakley Latonia and Louisville Jockey
Clubs and the st. Louis Fair Assucia tion
have entered into an agreement by which
any conflict OF the important stake events
will be avoided.
Jockey w. Martin has been indefinitely
suspended at the Ingleside Cal, track,
pending an investigation 10 his ride on
Pepper January 8, 1t being claimed that be
Intentionally fouIed Collins.
n. Y, has several good ones in his stable,
including Lee Russell. 2:l6 Id: STEAMBOAT
Prince, Katie Bertha and Jessie. Dor
Othy L. will also be in his stable.
Secretary ii. ID. Mcintyre. OF the BROOKLYN
Jockey Club, has received a telegram from
VIII Wallace, at San Francisco, stating
that he has entered The Commoner in the
Brooklyn Handicap.
The race for the Nice Grand Prix has been
run at Nicc, France, and resulted in dead
heat between Isscre and Lobeiia FOR first
place. Attchy finished third. Seven
horses started. The stakes were divided
government agent is securing Tenn
nessee for horses for use in the cavalry. He
has inspected a great many horses and ac-
cepted less than thirty. The government
has out an order for 100 black horses TO
come to this city.
The Coon, blk. e., 4, by Imp. Midloth
ian, dam Mamie, and Contest, b. s., z, by
Fonso, dam ContesSa, owned by A. Reed,
and trained by Jockey Harry Morrisey,
were shipped from Brooklyn a few days
ago on the steamer Venezuela for Caracas.
Venezuela.
At the annual meeting OF the directors
OF the Rochester Driving Park Association
it was decided that no more racing meets
should be held at the driving park as long
as the present racing laws are in force. The
park will be used for local races, crcuses,
bicy Gle races and the like.
Ben Brush is engaged in the four West
ern DerDys, and stranger things have hap
pened than that he should win all of them.
The four Derbys are worth the folio wing
amounts: Louisville Derby, 5000: La
tonia Derby, S12, 500: Oakley Derby, $12,-
600 and St Louis Derby, $4,000.
The California Jockey Club has officially
announced that it will not receive any
further entries from G. B. Morris. This
action was due to the charges made by Mr..
Morris of unfair treatment received by
him at the hands of the officials and the con
sequent withdrawal OF his horses.
The Bay District track lease has been ex-
tended for another year. The chances now
are that the California Jockey Club will
not 20 TO Oakland this season unless the SUI
pervisors pass the Wagner ordinance, which
prohibits betting in any form on horse rae
ing within the limits of the city and county
Df San Francisco.
The authorities of Ingleside have taken
a determined stand, by which no -poolroOm
In San Francisco or any other town in the
State will receive any information direct
by wire from the 1ngleside track. The club
mas leased the telegraph wire connecting
he ira ok with the city. The club also has
charge of the telephone.
Tiger Cat, n twc-yeuT-old chestnut filly,
~ Tammany, out Of Bandana, by Darebin, |
me Of the first of the get of the bald-faced |
'ou of the Derby winner OF 1881, will be in |
Marcus Days string next season. She ha d |
narrow escape from being u ,hree-year- |
I'D as she was roaled shortly after 1 O'Clock |
IN the morning of January 1 1894.
The New England Trotting Horse Breed
rs Association has announced the cOndi- /
ions of its Futurity stake to be raced in
1893. The conditions really contemplate
hree races, two minor divisions TO be
rotted or paced in the twO-year-old form.
md a big guarantee stake of $40 900 for
hree-year-old foals of 1896. The condi-
ions are for foals of 1896 in all events.
there are two races for S9S, one for two
ear-old PAGERS for $1,000. The big three
ear-old stake of $4,000 is for trotters
My.
The annual business meeting OF the
imlico Driving Club, Baltimore, was held
lst week. Edison NJ. Schryner was In the
hair, with George Keenan, secretary. The
rincipal features of the financial report
rere those which related TO the meetings
ED by the club last year. The running
leeting in June was loss TO the club OF
G, 10O.S1. The spring trotting meeting
cited profit Of 500. while The autumn
rolting meeting lost $3.50. Twelve OF the
irectors nominated at the caucus held at
imlico January were elected. They are