Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-04
Notes of the Turf.

The following stables are at Cumberland
park for the winter: ]. NJ. Murphy, Lew
| Long, William Shinger, Charles Halle, \.
| b. Goodman, l.. n. Shoenfeld and ]. NJ
| johnson.
The stewards of the Pacific Coast Jockey
| Club have recommended that the entries of
| Miss Gentry and Duke Stevens be refused
| In future, as they are both extremely bad
| actors at the post, and make it dangerous
| for the other horses.
! The amount of first money distributed
| during the English racing season Just closed
| Is about S2,30l. 1875 This amount was divid-
| ed between AIS owners in amounts ranging
| from 500 to S233 $40. the amount won bv
M. Leopold de Rothschild, who heads the
| list.
The Ideal park racetrack people have
| opened nineteen stakes to be run for in
| 1897. with added money aggregating a little
Parl; handicap for 3-year-olds and upward
at one mile and three-siXteenths, with a
guaranteed value of 5000.
Only three colts by the pacing stallion
Bourbon Patchen. 200. by Bourbon Wilkes,
were worked in 1896. OF these Burr Patch
took pacing. record of 2:2i4, Russell
was timed in race in 2:27li. all three being
S-year-olds Bourbon Patchen is owned by
| h. il. Hunley New Castle. Ind.
The Nutwood PAGER, Actuary, that was
| extensively entered In the slow classes last
year, could beat 2:l0 easily. but failed 10
get mark owing to a small splint which
| threw him out of training. He was fired
during the Washington park meeting, and
Driver John HuSsey now pronounces him
sound and all right and ready for 1897.
The announcement is made that Alix,
2:OSai. queen of the turf, Is in the market,
her owner, Morris j. Jones' of Red Oak,
Ia, having decided to sell her. II is said
that he once refused $4,000 for her. She
would probably bring Il bigger figure mt one
Of Oft the New York auctions than anywhere
breeders would like to have her as the
queen of the harem.
The prospects of the turf in Illinois are
growing brighter President George II.
Wheeler, of Washington park. has signified
that his association will cooperate with
any reputable movement to secure faVora-
bic legislation which will properly restrict
trottinS and running race meetings. The
idea is to limit all meetings on any one track
to thirty days. prohibit foreign bookmaking
and permit pool selling on local events.
Missouri turfmen may secure the passage
of 4 similar bill.
Joe SChercr still leads in the number of
winning mounts ut New Orleans G. ReifT
added six scalps to his belt during the past
week, while NJ. llirsch was right after him,
with five winnings to his credit One of the
most successful lads at the meeting will he
missed in T.. Powers. The latter was fool
ish enough to allow himself to be advised
by supposed friends, and he decamped from
his employer. Here is u list of the winning
JOCKS who have ten or more firsts to their
credit: j. Scherer, 27; Morse. IA: r. Combs,
l3 NJ HirSch, 13; 7. Powers, II; c. Rciff
II; \. Barrett 10.
The figures which show how the horse
men at New Orleans stood with dame for
tune up to Saturday are interesting The
AVondale stable still heads the list, while
Lon Stevens has taken quite a iump in the
column. his horses having won no less than
Sl,VlO during the past week. OF this amount
Sedbrook won S25. One hundred and
ninety-nine races had been run up to Sat
urday night, and ninety-two owners have
captured 800 or more. The following is n
list of those who have won 81. .O0O or over:
Avondale stable. 1855; G.. C. Bennett 81 76S:
Shamrock stable. s., 2,4G5: II. McCarren, Jr.,
S2.l0S. +. 7. Woods. 81, 500: Springfield sta
BILE. $l,l9O; 7. II. Stevens. S1.Ti3: A. Shields.
I4i; p. ]. Miles. $.i40: Caesar Young
S,S9I; Rosedale stable. 1884.