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NOTES OF THE TURF TURFHops Troops Hops Landemans Andeans Ramiro by Fonso Fonts is do ¬ ing King well at Memphis and is the hope of the fnture future bookmakers as against Ben Brush for the Kentucky Derby DerbyIn Derby In the best books on the big Eastern Handi Hand ¬ caps Henry of Navarre Navarro is still a stout favorite For the Brooklyn he is 3 to 1 with Clifford 5 to 1 King Arthur II and Sir Walter 10 to 1 each For the Surburban Suburban the same ratio of prices rule ruleEd ruled Ed Cotrigan Corrigan evidently intends to test the start ¬ ing King machine patent in the courts He has bought all the rights to the eastern Forbes patent and declares that his company only owns the American rights for a starting device deviceThe device The two best threeyear three olds in Kentucky are being prepared for the opening of the Kentucky Associations meeting April 27 They are Semper Simper Ego in Dan OBrif Brief ns string and Bracegirdle Brace in Tom McDowells McDowell stable They are both en ¬ gaged gagged extensively in western stakes stakesKamsiu stakes Kamsiu Karmas is as game a colt as one would wish to sei semi says the Sau Saul Francisco Breeder and Sjxirtsman When he gets alongside a horse ho will win or do the next best thing run a dead hpat pat He holds the record here for in the only lead hf at runhere crunchier he has been the runner up Once before Gratify and he hooked up in the stretch at the Bay District and ran a dead heat with him Barring Flying Dutchman and Halma Alma when Halma Alma was Halma Alma Simon W was the best of the western 3yearolds of 1895 over a distance and at weight Buck Massio Mansion was the next in smartest Simon W has done well and will start at Louisville He is in the Louisville Handicap 1 116 miles only of the stakes It is ffo ff bo run May 14 Last Saturday Simon W worked 1 18 miles with his weight up in 1 554 the mile in 1 41J4 Thats Hats smart going so early The Dutchman and Prince Leif meet Simon W in the Louisville Handicap if their owner elect
