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NOTES OF THE TURF JT F Ohicago 111 The membership of the Turf Congress is that of 1896 except that under Bye Law No 5 St Paul Hawthorne Harlem Denver and Saratoga have lost their standing Mr Corrigan has represented Hawthorne Mr Eees Memphis Mr Murphy St Louis and Mr Young Lexington Lonely racing at New Or ¬ leans is Lone Princess The fillys dam is Lonely Under turf laws the New Orleans desig ¬ nation cannot be in line lineThe The ndw Fort Erie Jockey Club of Fort Erie Ont claims dates from June 16 to 19 22 to 26 June 29 to July 3 and July 5 The opening day is on Wednesday On Thursday July 1 Domin ¬ ion Day the Canadian Derby will probably bo run Mondays will not bo race days excepting the closing day July 5 and that only because July 4th falls on Sunday The fall dates have not yet been decided on onThe The Supreme Court of Alabama last Monday reversed the decision of the lower Court which held that the law which prohibits the buying or selling of pools on races ball gamos or other contests was unconstitutional The Supremo ourt says the law is good and all of the pool ¬ rooms in the state went out of business in con ¬ sequence sequenceE E T McConnolls string with Virgie Dixon and two youngsters was shipped from Roby to Madison 111 Friday The Order twoyearold in the string has shown speed and is reported to be of stake class George Van Gordon an experienced Califor nian horseman has gone to Mexico with a car ¬ load of horses among them Articus Miss Cun ¬ ningham and Playful Three bad riders Clay ¬ ton Raymond and T Smith went with him himJockey Jockey Scherrer evidently knowh his business He has signed with Charles Hughes for 1897 at it is said 4000 retainer and riding foes There was quite a newspaperic preliminary angle to the engagement
