Notes Of The Turf., Daily Racing Form, 1897-02-20

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NOTES OF THE TURF TURFDAILY DAILY RACING FORM isnt much of a believer in tips It merely publishes selections daily be ¬ cause ita clientele demands it Those selections are merely ideas of what horses should win races in which they are entered Wednesdays DAILY RACING FORM considered and printed its ideas of twelve races on bad tracks at Oak ¬ land and New Orleans Over the twelve races thirtyfour horses were chosen Two of the thirty four were scratched and thirtytwo ran Of the thirtytwo eighteen were placed onetwothree Of the twelve firsts nine won four of six at Oakland and five of six at New Orleans OrleansBromley Bromley Co the new Chicago stable threatens to add Algol to its racing force Charles Hughes its director is credited with an offer of 15000 for the Darden Cahn colt now doing well at Memphis Algols a good colt but not as high of class as the newspaper sellers declare in their parade He might not be the best of the Western crop of 1894 which raced Theres Aquinas Hes not a bad colt Typhoon II too was not a turf villain Neither was Dr Catlott And there are a few others othersAs As was suspected the Californian mare Tam ¬ pa was not used at Iron Hill Md The Tampa which won there is another mare of the same name Thus another ringing story is killed Each one degrades the turf Trainer Frank Starkey and the Californian mare Tampa are and have been at Stockton Cal since Decem ¬ ber 26 189S


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