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NOTES OF THE TURF It is reported in New York that the officials of the Saratoga Racing Association are so dissat dissect ¬ isfied misfiled with the dates assigned them by the stew ¬ ards bards of the Jockey Club that they may not givo give a meeting this year However since it is ap ¬ parent that the Jockey Club gave Saratoga the very best dates available it is probable thafc thwack their disappointment will wear away as they read the big entry lists to the Gravesend Graves and Coney Island stakes just closed and the terms of their events may bo speedily announced for the consideration of turfmen Turkmen west and east eastThe Esther The Secretary of the Washington Club an ¬ nounces enounces tho thou conditions for the third Washing ¬ ton Nursery of 6000 for twoyearolds toeholds four and a half furlongs to be run at the Bennings Jennings spring meeting of 1900 The purse is to bo split up as follows To the winner 4000 to tho thou second 700 to the third 300 to the nominator of the dam of the winner 500 to the nominator of the dam of tho thou second 300 and to tho thou nomina nominal ¬ tor tore of the dam of the third 200 Subscriptions close February 2 2The The first Libertine youngster will make its ap ¬ pearance parlance in a few days Tho Theo dam of the embryo record breaker is Minnie Elkins Welkins winner of the Colorado Derby This is the mare that escaped drowning when the Sunol Sumo weit wit down in the bay Molanie Melanie it will be tomembered homebrewed perished but Minnie Elkins Welkins swam until rescued from a wat swat ¬ ery very grave San Francisco Chronicle ChronicleThe Chronicle The latest report about Tod Todd Sloan via cable from London at that is that he is coming home especially to ask for release from his contract to ride for Fleischmann Freshman Sons It is not stated however that anybody in England has offered him any more or as much as tho thou very liberal salary of 12000 the Fleishmanns Freshman are to pay him himGus humus Gus Straus of Lexington has bought from Dr J D Neet Net of Versailles Ky two yearling colts by Spendthrift that should be worth any mans owning Both are chestnuts One is a full brother of Hastings the other a half brother of the speedy colt Handsel Handel HandselThe Handset The popular English actor John Hare entered the list of owners at tho thou recent Newmarket Newark December sales having purchased tho thou good horse Count Schomburg Cherbourg for the neat sum of 25500 It is rumored that ho had partners in the purchase purchaseWoodland purchase Woodland Belle ch I 4 by Woodlands Minnehaha Minnie Belle while being schooled over the jumps recently in California fell and was so severely injured that she was destroyed Tom Boyle has named his Stromboli Thrombosis Clara L 2yearold Absidene Abilene This youngster is one of the most promising in training in California CaliforniaTho California Tho Theo colt George Rose by George Kinney Hindoo Indoor Rose badly cut down in a recent race at San Francisco is dead deadWalter headwater Walter Jennings has turned Miss Prim and Chic out in the hope that a rest may help them to an increase of speed speedTom Speedo Tom Middleton Middle is the name claimed by Mr Charles Scoggan Slogan for the 2yearold full brother to Flora Louise LouiseFirenzi Louise Firenzi Frenzied is in foal to Goldfinch and will be bred back to the Englishbred English son of Ormonde Hormone