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NOTES OF THE TURF An English exchange says Mr Horatio Oration Bottomley Bottomless paid a visit to Mr John Porter at Kingsclere Kings recently and concluded the pur pour ¬ chase of Hawfinch by Gold Finch ChalkHill Catskill Blue the winner of the Dewhurst Demurest Plate and engaged in this years Derby The price paid was 25000 with a contingency in the event of the colt winning the Derby Spirit of the Times TimesCapt Timestamp Capt Caput S S Brown has ordered a starting machine to be put up at the Bascombe Bosomed race track Mobile whore it will be used for school ¬ ing King his horses in training especially the two yearolds earls If more time was given to educat educate ¬ ing King youngsters to the machine there would bo less trouble at the post and better starts Turf Field and Farm FarmThe Farther The veteran Cy Mulkey Mule will race Yaruba Aruba and Watossa Wantons two youngsters bred by A B Spreckels Speckles at his Napa stock farm Yaruba Aruba is by the Eng ¬ lish lush horse Golden Garter dam the Australian mare Yarranabee Warrantable Watossa Wantons is by Watercress out of Atosa Altos by the Melbourne cup winner Dun lop San Francisco Examiner ExaminerJohn Examiner John E Maddens horses earned for him the neat aggregate of 63375 in 1897 Hamburg of course was the star performer with total win ¬ nings Ming of 43335 Plaudit contributed 7200 and Howland Holland an even 3000 3000Sallie Sallie Clicquot Aliquot will no longer be a racing fac face ¬ tor tore She is the property of J B Haggin Haggling and has been ordered to be sent to Rancho del Paso for retirement to breeding uses usesMars hussars Mars Cassidy has resigned his position as starter on the Maryland outlaw tracks Frank Bray has been made his successor successorThe successor The recently closed Brighton Beach stakes have received 788 entries and more are expected expectedFred expected Fred Foster is dangerously sick at New Or ¬ leans with typhoid pneumonia
