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NOTES OF THE TURF Johnny Woods the clever lightweight has been secured to do the light riding for Burns Waterhouse Warehouse for the balance of the season Barney Schreiber will in all likelihood retire from the turf ere long hence his transfer of the contract for the boys services Schreiber also sold to Burns Waterhouse Warehouse his good Rossing Crossing ton colt Marplot the consideration being pri prig ¬ vate ovate but 1750 cash and 500 the first time he wins is not far from the mark The big Cali Ali ¬ fornia Formica racing firm thus in one day secured a good lightweight rider and a good colt over a distance of ground Breeder and Sportsman SportsmanThe Sportsman The race won by Gold Bug at Oakland last Friday was for horses that had not won in 1897 or 1898 The winner was protested on the ground that he had won a race at Santa Ana in October 1897 The objection was sustained and as Gold Bug was thereby declared not eligible to start the big end of the purse fell to the second horse Tom Smith The bets stood however howeverFrank however Frank Brown passed through Chicago Tues ¬ day on his way to New York He is to train again this season for the Keenes Keeners Browns winter in San Francisco was not altogether pro ¬ fitable friable but he brpught brought back plenty of good health and nine head of horses
