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NOTES OF THE TURF Lonnie Leonie Clayton rode Wairenton Alienation in the third race at Morris Park Friday After passing the scales a speculator who thought Warrenton Warren should have won addressed an abusive remark to the jockey who promptly lashed him across the face drawing blood For his promptness the judges fined him 200 They should have gone farther and had the man who insulted an honest jockey put out of the grounds groundsThe groundsheet The death of Traverser Traverse has caused the exces excels ¬ sive skive amount of racing required of the good celt to be brought to the front properly enough but in passing it may be remarked that there are others that are not allowed to eat the oats of idleness to any remarkable extent There is the case of Espionage for instance She won j i October 6 ran unplaced October 10 won Octo Oct ber beer 12 won October 14 won October 15 and is j down to run again October 17 She is certainly required to pay her way about as harshly as Traverser Traverse ever was wasWinning Winning the Middle Park Plate will probably serve to make the American bred colt Caiman the winter favorite for the Epsom Derby since that is a distinction usually awarded the win i ner near of what has been called The TwoYearOld Toehold Derby Thfl Hl Middle Park Plate is always con ¬ tested by the recognized crack twoyearolds toeholds of the year and it is a hard race to win It is at six furlongs and is usually worth from 12000 upwards Caiman is by Locohatchee Flowchart Happy Day and is evidently a good one Besides his last and greatest suc such ¬ cess he recently won the rich Clearwell Clare Stakes j at Newmarket Newark I
