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NOTES OF THE TURF Last Fridays San Francisco Examiner says St Gatien Gating winner of the Derby in England at least a deadheater deadbeat with Harvester arrived at Raucho Rancho del Paso his new home last night safe and sound He is the sire of the unbeaten Meddler and many others As we already have Ormonde Hormone Californians can boast of having two winners of the Derby within the confines of the Golden State The brother to Ormonde Hormone Ormello Cornell and Conroy Cory also by Ben dOr doer which John Mackey Mickey recently purchased for J B Hag gin in England will arrive shortly shortlyPrices shortly Prices at the big Eaeton Eaton sale now in progress at Lexington have in some cases no doubt been disappointing to owners but on the whole a satisfactory average has been obtained The real gems of the sale are yet to bo offered and since many buyers with long purees are in at ¬ tendance tenancies it is more than probable that there j will be some sensational bidding when the horses they covet are brought under the ham ¬ mer mere The Woodard Woodward Shanklin Shackling sale at Lexington next week will hold all the buyers now attend ¬ ing King the Easton sale and draw many others in addition Several from Chicago intend going Friday the general impression being that in the list of useful horses in training that is in the catalogue rare bargains may be picked up upThe Ute The promising lightweight jockey OLeary O'Leary whose mount Deceptive fell with him at Ben nings Ming Monday was so badly injured that he is laid up in one of the Washington hospitals with a strong probability that it will be many days before he will be able to ride again againW again W P Magranes Migraines string with What er Lou and Montgomery at the head has reached San Francisco safe and well It is a string likely to figure quite extensively in Frisco racing after the horses have become fully acclimated acclimatedBarney acclimated Barney Schreiber was in the Baldwin Hotel fire In answer to a telegraphic query last night he answered I escaped just in time No injuries injuriesGalen injuries Galen Browns mare Treachery has fallen BO lame that she may not be fit to race for some lime to come
