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NOTES OF THE TURF. Doc Riddle, who trained for J J. McCafferty last season, is about to re-enter the racing business on his own hook. As a nucleus for a stable he has bought from Schorr and Son, on private terms, the well-known campaigners, Sligo II. and Sea Robber, and the two-year-old Falcon Light. Riddle has had considerable success with horses that have been passed up by others as being all out, and Sligo II. and Sea Robber are likely to prove useful horses in his hands. Voic, Milwaukee, Wis. There is a strange difference in authorities about Zamar IIs sex. The stud book records him as a colt. So does Goodwin. So does Daiit Racing Fobm. The chances are that all are wrong and that he is a gelding. Recent San Francisco programs so treat him and in races of allowances he has received the gelding allowance. Will verify matter. The directors of the New Memphis Jockey Club met Tuesday and elected the following officials for 1899 : S. R. Montgomery, president ; M.N. Macfarlan, secretary; John M. Peters, treasurer; A. S. Caldwell, Geo. Arnold, C. C. Cowan, Kennedy Jones and S. R. Montgomery, executive committee. Ed. A. Tipton has resigned the position ho has filled so well for several years as manager of the Montana racing circuit and purchased an interest in the sales business conducted heretofore by W. B. Fasig. The new combination will be know as the Fasig-Tipton Company. "Vicksburg" Wood, put in jail recently at San Francisco, oa a charge of betting unauthorized markers in the name of Thomas H, Williams, Jr., has been released, Mr. Williams with characteristic generosity refusing to prosecute the case. Subscriber, Houston, Tex. If the dam of a horse is not a thoroughbred her produce cannot be registered. The book of American Racing Rules for 1899 is oat and ready for sale to the general public. Eddie Jones has signed a contract to ride for Caesar Young during 1899 There is a letter at this office for Starter R, J. Dwyer.
