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NOTES OF THE TURF. There are at present at the local tracks upward of two hundred two-year-olds in more or less advanced stages of preparation for the two-year-old races, which will now come in regular succession. Soon they will take up the task they wore bred for and in a little while, in the parlance of the betting ring, it is a "century to a nickel" that many of them will be cripples. Many of these sacrifices at the altar of Mammon are splendidly bred youngsters, and when they have been raced out they will probably fall into the hands of the Breeders Association as animals unfit to breed for racing purposes. San Francisco Breeder and Sportsman. Here is the number of races run by some of the "busy" horses during 1898: Albert S., 65; Arrezzo, 61; Brighton, 53; David, 49; Elkin, 73; Helen H, Gardner, 44; Judge Steadman, 66; Jim Flood, 50; Mouzeltoff, 60; Nover, 37; Ox-nard, 45; Royal Choice, 55; Swordsman, 59; Tabouret, 50; Vanessa, 65. One of the fastest two-year-olds shown down in the Blue Grass country this winter is Trickem, a bay colt by Scorpion Sissy Knott, and owned by parties at Danville, Ky. The colt has done some very speedy stepping at three-eighths of a a mile. The Board of Stewards of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club will meet every Friday hereafter until the end of the meeting to adjust such cases as may bo brought to its attention. Latonia entries havo been coming in at a great rate, sixty-five ha ring boen received from J. W. Schorr and Son alone Friday. i
