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NOTES OF THE TURF. Last Wednesdays San Francisco Chronicle says: "Myth is a record breaker for improvement over night, How comes it that he was allowed to start, anyway? The stable was suspended at Oakland pending an investigation and the board of stewards has made no ruling. The Pacific Coast Jockey Club claim that they have not been notified of the suspension. Some one is to blame for this state of affairs." In the table published Sunday, giving the winning performances of prominent three-year-olds ongaged in western stakes, Rhinelanders success in the Golden Rod Stakes at Sheeps-hoad Bay, September 7, was overlooked. Carrying 110 pounds, six and a half furlongs over the turf course, he was first by a half length in front of King Barleycorn in 1:23, a very good performance. C. B. Hamilton, Ont. It is not the same horse. You will observe that the names are different in spelling though the pronunciation is practically the same. Captain Tilles of St. Louis, will have the betting privileges at Little Rock and be a bidder I for those at Memphis.
