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j NOTES OF THE TURF. The bookmakers and turfites are talking a good deal these days of the heavy hauls and terrific plunges of Harry Hill, an Australian, who has come into prominence only since the "winter" meeting bagan at Oakland last October. Last Saturday he bet George Rose 00 on one horse that won, and in the next race, the last of the day, shouted from the next book in which he is interested : "Do you want a thousand on Bendoran?" Mr. Rose took the bet, laying 6 to 5 against the horse, which won all the way. He frequently has from ,000 to ,000 on a race. Those in a position to judge pretty well say Hill is 0,000 to the good here. The peculiar part of itis that he knows little of "form"or "prices," yet wins with wonderful regularity. San Francisco Examiner. Charles Green of St. Louis, who for some years past has held a mortgage for 0,030 on the Lexington rasetrack, has, it is reported, determined to cut the track up into lots and sell it out as fast as possible. Lexington opinion is to the effect that he will be a long time in getting his money back in that fashion, more eligibly situated town lots being numerous and a drug on the market. Henry Griffin, deemed the premier jockey of the United States only four years ago, is reported to have determined to engage in book-making this year. He quit riding because he found that reducing was undermining his health and has bson but little heard of during the last two years. It was formerly his commonly reported intention to eventually become a lawyer. G. Walbaum has joined the colony of turfmen and bookmakers at Hot Springs, Ark.
