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NOTES OF THE TURF. First death of the season among the racehorses - quartered at the Newport track occurred i Monday. Dick Rome was the unfortunate owner to suffer. He lost bis good mare Ma-zeppa, • who died after a short illness. Mazeppa t canght cold on the train coming from New Orleans, • and died Monday night from lung fever. . Mazeppa was a bay mare, by Maeetto— Rupee, t and at the time of her death was five years old. Mr. Romes loss is unusually severe, as the i mare was at her best when taken down with i fever.— Cincinnati Enquirer. Tom Ryan is at a loss to account for the appearance of split heels on the horses he recently received from the Whitten farm in Illinois. Tartarian, Ace, The Roman, Dont Skip Me and the two-year-olds are all affected alike. The California campaigners, however, including Dunois, are looking as well, if not superior to, anything at the track. Dunois is standing his "prep" lor the Montgomery perfectly and will doubtless have a large following in that event. — Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Sam Doggett has signed to ride for the Osceola Stable the present season. The Osceola Stable is owned by Thomas Watt, a prominent business man of Harlem, N. Y. Mr. Watts colors were last season carried by Maid of Harlem and Belle of H. The stable this spring is reported strong in fashionably bred two-year-olds. On the Napa Stock Farm of A. B. Sprockets the famous mare, Geraldine, by Grinstead, has a handsome chestnut colt at foot by St. Carlo, and the imported Australian mare. Candid, has a bay filly by the same sire.— Breeder and Sportsman. Lieber Karl, Nabob, W. Overton, Maximo Gomez, Hilee, Ordnung, Opaque, Whistling Con, Lillie Simmons, Handball and Aatumn have been declared from the Metropolitan Handicap at Morris Park. Secretary Green of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club announces that the California Derby, which was to have run at Ingleside on March 18, will be decided over the Oakland track on Saturday, April 15. Wm. Rogers, of Elkton, Md„ arrived at Newport Tuesday with a stable of twenty-five horses with the fast sprinter Richard J. at the head. Jockey Nutt is reported to be engaged to ride for Tony Licalzi this year. Whistling Con has been declared from the Suburban Handicap.
