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NOTES OF THE TURF. The noted Australian stallion Tarcoola will be brought to California next August. An effort will be made to sell him to some of the large breeders. If it suits him Marcus Daly has promised to offer a liberal sum for him. Tarcoola won $£0,000 in stakes on the tnrf. He won the Melbourne Cup, Williamstown Cnp, V. R. C. Handicap, Queens Birthday Handicap and was second in the Geelong Cnp. Carnage, who was sold recently to the Russian government for 3,000, finished second to Tarcoola in the Melbourne Cup. He defeated Portsea, who held the three-mile record for several years. Tarcoola is by Newminster, son of the Marquis, winner of the St. Leger and the 200 guineas, and out of Imogene, by King of the Ring. In Tarcoola there is a donble cross of Stockwell blood. —San Francisco Breeder and Sportsman. Prince Poniatowski has eight foals by Magnet and six more to come. The Buckl:*%s are said to bear a close resemblance to the sire. They are all out of first-class mares. It is given out that the Prince will be armed with a small select stable when the season opens next fall. He is now negotiating for a trainer.
