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NOTES OF THE TURF. Racing at Washington Park today, as is always the case July 4, begins at 1 :30 sharp. It is stated that ex-jockey Roscoe Troxler. who was ruled off the turf at New Orleans last winter a year ago, is to join the ranks of boxers. Several fighters, notably Jimmy Barry, have turned their attention to horses, but this is the fir-t time a rider of any prominence has made an effort to get into the ranks of profes.-ional fighters. He has quite a reputation as a boxer around the race tracks aud is popular with the horsemen.— Spirit of The Times Algol, Messrs. Dardeu and Ryans good stake winner, is on the market for stua purposes. . Algol will never race again. He probably was the best get of Top Gallant, but has had a rather checkered career. In his two-year-old form he was a world beater ami bears a record to be proud of, but he went wrong in his three-year-old form. Later he rounded to and was acknowledged to be about the best stake horse in the land. Visiting Japanese racing men are: H.IWada, H. Mosoda, K. Tange and N. Kunogi, who are now visiting Frankfort, Lexington and other points to inspect breeding farms and become acquainted with Kentuckys method of breeding fast horses and fine cattle. Eacli member of the party is wealthy, and they own a number of race horses and are anxious to improve their breeding. "Racing in Japan is quite popular now," Mr. Tange said, "and good horses are in demand. A good yearling sells for 1,000 yen in Japan. He is sent to a nursery and trained two years, and then sent out to race. He is raced for a year and then sent to the stud. Many of our best horses come from Australia, but we recognize that the fastest and best bred horses come from this nation and our visit here is for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the method of breeding.— Spirit of The Times.
