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NOTES OF THE TURF. Lewis M. Rumsey, one of the leading business men of St. Louis, died at Winona, Minn., on June 28. At the time of his death he was en route to his summer home at Lake Minnetonka. Mr. Rumsey was prominent in the social and business circles of St. Louis, and was a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Fair Grounds Association, and a prominent promoter of racing at St. Louis. J. C. Milam has sold to L. J. Haas the two-year-old chestnut filly Margaret F., by St. George— Margaret II., and to Sporty Sayres, who trains for Mr. Haas, the black filly Roberta Lee, 2, by St. George— Levee. Henry Simons, who recently claimed Silver Coin, brown colt, 3, by Patton— Dosta, for ,050, has sold him to E. C. McCord on private terms. W. P. Gilpin has sold to C. Scanlan, the bay filly Descubridora, 3. by Prospector— Marquise. Terms private. Petruchio met with a serious accident recently and may not start again this year.
