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, , r NOTES OF THE TURF. Occasionally a good hint is to be gleaned from England. The latest idea there is to identify horses when in the paddock and while exercising and racing. It is a headband, worn by the horse, in which the owners colors are picked out. the name of the individual horse appearing in the center. Ex-State Senator C. J. Bronston. Lexington. Kentucky, on July 9 purchased the Kingston stud farm from Mrs. J. B. Ferguson, wife of the famous starter, for 0,000 cash. It is one of the most noted breeding farms in Kentucky. At the English blood stock sale-, held at Newmarket July 2, the broodmare Sandfly 1889. by Isouomy— Sand i way. was bought by Mr. Fox-hall Keene. of New York. The price paid was 1,000. The st ring trained by James Boden ha- been increased by several of the W. C. Whitney stable. lately in charge of Trainer Gleason. They iu- I elude four two-year-olds and the good mare Toluca.
