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NOTES OF THE TTJRF. That special race for Imp, Ethelbert. Kinley Mack and Jean Beraud, at weight for age. is not dead. Quite a number of people are agitating for it. The distance is to be a mile and a quarter, any other horse in training to be eligible. ,000 a corner. The entire surroundings and complexion of affairs have changed since the black mare was denied admission into the special match race at Gravesend. It would certainly be a grand contest.— Spirit of The Times. William Gerst is the owner of eight thoroughbred y earl it gs which he proposes to place in training in the fall, having fully made up his mind to campaign a stable of race horses next year. The youngsters represent the get of Iroquois, Loyalist, Inspector B., Longstreet, Dan-die Dinmout, Oruus. Perkins and Clarendon. Mr. Gerst also owns half a dozen sucklings and a couple of two-year-olds. Gus Straus, Lexington, Ky., has sold to J. S. McCullough, Springfield, 111., the chestnut filly, Mary Wagner, 2. by Prince of Monaco— Maid of Kent, by The Abbot, and for Milton Young, The Wraith, chestnut mare, foaled 1886 by Pizzaro —The Banshee, by Lexington, with a filly foal at her side by Lamplighter. Terms private. A good many inquiries are being made as to whether there will be a fall meeting at Nashville this year. It can be stated upon the authority of the owners of the track that there will be no racing at Cumberland Park till next spring. J. E. Mad. ten has purchased of C. T. Patterson. Lamplighud, ch. c. 3, by Lamplighter-Harebell, and Historian, cli. c. 2. by Hanover— Arragon. Terms private. J. E. Madden has sold to Mr-. S. C. Hildreth the chestnut gelding Woo-ter Boy, 3, by Water-Haceuiede. on private terms.
