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1 | j ; j I I I NOTES OF THE TURF. In regard to the report that the dates allotted to the Empire City track would be annulled, it is certain that P. J. Dwyer has refused to run the meeting unless a guarantee of 5,000 i* posted. It is hardly probable that the execu- tors of the estate of the late William H. Clark will agree to this, and the Jockey Club is also sure to require the proposed guarantee before the meeting can be held, so there are two stumbling blocks in the way. it is believed that P. J. Dwyer has offered slOO.OOO for the track and that the offer ha» been refused. Should the dates for this track be annulled they will be divided between Aqueduct and Gravesend.— New York Herald. The accident to Kilmarnock at Saratoga is not as serious as had been believed, and Madden is positive he will be able to send him to the post in the Annual Champion Stakes on the last day of the meeting at Sheepshead Bay. The trouble is now believed to be nothing but a a grabbed quarter, which is easily cured, though occasionally it takes some time. Kilmarnock is taking regular exercise. S me prominent Philadelphia turfmen have applied to the Jockey Club for a license to hold a five days meeting at Philadelphia. Among the names of the petitioners are Rudolph Ellis, tlonel Edward Morrell and A. J. Cassatt. The names are a guarantee that the meeting w ill be a high class one, and there is only one trouble in the way. Members of the Jockey Club believe that the laws of Pennsylvania prohibit a meeting being held in the state, but if the applicant.- can prove that the meeting is legal the license is sure to be granted.
