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NOTES OS THE TURF. Robert Waddell, the crippled winner of the American Derby, was shipped from Hammond, Indiana to "Pa" Bradleys farm in Virginia last Wednesday afternoon. The gelding is still in a bad condition although it is the opinion of a number of horsemen that saw him put on the cars that he will recover and race again. Hia shoulder has not yet mended much and it was with difficulty that he was taken from Lakeside to Hammond, Indiana. He stepped with the injured leg with much difficulty and hopped rather than walked from the track to the car. One-half of an express car was used for Wad-dells stall. Owing to the fact that the gelding could not stand strong on all four legs and would thus be likely to fall with the lurching of the car, the sides and end of the car were well padded. "Possum," the stable man who waB left at Lakeside to care for Robert Waddell, went east in charge of the little gelding. "Pos-Bum" was instructed to keep Robert Waddell lying down as much as possible during the trip in order to provide against any injury through the movement of the train. Ex-Senator M. L. HarbeBon and J. L. Ellis-ton, of Covington, were at Lexington, Ky yesterday taking depositions in the 2,000 suit against the Latonia Jockey Club, filed by Hart Gibson, Jr because of the death of the race mare Pirate Belle, which was killed by running into a fence at Latonia. Depositions Of Milton Young and "Bill" Lester, William Field and others were s cured each in regard to the value of the filly. The estimate ranged from ,000 to 2,000.
