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gjSFL 4 NOTES OF THE TURF. " Merriwa Stock Farm in Contra Costa county, Cal., founded by the late Count Valensia and afterward conducted by B. E. de B. Lopez, has passed under control of the Bank of Livermore, which foreclosed a mortgage for 7,010. Among recent turf favorites bred at Merriwa farm is Articuate. Count Valensias best animal was the stallion Sydney, which was sold for 7,000. Mr. Lopez was a horse breeder in Australia. He would have sue-"1 ceeded here but for litigation. Sam Bryant, one of the most picturesque figures in the hiBtory of the American turf and the owner of Proctor Knott and Come to Taw, died at his home in Louisville Sunday night.
