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NOTES OF THE TURF. The two-year-old Ed Layson, a stake winner at St. Louis last season, died at the New Orleans Fair 3rounds last Friday. Ho took cold after a workout about a week ago, which developed into lung fever. Ho was trained by W. W. Benson. Julius Bauer will within a day or two leave New York for Lexington to take in hand twenty horses owned by Alfred Featherstone. Reina, winner of the Brooklyn Handicap, will not bo trained again r Jockey Rigby has just returned from France from, a successful season, and is enjoying tho fruits of his labor. Ho will return to France next season andride for M. Ephrussi at a salary of 5,000. j A D. Mclntyre, secretary of the Brooklyn Jockey Olub and racng secretary of the Saratoga Association, who has been seriously ill from overwork, is roDortod as being much better. L. V. Bell has declined very flattering offers for the services of jockeys Rice and Gannon in France next year. T. K., Chicago, It is one and the same horse and the name is correct as we print it, Thomas, Ciacmiati. Claude has won three racea this year. , . . .
