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NOTES OF THE TURF. The death of the yearling chestnut filly by Alta-max Callista is reported by Messrs. Burns and Water-house. II. De Courcey Forbes lias renewed his lease from Humes R. Keene for the racing qualities of Pan-toufle. Louis Ezell, who won the Rums Handicap last year with W. R. Condon, will nflt have a starter in the race this year. August Relmont has been re-elected president of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, as well as chairman of the Jockey Club. Edward Peters has leased from W. S. Force until June "0, the racing qualities of Right and True and Retlaw, the latter being a two-year-old. John A. Payne raised the price of service from the tracks to poolrooms fifty cents per race and the poolroom men at Hot Springs raised a kick. The Goughacres Stables two-year-olds will be taken up from the farm for training by Al Weston February 1. They will be first raced at Bennings. J. A. Rennet has an agent in Kentucky on the hunt for some promising lacing material. It Is said that he has a fancy for John E. Maddens Hot Shot. T. J. Clay reports the death .of the two-year-old chestnut colt by Ren Stronie Lady Hok. This foal was a full brother to II. M. Zieglors Royal Scot. The conditions for the stakes of the New England Jockey Club to be decided at the new Salem track were framed by Secretary Fred ltehberger of the Brooklyn Jockey Club. , E. C. Cowdin reports the deatli of the yearling colt by Nasturtium, out of Reine dOr. Tills colt was a half brother to Rush by Wadsworth. winner of the Kentucky Oaks for T. C. McDowell in 1S99. J. P. Dawes, at one time the principal owner of the historic Del Air track at Montreal, lias become . a member of the Montreal Jockey Club. Mr. Dawes is one of the oldest and best known turfmen .in Canada. A. L. Aste is reported as having entered into negotiations with Luther Dickerson for the purchase of Woodson, which ran second to Highball in the American Derby. Dickerson wants, it is said, 5,000 for the five-year-old. It is nbout time to,glve the public more races over a distance of ground. There are a lot of platers at Oakland which would run at a mile and a quarter, a mile and a half and even two miles once in a while. San Francisco Chronicle. The partnership between F. W. Ashe and C. A. Metzger in the two-year-olds Allspice. Grandmas Boy, Brownie A. and Bessie Goodrich has been cancelled and the racing qualities of the last named three have been leased by F. W. Ashe from Mrs. M. Metzger. The Country Club of Brookline, Mass., lias been granted by the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association the dates June 10 to 20, inclusive, for its nnnu.il race meeting. The Watchung Hunt Club of Plainlield, N. J., was granted May 30 and June 2 for its meeting. Mrs. L. Curtis, it Is announced, has decided that Eugenia Burcli is to start in the Burns Handicap if the weights are acceptable. If Eugenia Burch starts It will be .In the name of B. W. Curtis, The New California Jockey Club has a rule which forbids the racing of horses on Its tracks in the name of any woman. Before leaving New York for New Orleans, M. L. Dayman paid a visit to the Price Farm in New Jersey to inspect the horses lie is wintering there. He says Blair Atliol has a bad leg and may not race. Among the two-year-olds at the Jersey place he says there are three or four that look as If they might lie more than ordinarily useful as racing tools. Broomstick is not among tile horses listed in the lease to Captain W. II. Brown from the executors of the estate or the late Captain S. S. Brown. By tills It may be intended to retire the son of Ben Brush lo the stud. The horses Bob Tucker is training for Captain Harry Brown at Lexington number twenty-four and he Is reported as pleased with the general condition of his charges.
