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NOTES OF THE TURF. Joe Yeagers stable will leave City Park for Oak-lawn today. s William Murray has been appointed starter for the spring meeting at Hamilton, Ontario. The dates are June 5 to 10. It is said that James Butler, who is iu Washington, expressed surprise when be found that the Empire traek was omitted from the schedule of racing dates. "Wliitey" Langdon is said to be many thousands of dollars ahead of the game at Oakland and he likes it so well that he has declared his intention of racing a stable of horses there next winter. The New York Sun says "turfmen are wondering why the Brooklyn Jockey Club agreed to give up such a financial plum as Decoration Day to Belmont Park. It has been stated that all holiday receipts are iooled and pro-rated. If this be true, it does not make a great deal of difference which track gets those dates. That Memphis gold cup scandal is big enough and nasty enough to keep the holier-than-thou trotting brigade from slinging mud at their brothers of the thoroughbred world for a day or two at least. But it would be just like them to say that Mr. Smathers was "contaminated" when he became the owner of McChesuey, Irene Lindsey, etc.
