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NOTES OF THE TURF. The fast horse San Nicholas lias been retired for the season. Over 120 horses arrived at the Oakland track in iiie four days prior to OetolK-r lit. Ilildebrand will be one of the saddle artists at Oakland and will Ikj on hand for the opening day. ., The -mother of jockey James McCann is anxious to learn ills present location. Information sent to this offlee will be appreciated. Dave Henry and-"Butch" Covington will each handle a stable for Barney Sehrelber at Emeryville, while Brandt will look after the Ascot string. Dainty is working regularly at Gravesend and In good style after a rest and is likely -to do some good rucjpij in the course of the Atpt meetujj? Inflexible, the stallion which W. 6B. Macdonoiigh siiipped to California for his Menlo Park farm, has been much admired by the horsemen at Oakland. The contract between E. R. Bradley and W. Knapp has been dissolved by mutual consent and Knapp has gone to San Francisco to ride as a free lance. Joe Yeager is rusticating on his farm at Antioch, 111., and putting in his spare time at hunting. He; has not as yet decided on his place of spending the ; winter. , : Prior to the running of the Cambridgeshire J. B. , Joel was offered 0,000 for P6lymelus, but1 declined the offer and won double the amount when Danny Maher piloted the colt to victory in the big race. J. Mouuce of Lcwiston, Idaho, will race six two-year-olds at Oakland. They ale slrwl :by Tcuipo, a horse that ran Scottish Chief tain to a nose for the Labor Day Handicap at Anaconda several years; ago. 1 Tiie Keene yearlings in charge of trainer .Rowc, are credited with faster trials than any of the eastern youngsters In education this fall. Fred Burlew is also credited with several yearlings of great speed. Redfern, who "will ride for "Boots" Durnell at Oakland and is taking regular exercise, says he is reducing weight coinfortably anil is-cbnlident lie will be able to ride at 110 -without trouble or distress, and mayhap a shade lighter. Cairngorm, a great disappointment this year,; worked ah easy mile in 1:45 at Sheepshead Bay; last Wednesday, With big Tveight lip, arid there-is j expectation that lie will race at Aqueduct in soine-i tlilng like his form of last year when lie was onej of the best of his age in training. j
