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, i .! J NOTES OF THE TURF. It is said that H. I.. Thomas offer for Mf,ntg..inerv was flOvOOO. It is said that King Edward has it fused an offer ot ES0,*M tor Persimmon. I . Ihelan will have the mount on Kvan in the Grand National next Friday . The attendance at the tracks in England during the racing season of 1!hm; aggregated 2,8M, , W. L. Powers stallion Gone Coon, is now at Thomas U. Gardners Timberland Stud, near I.e-ington. Ky. * There is among the foals of hist week at Iastle-ton Stud a chestnut colt, by Hurst Park, out of Rapture, by Onondaga. Tom Murray says he will take Orbicular to Aipie-din-t the second week in April and will race him in the east for the remainder of the season. Goldproof has lieen the bread winner for trainer John Hall. He has won his last aevea tares. He was second in his other two starts this year. The Dallas. Texas, rate meeting of 1097 will covet the days from October B, to November 2, inclusive. Joseph A. Murphy will be presiding judge and racing secretary. The Liverpool Trial Steeplechase, a sort of Grand National preliminary, at Sandown, February ls. was won by Wolfs lolly, with Do Be Quirk second and Timothy Titus third.
