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AUDITORS TURF CAREER. Auditor, the six-year old bay son of Esher — Alec tis. whfteh died at Louisville Tuesday, gave promise of Iiecoming a great racehorse in his two-year-old form. Beginning his career as the property of the late Captain S. S. Brown at Hawthorne June 3, l.io.i. he won nine of his twenty-one starts that year. winning the goodly sum of 1907.sh,275. His second start was at Harlem on June S. 1903 and he won. After that he was able to give weight to some good ones in the all-age races and met some good colts in his own division, notably, English Lad, Rapid Water, Don Domo. Dick Bernard. Flo Bob, Prince Silver-wings, Oct Wells, Miss Crawford and bis stable mate, Proceeds. Robert Tucker was his trainer during the year and Helgesen and Wonderly were the jockeys who seemed to get the best efforts out of him, although George Odom, Dominick, Tommy Burus. ReifT, Fischer and other jockeys rode him at differeut times. He was only sent to the post three times as a three-year-old. II. Z. De Annan bought him from Captain Brown at Jamaica, paying ,500 for him, but only raced him twice when his former owner bought him back at private sale. He continued in the stable of Captain Brown until H. C. Riddle purchased him from the estate last year. Riddle kept Auditor some months when he sold him to Jake Greenburg. who won several races with him when Riddle took him back during the Latonia meeting, finally selling him to his former trainer, Robert Tucker, and he raced for the first time in Tucker.s name there October 26, last. Tucker sold hiin to W. O. Capps at private sale in New Orleans March 23. last. Capps owned him at the time he died. Below is given a tabulation of Auditors races and the amount of money won: Year. Age Sts. 1st 2d M Flip. Won 1903 2 21 ! 5 2 5 $ 0.275 1001 3 2:; 4 2 5 12 1,596 1995 4 3 O 0 1 2 50 1666 5 28 6 0 7 9 2.574 1907 6 11 3 2 II 6 1.27* Totals 86 22 15 15 34 4,677