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NOTES OF THE TURF. Jockey Garner is at his home in Iowa nursing a broken hand. J. W. Colt has secured second call on the services of Steeplechase Jockey Owens. First call iKlongs to Gwyn Tompkins. The eastern work-watcberR are certain that John Madden is pointing Dandelion for the Suburban, and are in love with his recent work. The meeting of the Brookline Hunt Club at Brookllne, Mass.. will begin to day. There will be three days racing — today, Saturday and Monday. Among the yearlings to be sold in the lot from marn* Iraamaia Stud June 28 is a half brother to Fire-stoue. He is a chestnut colt by Goldfinch — Mo- dreda. Rol.cil L. Thomas, a rich Kcntuckian. who re ccnlh returned to the racing game, has married a Washington girl and threatens to sell his horses and retire. Paul J. Rainey is threatening to suspend Jockey Radtke If that young man does not curtail his visits to Broadway and Coney Island and live a rational life. Ida D., the bay filly by His Highness — Carrie C, which is carded to start for the first time in the .-ixth race at Gravesend today. Is a full sister to .lean Bereaud. l avid Gideon, whose colors . she will carry, bred her. Bulls Eye has been a very unlucky horse. Beginning his racing career as Sandy Dingwall, and later as Sandy D., the change of name accomplished no real good. As Bulls Eye he broke down last season, and last Tuesday at Gravesend, his only start in 10O7, he bled. The reason why Tangle did not go in Tuesdays Standard Stakes was that while at exercise "at S!i. epshead Bay Monday afternoon she threw her exercise boy and took a three or four mile romp on the roads. A policeman caught and arrested her far from the race track. Irish enthusiasm runs toward the presentation of the freedom of the City of Dublin to Richard Croker, because of Orl.ys Derby win. In the meantime Oiby has been scratched from the Ascot Royal Hunt Cup list. The weight assigned the colt. 127 pounds, or. as the English have it, 9 stone 1 pound, is unprecedented for a three-year old.
