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NOTES OF THE TURF. "Jack" Tliornby is at Brighton Reach looking for a horse or two to race at Montreal in September. Richard Crokers Georgetown won the Visitors Plate at the Leopardstown races in Ireland Thursday. Perry Relmont has placed eight yearlings by Ethelbert with A. .1. .loyner to be broken and trained. There Is no yearling or foal out of the dam of Colin at Castlelon Stud. Pastorella has been barren two seasons. She was bred to Voter last spring. Ressie Spalir, Fred Cooks fast mare, is still at J. It. Rcspess Woodlawn Farm in Ohio. She has a yearling and a suckling by Dick Welles, and was again mated with that champion miler last spring. Passau, the dam of Lady Winifred, Is a half-sister of Colin, and is now owned by John E. Madden. lie got her for .,000 from the late W. 0. Whitney, who paid $.,000 for her as a yearling six years ago. Jockey Dave Nicol expects to become an owner and trainer when his career in the saddle is ended. He said recently that he intends to form a partnership with W. E. Phillips, his tutor, and with "whom he lias remained since first lie straddled a thoroughbred.