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NOTES OF THE TURF. Judge Egbert has ordered tbat tlie entry of Denny Brothers Tarrigan be refused at Seattle in future, lie says the horse, is too inconsistent to suit Seattle race-goers. The Canadian Sportsman says the price paid hy John Dymcnt to II. Hites for the two-year-old chestnut colt Uncle Toby, hy Toddington Sadness, was 1907.sh,000. , There is to be a meeting of the stewards of the Western Jockey Club tomorrow. Dates for the winter meeting at the New Orleans Fair Orounds will probably be approved. It Is the lirm. belief of President F. K. Hitchcock of tlie Saratoga Association that the Spa has sulli-cient of an up-to-date clientele to stand on its own bottom insofar as racing goes. The merry-go-round at New Orleans lias a new Starter. Now it is Gene Tabor. Starter Carey, who was tlie sixth or seventh to hold the position at that track, threw up his job after the fourth race last Wednesday. The crowd had been limiting at ids work for a couple of days and it got on his nerves. The summaries of French racing have an American aspect to the reader. At the recent meeting at JIaisons Lallittc, July 21, four of the six races were won by J. ReifT and Henry, and Taylor. Lytic, Cormack, iarrigan, Mclntyre, OConnor, Turner, Shield, Bauscli and Spencer were all among the riders.