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NOTES OF THE TURF. According to eastern reports Uncle. Alfred Noble and Notasulga are all pointing for the Triumph Stakes at Brighton. Red Friar goes again Thursday. The only safety for the man wh feels a liking for "Old Red" stealing over him is to put the money behind the clock before leaving for the track. That was a nice race lie ran In October, 11KK5. New York Telegraph. A rural trainer around the New York tracks, when asked how his yearlings were coining on. said: "Well, Ive got one that is fastern the wind. I cut him loose on the road the other day and he did seventeen trolley poles In :42. The road wasnt in very good condition, either, and this feller looks to me like a real race boss." There, is no end of confusion about the two colored riders named James Hicks riding at Latonia. One is a veteran and rides the McDowell colts, and the other ridos for Colonel Tom Moore. George Dillon, clerk of the scales, will in the future label the McDowell Jimmy Hicks plain Hicks, while the newcomer will be known as James Hicks. William Yeager, father of Joe Yeager, confirms in the Cincinnati Enquirer what Dally Racing Form said a day or two ago. Yeager says: "Why, those newspaper stories from the east are all taken from a dream book. Joe is a little winner, thats all. He is credited with winning tremendous bets on horses he never bet on. That story about the 100,000 .annuity he purchased is also a myth. He is Just doing well, and thats all."
