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NOTES OF THE TURF, Jockey Willie Walsh will spend a week in Chicago visiting his mother before going to New Orleans. Charles Van Dusen, who has been in poor health at his home in Los Angeles for some time, is slowly recovering. Joseph M. Shields has shipped his jumper, Bren-nus, to Los Angeles, and will send Decinio to Now Orleans for the meeting there. Captain R. R. Rice has arrived in Oakland from his home in Arkansas, where he has been spending the greater part of the summer. John Rowe has shipped Judith Macbride and a yearling filly by Yankee Royal Belle to New Or leans witli the horses of J. F. Ward. Charles King and Abraham Debrave, who have been associated with Charles lleineman in a book on the New York tracks during the season, will spend the winter in Euroiie. The Queens County Jockey Club will build addi tional terminal facilities for the accommodation of horsemen shipping to and from the Aqueduct track during the winter. Trainer J. It. Walker of the J. J. Walsh stable lias, It is said, secured the services of Henry Bock an English jockey, to ride tile Walsh horses at Arcadia during the coming meeting. The two carloads of horses which L. Blum shipped to Mexico a few days ago, arrived there in good condition, according to a telegram lie received from Mexico City the first of the week. Starter A. B. Dade occupied Mars Cassidys post at Aqueduct Tuesday, and liis work elicited several demonstrations of pleasure from the big crowd. Mr. Cassidy left for liis home before racing began, owing to illness in liis family.
