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NOTES OF THE TURF P Dunne has sold Boserrian to J F Davis DavisUsury Usury sustained a cracked heel while being ex ercisid at Churchill Downs Saturday SaturdayC C R Ellison lias signed jockey W Walker who was injured at New Orleans last winter winterThere There are throe pretty shifty maidens in east ¬ ern eyes nowadays in Peter Quince Question Mark and Chaplet of the Krone Stable StableRose Rose Cherry tho fouryearold chestnut filly owned by F J Neil ran away three miles while being exercised at Oakland recently and pulled up lame lameThe The Churchill Downs officials have separated the place and show Parimutuel machines saving much overcrowding and making it more convenient for all concerned concernedThe The California racing folks have recently found out what the racing records of three seasons show plainly that Lisaro is not able to do anything like Ills best in soft going goingAt At a meeting of the Jockey Club August Rel inont chairman James R Kecne vicechairman and Harry Payne Whitney were appointed stewards for the spring meeting at Bomont Park ParkIt It looks as if tho Keone Stable made an error when Trance was sold as a yearling last season for tho daughter of Ben Brush Is far and away tho best twoyearold filly in tho east so far this year yearTrainer Trainer Buxton of the Fleur tie Lis Stable has do cidiil to give Siigarmaid a rest at The Meadows and she will not be raced again this season at Oak ¬ land but will probably bo seen under colors at Seattle SeattleTho Tho following horses were disposed of by tho El Priuuro Stable at an auction sale in tho paddock at Oakland last woek Dovalto to M J Hayes for 125 Piratical to M J Hayes for 75 and Phyl lio to G II Brcnnan for 105 105Captain Captain Grcor has succeeded Lord Downe as a steward of tho English Jockey Club and now shares the responsibility of Its management with the Earl of Durham and Lord Stanley of Preston Ho is an Irishman and well known as the owner of Galllnulo GalllnuloIshtar Ishtar owned by M D Miller has a filly by Ilandpress If there is anything in breeding this youngster should turn out a good one as her sire was a good racujiorso and her dam Is a halfsister to Hamburg Belle one of the greatest race mares this country has produced producedTlio Tlio latest French mutiiel machines will bo landed in this country as soon as possible Ben Bruns ¬ wick of the RrunswiikBalUoCollonder Co has agreed to have tho matter looked after by the rep ¬ resentative of his firnr In Paris and the machines ought to arriyo in two weeks weeksLoo Loo Christy lias severed his connection with Fred Cook Christy has boon one of his trainers and tho string under his charge will bo disposed of at once while a second string which is in charge of Frank Rector will bo shipped from Louisville to Canada at tho close of the Churchill Downs moot ¬ ing ingTho Tho following is a list of some of the owners who will ship to Toronto from Baltimore this woek F Ilerold W Keating H A Real J Whyto C J Murray R S Davidson J H Madigau it Boylo J S Hoy P Gallagher A Molinelll and J Mc Laughlin Jr Mrs AI Webbs steeplechaser John Dillon will be shipped to Bolinont Park ParkGeorge George Saportas just back from Europe has been commissioned by a French turfman M Plizer to purchase a number of Americanbred horses for hurdle races and steeplechases on the French tracks Several years ago William Duke bought a lot of inferior horses here for a similar purpose and many of them have sine won such races on the other side sideThorp Thorp was a delay of ten minutes in sending the horses to the post in the sixth race at Pimlico Satur ¬ day owing to Killochan losing ono of his plates Little Lighter ono of the starters acted like a crazy horse in the paddock and after the race the stewards ordered that the horse be turned over to the track veterinarian for examination Tho lattors report will be forwarded to tho Jockey Club ClubArthur Arthur Pickens who rode Stone Street In tho Kentucky Derby is nineteen vears old His home is in Cincinnati He is a wellbuilt little chap and showed by his manner in riding the winner that ho is an expert jockey Plckens first began to ride about ono year and a half ago for A B Ma giunis for whom he worked at New Orleans until the finish of the meeting He is now under con ¬ tract to J II Moody
