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NOTES OF THE TURF Bobert McGibbcn who has charge of the betting ring at Oakland will not go to New York until the close of the meeting meetingJohn John E Madden has secured second call on the services of jockey Shreve who has been riding in the east this season seasonThere There is some donbt expressed as to whether Sir Ilnon will stand training this season and ho has been showing symptoms of lameness in his trials Anticipating his breakdown owner Long bred him to a dozen mares this spring During the winter months he was given light exercise In the shafts of a bnggy bnggyMoifduyr Moifduyr June 1 is the last closing date for the Commonwealth Handicap and tho Advance to be run during the June meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club The Commonwealth is a mile and a quarter with an added value of 10000 while the Advance is a mile and fivesixteenths at weight for age und bas a guaranteed value ot 10000