Notes Of The Turf., Daily Racing Form, 1908-09-09

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NOTES OF THE TURF From now on to the close of the Montreal meet ¬ ing there will be seven races daily dailyJockey Jockey Kirsclibauin has been turned loose by his employer J J Ellerd at Butte Mont and the boy will ride independently in California the coining winter winterJack Jack Nunually has been babied nil summer at Butte but is in good condition and expected to be a good horse xvlicn the real action in California begins He has won only two races and 1SOO at Butte ButteJack Jack Joyners Trois Temp by Bute pourt Dance cost him 3000 as a yearling at the Ilaggin sale last summer and lias in nine races earned him but f 5 The colt has won but oue race a poor one at Brighton BrightonThat That fair race filly Trasli cost Tiilly Coulter L0 lit public sale last fall the day the Kecnu castoffs were auctioned So far slie has won four races and Sli490 this year The 11 Uy has only been unplaced three times in thirteen starts startsSaturdays Saturdays total of fortysix bookmakers including the clubhouse operator at Montreal was then u record for Blue Bonnets The influx of eastern racegoers has caused sulticient play for even a bigger number it is said Mondays total of fortyeight books backs tills up upThe The Australians are generally using a protection caphood for sUeplfchase riders The material of which it is made is nearly an inch thick and the cap covers the entire head of the rider barring tho face It is declared that not one rider has broken his skull since the protector has been in use useGeorge George Cooper tlie English bookmaker Is said to have left a fortune of fj500000 not all of it made in the exercise of his profession however as he was a shrewd investor and a landowner His late partner Mr Uowsou died with 100000 after living In excellent stylo and giving away much in charity lit was married and had a family Cooper was a bachelor and lived simply


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