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NOTES OF THE TURF Neil Burgess was among the purchasers of year ¬ lings at the Haggin sale last week He plans to use the horses In a revival of The County Fair FairThe The name of August Belmonts twoyearold filly Sumach II by Hastings Sonveralne now racing In England has been changed to New Deal DealThe The English St Leger winner J B Joels Your Majesty Incurred a tenpound penalty for the Ce sarewltch andhas not accepted for the latter race raceBarney Barney Kid Weller Is the inventor of a nev safety razor and Is hard at work selling It In New York City He declares that he has retired for all time as a bookmaker bookmakerHerman Herman Brandt will take Philander along with the Schreiber Jiorses to California He paid 3500 for the Keene horse and expects him to be ex ¬ tremely handy In the California races racesThe The last consignment of sixtytwo yearlings from J IS Hagglns Elmendorf farm landed in England September 15 and are to be sold by Taitersalls at Park Paddocks Newmarket October 1 1The The Toronto track is less than fast this fall though In splendid condition another tribute to that smart racing official Secretary Fraser Lack of rain lias made the footing dead and the sprinter that beats 114 for threequarters is doing a smart performance The cable dispatch writers In New York are en ¬ tirely unreliable in handling English racing news It turns out that Bullock and not Skeets Martin rode Signorinetta in the St Leger and that Bul ¬ locks attack of appendicitis was not serious enough to require an operation operationWoolley Woolley the English handicap sprint hero of 1007 has not only acted up to his looks as a bobtailed sitorting sort of hunter by being ridden regularly wlfh the Craven hounds but many a time has the little chestnut carried a flag steward at a coursing meeting Throne and Country How remarkable it is that horses are frequently good stayers as twoyearolds and yet later in life do not get the same distance says an English writer Instances clearly are Blllidere and Aris ¬ tocracy the latter of which won mile nurseries and yet cannot now stay more than five furlongs al ¬ though still perfectly sound in wind With ath ¬ letes it is invariably the reverse the older one gets the better the stay although apt to lose pace
