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LOSER AND QUITS THE TURF San Francisco Cal September 25 Rudolph Spreckels who has raced under the name of the aobre Vista Stable for two years announces his retirement from the turf for the alleged reason that he is out of harmony with a policy which per ¬ mits betting to overshadow other phases of racing He believes racing associations should strive to make racing more attractive from the standpoint of the sport Itself and subordinate speculation Ills stable SeattleG will be sold upon its arrival from Seattle G H Keene departed today for Kentucky to ar ¬ range for the shipment of Raconteur and some year ¬ lings to the coast Jockey coastJockey Herman Radtke will return to America from Russia where he has been ridiug with success iu about a month