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NOTES OF THE TURF The Jamestown meeting will not be extended as was supposed but closed with yesterdays racing 0 Oi Foolher whpPe sensational Vote passed tlie Hughes aiUiracillg UlllR jlfls been nominated for congress in the third Ntw York district and the Democrats and Personal Liberty folks expect to beat him badly badlyThe The great English race horse and sire Doncaster was sold as a yearling in 1S71 to J B Merry for 4750 He resold the colt to Robert Peck for JiOOOO who in turn sold him to tlie Duke of Westminster for 70000 Tlie old roan gelding Bill Mayham now eleven yearn old nnd ft Rood sprinter is known in the west iis The Rockv Mountain Wonder Yet he was bred In old Kentucky and is by The Hero once a great Chicago favorite out of Katie Wawekus WawekusAt At the recdnt outdoor horse show at Miiieola L I nrizls were a1 warded la follows First De Lnnecy Jays ch g FoxhUnter second Mrs L E Hitchcocks b b Requital third Mrs H V R Kennedys ch in Toiscule Two of these homes were notable racers In their day Requital especially so soDr Dr Rowell Tom Williams trainer has a stable of his own in California which Includes Phalanx Jokal Gabriel Corn Blossom Corrigan and Mistress of Rolls It is Dr Rowella Intention to dispose of all his own horses as soon as lie can do so ad ¬ vantageously In order to devote his entire attention to the training of the Williams stable stableWestern Western turfmen report that tlie recent meeting of a weeks duration at Overland Park Denver was a success but that it was decided not to ex ¬ tend It so that there would be no antagonism of tlie county fairs scheduled for the vicinity Pros pects are excellent for a meeting of from thirty to sixty days duration there next summer
