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,. ; Pu, with oh old wi at at Bo tin the ml tic ties. ci. race iu e0 pr . Ills ing ; f the 111 ov in in m: he her an jo K wi hn th tho M" will j0 to I !jj the KC go NOTES OF THE TURF. Sam Heapy, the crack English jockey riding In Belgium, has recovered from the accident he met some time back and recently rode a winner. The Haggin-bred stallion. Sombrero, a nine year brother to Rublo. the English Grand National winner of this year, was a cheap purchase at .401 the Newmarket. Eng.. sales. He goes to the Borough Green Stud as a sire. At the last meeting of the English Jockey Club Western Australian Turf Club applied to be ad mltted into the reciprocal agreement which the English Jockey Club had with other foreign turf author! The stewards acceded to the request. Sister Frances, the mare that II. G. Bedwell claimed from W. M. Rogers last winter, will not this season. A foot that was seriously In iurcd after Bedwell acquired her is still iu such condition that training is out of question for the present. W. Granat. riding B. II. Smiths Oracular In the lumping race at Philadelphia Thursday, fell under horse and was internally injured, besides break his collar bone. O. Holder, the well known steeplechase jockey, was also injured and sent to hospital. Figent. a two-year-old filly by Hastings Fidelia, owned by J. Jones, reeled off three-eighths of a mile 37 Hilt tho other day at Oakland. Figent is :t maiden that has never started, but her work shows to be a fast filly and she may prove a useful animal for Jones. From all accounts it will not lie an easy task for ioekev C. Koerner to get down to riding weight. Koerner looks big. has filled out and taken on weight since the Seattle meeting and will certainly have a strenuous time in getting into condition for opening of the Oakland season. J E. Widener. it is reported, will race abroad next year. Howard Lewis. Mr. Widcncrs manager, probably take Coligny and Mark Gumbcrts oyer England, where Coligny may be. entered in the Liverpool Grand National. Tim Donohue one of best cross-country riders in this country, will with Lewis to ride for the stable.
