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NOTES OF THE TURF. Tommy Knight, who twinkled .as a star jockey c when he rode for Rome Respess. is now a valet for r jockey Musgrave. Toe McLennan Is at Latonia in the interests of the c, Culrau Racing Association. He said be was meeting - with a great deal of success and that he would secure 150 horses from Latonia for Havana. Simon Healey, formerly foreman for Herman E. ;. Duryea. has leased the running qualities of several I yearlings from Mr. Duryea. The yearlings are by Ji the promising sire. Irish Lad. and have shown good II trials. Los Angeleno. winner of the Thornton Stakes of r 1907. and holder of the American record for four r miles in a race, is such, a confirmed cripple that II. G. Bedwell. his owner, bas decided upon the immediate - retirement of the horse. T. II. Ryans Downpatrick. which went wrong in n bis underpinning in bis only start at Seattle, will be e put in training for the winter season at Oakland. I. At present be looks big and bigh in HesU and it f will be some time before he will be in condition 11 to race. A report is , curpent at Louisville that Vd Alvey y baa purchased the unbeaten two-year-old, Jeff Bern- i- 1 a 1 I a a s s c 1 1 v J t r a J stein. It is noteworthy that the two chief two-year-old developments or the late season, Jeff Bernstein and Friend Harrv. are both sons or Orlando and that Friend Harry is a half-brother to the f American Derby winner. Pink Coat. John Hynes, who has trained the Newcastle Stable horses since the departure of Thomas Welsh for , Europe, is of the opinion that Wise Mason, a half-brother to McChesney and First Mason, will make a geat long-distance racer. Wise Mason Is a young- i ster of fair size and stoutly built, and though not quick breaker is a game and hardy runner. I William McKinncy, one of the most successful r steeplechase jockeys of the current season, will not. 1 after all. go to France to ride for the Hitchcock stable. The jockey concluded that the handicap of not knowing the language of Hie country would , lie too great to enable him to make bis way in France as a free lance, and as he and Mr. Hitchcock 7 were unable to come to satisfactory terms he decided I to stay at home. The horses now stabled at Oakland are being worked daily and the progress made has been quite 1 satisfactory to all concerned. Mike Dalys Nebti- -losus worked a half in 194 the other day. the fastest . bit of work so Tar shown at the track. Uncle was sent three-eighlhs in -10. while Phalanx and Roalla . ran halves in .52 and !1 respectively. Captain John i reeled off three-eighths in .!7 llat. Tawascntba went , full three-quarters in 1:21, easing up. The Mist : three-eighths in -11; Burning Bush three-eighths in 40j: Banpostil a hair in 50g; Altamor three-eighths in 37R and Voorhees three-eighths in -Hi were sev . eral other work-outs reported.
