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NOTES OF THE TURF. Dr. Rowell probably has more horses ready to run than any other trainer at Oakland and expects to have a starter in every race on the opening day. James McLaughlin will leave in about ten days for Los Angeles with Oxford. Campaigner, Lally. Waponoca. Arondack. Great Jubilee and a number . of yearlings. He thinks that Oxford will win some good races on the coast. The method of selling thoroughbred horses in France differs from that of ours in that it Is customary for twelve days to elapse before settling for horses when sold there, or in other words, the Frenchmen want twelve days trial. Reports from the coast say that Meelick. S. C. Ilildreths triple Derby winner, is improving in appearance since his arrival from Seattle. Meelick has recently picked up considerably in Oesh. notwithstanding the training he is undergoing day by day. The colors of Charles Ellison may not le seen In the Opening Handicap at Oakland Saturday, as It is feared that Royal Tourist or Don Enrique will 1 not be keyed up sufficiently to cope with the fast horses that will go to the post In the opening feature. i nercuioid. the champion four-year-old jumper of 1900. Is once more stabled at Robert Nevilles Pel-ham Farm, the place where he was bred and raised. When Neville sold Herculold to E. 11. Thomas for 0,000. be retained a contingent interest, and after the dispersal sale of the Thomas stable, he repurchased Mr. Thomas interest. , It is said that William Garth was seriously thinking ; of making a jumper out of the six-year-old 1 Meddler gelding. Bedouin, which was destroyed at : Baltimore Tuesday. The Meddler family has been well represented in jumping by Hylas. winner of two Champion Steeplechases. Phantom, one of the fastest and most courageous fencers that ever carried the silks of T. Hitchcock. Jr.. and Ironsides, the most highly prized jumper in J. W. Colts stable.
