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NOTES OF THE TURF. T. Burns will be seen in the saddle at the Pimlico meeting and is getting in condition bv galloping horses lor George Odom. The racing string of R. J. Mackenzie arrived at Woodbine Park. Toronto. Thursday morning. Tou-renne and five others were in the lot. Thirty-eight two-year-olds went to the post in ■ race Wednesday iii England. This broke all records for large fields in a race of that class. The last stake races of the present California ractoc season will be decided todav when the Geb-bard Handicap at Oakland, and the Colin Stakes at Santa Anita Park are run. It. T. Wilson. Jr.. the new president of the Saratoga Racing Association, will have a string of eighteen horses to race on the Joekev Club tracks this season. Monfort is the star of the stable. Dr. H. E. Rowell says he will probably go into the hotel business after Ilie sale of the horses of , • H- Williams, of which he is in charge as trainer. I Ii.- contract on jockey Gilbert will be disposed of as soon as the boy resumes riding. At Newbury. England, on Wednesday James R. keene s two-year-old colt. Suffragist, ran unplaced in tlie Reckhampton Plate race, and his fawt filly Sudrigette. and H. P. Whitneys Sixty were alsj unplaced in an overnight handicap on the same day. _JQt the 1.H60 colors registered with the Joekev lull only MB of the SB are life colors and the other owners have to renew their registration each year. Many applications for trainers and jockeys licenses are expected during tlie next few weeks. C II. Wiedemann has purchased the mares. Dollie Dollars. Mrs. OFarrell. All Black and Black Dress at Oakland within the last lew days and will ship them to his ranch at Gonzales to be used for breeding purposes. Wiedemann is counting on raising thoroughbreds lor racing as well as for other pur-nosee, Dewey, a son of Sain, is his principal stallion. Another meeting of the Kentucky State Racing omniission w ill be held at Lexington April 1!» to grant licenses to trainers and jockeys. It is announced that all jockeys and trainers who raced at I.atonia last year, where bookmakers operated notwithstanding the ruling of the commission, will lie issued licenses to operate at Louisville and Lexington, as the commission lias no desire to outlaw them. Itato York senators who fought hard against Ihe race track bills chuckled with satisfaction over the tavorable IWMtt by the senate committee on codes of Senator Agnews bill prohibiting the publication of racing odds in newspapers. Tlie senators who voted against the Hart Agnew bills will support this new Idea Of Senator Agnew solely for the purpose of getting back at the newspapers. Tbev ligure that the newspapers will lose a vast amount of advertising. F. A. Forsythes formidable stable will be campaigned over the New York tracks tlie coming summer if conditions warrant it. Trainer Colston is lamenting the misfortune which has recently befallen a number of his good horses. Dorante is on the slieir in coiiM-.nionco of a fall on the training track. Indian Maid is temporarily out of training on account of a kick received at tlie post in her last rare and Berry Maid, from which jockey Butler fell ami broke ai arm. is in such shape as a result of the mishap that she may not be in condition to start again at Oakland.
