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NOTES OF THE TURF. The Chelsea Si tble. which is fralnedby Preston r.,irH . has ohtan ed first call on jockey Nicol for i v Baltimore meeting. ihe amateur l .. zing season opened last Saturday with the Koek.it ay . Hunting Clubs hunter and pony l its it tin ohl Cedarbrook course in New iorfc. Since California racing ceased jockey J. Lees eyes hae got worse. He is now under a specialists care in San Francisco ami is not likely to ever ride again. Kaeing is moving forward steadily and surely in Belgium. There are now five race courses in the neighborhood of Brussels and another is being pro jeeted. April 17 I.ncien Lyne. who holds a retainer from M. E. Kibaneourt. was at the head of the Belgian Jockey list, having had 03 mounts and ridden 20 winners. It was part of the agreement in the sale last week of Direct to Canada Jack" Adkin that W. .1. Young will train the colt until after the Kentucky Derby, which Young is confident Direct will win. Koyal Lancer, by Royal Hampton, out of Light-foot, which as a three-year-old beat Sceptre at Goodwood and subsequently won the Derby Cold Cup. is doing well as a sire in Austria-Hungary. Information from St. Louis says that the Cella brothers will have no further connection with any booking enterprise in the future. Charles Cella is operating a brokerage office in St. Louis and will pot go east this season. J. . Ferriss stable, which Includes St. Volma. Bonnie Kate, Ada O. Walker. Olambala and several promising two-year-olds, which Were trained at Cumberland Park, is expected at Churchill Downs tomorrow in charge of trainer R. Cassailv. Paul J. Kainey has announced that DeMund and T. S. Martin will both be l—erred from the sale of his stable, which will be held the latter part of lb-Iiinlieo meeting Mr. Kainey will leave for Europe May 1 and will play polo in England with the t. am whi.-li is being organized by Harry Payne Whitney. Owing to the failure of the Jockev Club to gran: a lieensc to It. I.. Delisser, the latter has turned his horses over lo William Keating. Delisser got into trouble with the Jockey Club at Jamaica two years ago and his never been restored to good ■tending by that Ixxly. hence his failure to obtain a lieensc. I August Belmonts two-year-old filly. Sou. winner of the opening race at Baltimore Saturday, is a mean-tempered tilh. and it was on account of her crazy anties thai M start was delayed. She iv pealedb broke through the barrier and earned Ihe distinction of betas: Ihe lirst bane at tlie meeting to he placed on tlie schooling list. J. I. Kelly, who rode John Carner Saturday at Baltimore to victory in the race for gentlemen riders, is a devoted horseman, is constantly in the •addle, lias never lost a race in which lie has rid den. and is Ihe father of a boy of ten years, who is also a devotee of liorsebaek tiding. Mr. Kelly is a eolton broker from Savannah, skill he won several cups. Ihe method Joymr. the American trainer, adopts in plaiting the tails of his charges over their docks lends :i curious appearance to the horses when they are seen in action. There can be no doubt that Mr. Whitney has a most clever and painstaking trainer. Alter the Crawford Plate race al Newmarket April 10 Stiappers approached Hillside and cooled him dotvn by means of hand rubbing, a practice that is pursued on the training grounds.- -1/omlun Sporting Life. When Ihe English Kaeing Calendar suddenly appeared shawl two rears ago containing advertise in. nis ii was a great surprise, for Ihe old-fashioned ollieial publieatioii had ln-en looked ni oii. .not wil.i a eominercial eye. but as Iteing purely and shindy the organ of racing. Tlie stewards have never realiv regarded with favor such a drastic chance, and tinallv. at th-ir recent meeting, just as suddenly decided to discontinue all advertisements, so that tlie Calendar appeared last as usual in its old and uun-h more recognizable and dignified form.
