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NOTES OF THE TURF. Steve I/Honiinedieu is operating at Houston, reputedly with some success. I ltiinus. the last of the Commandos, is said to l.e unsound and will probably race no more. Jule Carson has arrived at Belmont Park from Jamestown with High Range. Grania and several two year-olds. L. A. Cclla and C. A. Tilles have returned to St. Louis from Cincinnati, satisfied that Latonia will have a good meeting. lackey J. Butlers broken arm has mended to sin h an extent that he will he able to resume riding at once. He is at Latonia. Frank Gill, a prospective starter in the Brooklyn Handicap, is credited with a sensational mile in 1:121 through the slop yesterday morning in prepa ration lor the race. The stewards of the Ontario Jockey Club have found it necessary to caution jockey Rettig against i tendency to allow his mounts to carry out overtaking horses in the stretch. Celt continues to work impressively at Shcopsho.id Bay and the work watchers have come to the con-eliision that lie will be ready to start in the Brooklyn Handicap if trainer Rowe so elects. F. A. Forsythes High Private, shipped to Toronto with the winning of the Toronto Cup in view, will l.e re shipped to Belmont Park Sunday. The hor.-e made the trip from New York and will go back la a sixtv foot palace horse car with padded sides, ol Which he was the sole occupant. The trotting horses will take possession of Doug las Part at Louisville this week, under an arraan nt recently entered into by which they will l«- ill. .wed to do their training there instead of at the Eair Granada, which track is at present in poor condition. The arrangement is only temporary. Fred Cook is gradually carrying into effect his an li.iineed intention of withdrawing from racing as an owner and breeder and confining himself to the 1 kssakhsg end of the game. Since his return from He coast lie lias disposed of some of his broodmare-and he means to keep on until virtually all are :n other hands. Little ••Heine" Radtke. the midget brother of Herman Kadtke. a Chicago hoy who achieved distinction in the saddle, is showing promising form at the Salt Lake City meeting. Where he bud bis maiden mount a few days ago. The lad is under contract to J. 0. and G. H. Keene. who sold tie-elder Radtkes contract to Paul Raiuoy for 7,. iou .some years ago. Some Salt Lake City people remained away from the Mesa when it rained S day or two ago on the theory that the program would be positioned because of the weather. Thev had been a. customed to the postposs metit of trotting races under similar conditions, and were siirpiiscd to learn that the runners race rain or shine. The Salt Lake City public- is taking kindly to the running races, however, and Itiih seems destined to ligure prominently in summer racing in the far west. Mrs. John Sanford. whose husband is a member of the State Racing Commission, was at Belmont Park Tuesday with Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. Jr. Mrs. Sanford is an enthusiastic votary of racing and takes iKirtieiilar interest in the Saratoga meeting . It is at Saratoga that the Sanfords make their start every year, and II. H. Hvner is preparing a strong string for the coming meeting at the Springs. The Sanford stable is essentially a New York stable. Genera] Stephen Sanford. the veteran carpet manufacturer of Amsterdam, raises his racers at Ilurii cilia Farm, in the Mohawk River country, and l.e never sends his stable out of the Empire State.
