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NOTES OF THE TURF. Slew l.TI. until. ilieu is among the bookmakers in line :it the Oklahoma City meet lug. Jockey Berry lias been warned away from the Victoria track OSj account of unsatisfactory riding. Wicklighl. a prominent contender for Kings Plale honors ai Toronto upon several occasions, is now doing duly drawing a butchers carl. P. II. Sullivan attended the races at Oravesend Thursday for the first time this season. He has a modest stable this year in charge of Jerry Carroll. At Ascot, England, in 1895. Grev Leg won the AH Aged Slakes and the New Biennial Stakes on the same day. They were the first and last races on the card. Cindy. II. B. Duryeas Astoria candidate, was so Severely kicked in her hist stall that she may not be able to fill her engagement in that Sheepshead Bay s|Kcial. The Austrian Derby was won Sunday. June 6, by StiMiisiein. and the Oraud Prix of Hainhourg by Stossvogel. 1. Maker finished second on Aveline in the former event. Several of the horses in the stable of John E. Madden are suffering from influenza, which has made necessary a let up in training operations. Fayette, thus far. has escaped. W. J. Shaughnossy is planning to breed his filly. Silk Hose, which won her initial race in his colors al Montreal a day or two ago. Silk Hose is a strap ping three year old by Watercress Hosiery. Barney Schroib.r has instructed trainer Herman Hraudt to freely nominate Jack Atkin for eastern stake cv.iils about to close. The crack son of Sain is untax soundly and Brandt looks for him to regain ids go.Ml form shortly. King Cobalt has been shipped from New York to Hamilton lo till stake engagements at that Canadian .ours.-. At tin* conclusion of the Hamilton meeting trainer Nash will go back to New York to finish out I he season on the eastern tracks. Recently a coterie of gentlemen in Toronto got a tip that tli.y were to keep to themselves on General Lee. They made up a pool and wired 00 to Montreal. Word was returned that the horse had died in Toronto three weeks previously. The two-year-old brown colt. Scarpia. which raced in tlie colors of the Chealsea Stable at Oravesend Thursday, is highly thought of by the stable eonnec tioiis. Scarpia. by Broomstick — Ida Ford, comes from a good producing family and is a remarkably line individual of size and substance. Word comes from England that Louis Winans. who paid John E. Madden 5,000 for the colt. Sir Martin, is so disappointed in the showing of Ogdens son that he may retire him to the stud. Sir Martin has started only three times in England, which cannot be regarded as a thorough test of his ability. It is believed, therefore, that Mr. Winans lias been misunderstood as to his plans in view of the fact that Sir Martin is supimsed to be absolutely sound. At Latonia yesterday John W. Schorr was talking about having luck with race horses. "There was Moharih." hi said. "He was a -great colt in the mud and Would have lost Colonial iirl if the 0,000 Worlds Fair Handicap at St. Louis had been run the day before. The St. Louis Derby of that vear was run a dav too late for aim. toe, for twentv-four hours earlier English Lad would not have gone to the post for the prize on acount of the track conditions.
