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NOTES OF THE TURF. James R. Kceiie lias nun four of the last five Tldals with Sysonby. Peter Pan. Colin and Hilarious. Mart Oeinarcst. who gave Waller S. Houses Nor-blt a boost of iki Sal unlay, was identitied with the trotting turf for years. The program for Fridays racing at Sheepshead Bay will comprise two 00 purses, two of 00 each and one of f«l and one ol ». "Handri.ling" Kelly was suspended at Victoria last week on acouut of having heen iu unfit condition for riding as a result of excessive reducing. theyre Off and Beckon, of the Brownleigh Park Stable, will get a slow, careful preparation. Both will be pointed lor the meeting at Saratoga Springs. The purses for the Butte meeting will range from 89 to 00, with seven races daily. For the first seven davs of racing the daily distribution iu purses will average ,000. Jockey Page has p.actically recovered from the injuries sustained in the last race iu which he rode af Latonia and Iu- probably will make his eastern deluit at Sheep-head liay today. Clarence II. Maekav lias retained a number of yearlings for the American turf. The eleven that he shipped abroad Saturday, to be sold in the European markets, were all by Meddler. • After winning the Beacon Steeplechase at Sheeps head Ba Saturday, Waterspeeal pulled up in such condition that it was only with difficulty thai she was led into the winners circle. -She was badly broken down. Jockey atrogh, who went to Victoria. B. C. to ride lor the St. James Stable, may not remain there long, as I. H. Wheateroft is thinking seriously of sending him east to ride for him at Hamilton and New York. It is said that if the attendance this week keeps up to tlie promise of last Thursday and Saturday, the Coney Island Jockey Club will arrange for five days of racing each week throughout its meeting instead of the scheduled four. I. II. Wheateroft. owner of the St. James Stable, lias nominated twenty five sucklings in the Futurity Stakes of 1911. At present lie has 183 horses on his Kentucky farm which will lie shipped to the Pacific coast to strengthen the St. James Island division. George Odom has had to let up on Traveller. Recently fhis three-year-old showed a return of the lameness that handicapped him in his two-year old season. On his showing at Belmont Park it looked as though Odom would have a useful horse iu Traveller. Victorians are la-ginning to take more than a passive interest in racing as a result of the sport now-going on in that British Colombia city. II. Btehoff, a resident of the eltv. has purchased the two year-old colt. Maternus. by Cesarion - Miss Petticoats, from Sieve Judge and is the first Victorian, aside tioui I. H. Wheatcrofl. to own a race horse.
