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NOTES OF THE TURF. P. Albertsou has first call on jockey Borel for the Rufte meeting and H. I. Wilson second call. S. C- Hiidreth now believes that he will be able to get Joe .Madden back to the races for his fall engagements.. The ten yearlings that George C. Graddy. of Daytdna Stud, shipped to the New York market., are all by Tithonus. A. J. Small, for whom a crack colt that was killed at Oakland last spring was named, is a Toronto theatrical man. James Blute. who trains for William Gerst. has obtained second call on the services of jockey Tapliu for the Empire City meeting. The. Butte Fair, and Racing Association has decided against a raise of the admission price to the Unite track from" 50 pents to . " E5dTt!.Dugan is leading the riders on the New York tracks with respect to winning mounts, with Butwe.Il :second. Scovllle third and Nicol fourth. The , full-brother to Notasulga that proved the star of the opening day yearling sales at Sheepshead Bay. is a slashing big colt and in general conformation resembles Notasulga, although a chestnut in color. California King schooled satisfactorily for Thomas Hitchcock. Jr., through the Held at Sheepshead Bay a day or two ago and probably will make his 100S debut in the Independence Steeplechase Handicap next Monday. John E, .Madden has engaged half a dozen stalls at the Gravesend track and will train some of his two-year-olds over that course. He is of the opinion that the going there will be more to their liking than at Sheepshead Bay. Trainer Charles E. Rowe will ship his small stable from Sheepshead Bay to Saratoga about the middle of July. Itowe lias been prominent in racing many years, and it Iras seldom happened that he has had as modest a stable as at present. Booger Red was among the horses left at Salt Lake City when the racing special pulled out for Butte. All the horses on the train were officially Inspected by a veterinarian, as the laws of Montana require such -inspection before entrance into the state. Jack Baker has purchased of James R. Keene the three-year-old chestnut gelding; Sunbury, by Kingston: Editha. This brother of Hurst Park was highly tried as a two-year-old and was particularly well thought of by James Rowe before he went wrong. Charlie Oxx, who trained Lowlander, a Suburban winner, Watterson and many other notable racers, is without horses for the first time in thirty years. Trainer Oxx and his friend. Jack Odom. have arranged to purchase some yearlings at the Sheepshead Bay sales this month.
