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NOTES OF THE TUEF. John Miller is training Far West for cross country Toeing. -- George Odoms filly, Follle Levy, is troubled with a- bad mouth. Will Wallace and Charles Hughes are recent arrivals at Saratoga from Latonla.- .Jockey Kent was Indefinitely suspended at Butte this week for a bad ride on Balcrian. Richard F. Carman has taken a contract on Jockey J. Butlers services for the rest of the New York season. It is said that S. C. nildreth values Fitz Herbert at 0,000, and that J. G. Greener has refused 5,-000 for Olambala. James Milton has returned to Fort Erie from Pa-dtiKih, Ky.. whither he went to start at the meeting which failed to materialize. : Jockey Phil Musgrave has gone to Saratoga, where he will spend several days galloping the horses of J. E. Seagram, to whom he is under contract. The oenlng of the new race track at Tulsa. Okla.. this -week was attended by 5,000, persons. Lomond won the Derby, which -was the feature of the opening day card. Jockey Selden, who was injured by being thrown from Fay Muir- at Victoria recently, is slowly recovering, but it will be a loug while before he is again able to ride. Thursdays entire gate receipts of the Victoria race track were donated to the Provincial Royal Jubilee and St. Josephs hospitals, two worthy charities of the British Columbia city. Lord Derby has purchased the Woodlands Stud farm at Newmarket Irom the executors ot the late Douglas Baird. and, according to "Truth," it will bo amalgamated with his Falmouth House establishment, to which it is adjacent. Charles L. Harrison has this season mated Ethel Pace dam of Alfred Noble to Broomstick, Sue Smith to Rock Sand, Ophirdalc to Klnley Mack, Semper Vivurii half-sister to Longstreet to Africander, and Penury to Peep o Day. Jake Marklein left Cincinnati yesterday for New York en route to continental Europe. lie plans to see racing in the various European countries and Is counting on being at Baden-Baden for the big meeting of the year at that point. He will return to America in October. : Jockey W. Doyle, who rides Effendi for W. T. Ryan on the New York tracks. Is far from being a novice. He has ridden many winners in this country and abroad. Several years ago Dojle gained prominence on the Russian courses. He was offered a good engagement to remain in Russia, but could not overcome his desire to return to his native land. The death took place a few days ago at Trakehnen, Prussia, of the English Eclipse Stakes winner, .Le Justicicr, which was sent from France in 1895 and defeated Whittier. None the Wiser, and others for the 0,000 stake. In 1897 Le Justicicr, which was by Le Saucy, was acquired for the stud in Prussia, nnd sired a fair number of winners, but in 1907 lie was sent to Trakehnen to be used for siring half-bred stock.
