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NOTES OF THE TURF. Entries for the fall stakes of the Montreal Jockey Club will close today. Entries for the fall stakes of the Coney Island Jockey Cliib closed Tuesday with gratifying results. Kerry, which has been racing at Butte in the colors of the Iasadena Stable, has been sold to C. W. Scott. In pursuance of his decision to retire from racing ns an owner, Joseph James has sold Redohdo to L. W. Sears, at Victoria. R. O. John Boden declined to accept the appointment as presiding judge at the Delorlniier Park outlaw meeting now in progress, and Charles Campeau Is presiding, narrv Mack claimed Lady Elizabeth from the Menlo Park Stable at Victoria recently. T. II. Boyle became the owner of Belle Kinney by the same process. Lvfe Knights half-mile in .40 at Butte last Saturday represented a new track record for the distance. The record that was superceded was 40J, made by Bill Mayham Septemlier 5, 1000. The field enclosure, at Saratoga is attracting only small patronage and almost exclusively, from residents of nearby towns. A large proportion of the attendance lu that portion of the grounds is composed of women. James R. Keenes highly tried Grasmere, whicli failed at Saratoga Tuesday, is a fine looking chestnut with a beautiful neck and bead and symmetical conformation. His quarters seem a trifle light, however, and of the sloping kind, which denotes plenty of speed but little endurance. R. II. Cosgrove. manager of the Spokane Inter-State Fair. Is at Victoria looking for horses for the raw meeting to lie held in conjunction with the fair. Septeirtlcr 20-25. Mr. Cosgrove reports that there will be a scarcity of trotters at the fair this autumn, and on that account it is altogether probable that six races for the runners will le given each day.
