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NOTES OF THE TURF Horsemen are reminded that the stakes of tlie Westchester Uacing Association to be decided at the coming sring meeting at Belmont Park will close for entries tonight tonightRichard Richard Crokers Irish stud Glencairn has been greatly reduced and now there are only thirteen mares on the place The stallions are the Derby winner Orbv and Clonmel ClonmelDeclarations Declarations from the Great Trial and the Double Kvent of the Coney Island Jockey Club are due to dav Declarations from the Suburban Handicap and the Brooklyn Handicap are due next Monday MondayAt At tlie coming meeting of tlie Maryland United Cup a race that was framed by tin Washington Jockey Club and was run at Kenning in the fall of 19117 the last year of racing over that track trackWith With the eastern racing season only about two months away the registrations of racing colors and the applications for licenses are being receive by the Jockey Club cry slowly It is usual for the trainers to take iit licenses before this time and owners were ne T before so slow in nainin their colors Secretary Fred lie berger has practically com ¬ pleted the book for th approaching Aqueduct sprin meeting and Secretary W C Edwards is at worS on the book for the Jamaica meeting of the Metro politan Jockey Club The Saratoga Association lias its program well in hand aud just about all the preliminaries for the eastern racing season have been completed completedWilliam William Oliver who is back from England ad ¬ vances the Idea that one reason for the American horses not being more successful abroad during the past season was tlie prohibition against the using of sharp plates and calks American horses are accustomed to being so equipped over the dirt tracks and the sharp plates were doubly missed whei they had to rave over the grass courses
