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NOTES OF THE TURF. Waldo has not had a sick hour since be entered his stall at Churchill Downs last fall, nor has he missed a feed. Scrimmage, which carried -Tames R. Keenes colors at Aqueduct on opening day. was the first of the get of Wlltl Mint to appear under colors. Of the winners on opening day at Aqueduct, two were trained at Ciiavesend. two came from Oakland, one from Jacksonville ami one from Juarez. Zeus, which won at Aqueduct Friday is the first of the get of the lamous French stallion. Adam, to win in this country. He sold as a vearling for ..-.0O. The stables of II. G. Bedwell, James McLaughlin. P. T. Chinn. J. W. Schorr. R. J. Mackenzie and John Hi Ml make up most of the horses that are quartered at the Aqueduct track. Cross country rider John Kermath sprained an ankle badly while playing twill recently. He was to have ridden the horses trained by Silas Veitch at Pluilico, but owing to his injury another jockey will have to Ik- secured for the Maryland meeting. The veteran horseman. W. 1". Burch. Is suffering from appendicitis at Baltimore. An operation that was necessary was successfully performed. Eighteen stalls have lieen reserved for the Burch stable at Sheepshead Bay. The horses will In- shipped to the Long Island track at the close of the Pluilico meeting May 7. The rule designed to prevent the deduction of a greater commission than five per cent, from the pari-niutuel receipts on Kentuckv tracks will come up for final action before the new Kentuckv Racing Commission, which will have Us first meeting April 20. It Is stated that the new commission will undoubtedly adopt the rule. R. T. Wilson. Jr.s four-year-old bar gelding. May River, by Watercress — Shaft, was destroyed at Belmont Park Thursday after all hope of patching MB up seemed futile. One of the pastern Ixmes on his near foreleg was broken in a trial early in the week. At times May River displayed good form. List year he won seven out of twenty-one starts and ,145.
