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NOTES OF THE TURF. W. s |4j, . ...u ni. owner ..f the three y.ar oh! Hem. geiding. Spiudie. having . laiim-d liim fr .:n K. Parr fer 30 at Uainilt.ni. JuI-sh will have Ihc bauic racing officials hat ate officiating at Oklahoma City. Col. Milton Young will lw the presiding judge ami Arthur MoKnigiil will do the starting. George Kraus is preparing Io break into steeplc-chisin::. At ajrav.senil a few days ago his new train, r. Ar.-hie Ziminer. put The Gardeiwr and Sans Sm. -i II. through the Hold, and the Toddingtoii ami Ben Stroiiie horses lifted fairly well for Is-ginners. It is said that Bainev acaVCaBCC will riluce his holdings of thoroiighbreil niHies bv one half, and that his plans call for the retention of aliout Kni ..I the 2IMI now aaartereil at W Hands Kami. He will p.. i sadl an acre of Woodlands nor will ha- part with his most prized horses. hi a ra-port Io the stewards of the National Stee pleehase and Hunt Association frank J. Bryan calls all. mien to tha work of the Hunts Committee in the MiiMTvision of amateur racing, and says there has Im-cii material improva-menl in the class of the raarhnf, furnished and a marked dis|n.sit ioti to adhere to regulations. Two mora- stallions have been purchased by the Hamilton Jockey Club to be placed for service among the fa iiniis of Weill worth County. The Lamplighter horse. Crawford, was sa-cureil from Mode Niaoll. and Sirinai.ey. by Seiuproiiius--Tasmania, frami R. L. Tlioinas. Both are horses of sultslance and gaMKl looks and were freipieiit winners in their turf ea reaara. Miss Maplelon. a lillv that was knoekeil lUiwn to John Gaucher at the closing out sale of Ed B:ix t.-rs racing stable at l.aloiiia Saturdav. was liouglit for K. Gering. and trainer Will M.Daiiiel will handle her in the future. Mr. Baxter has sina-e the sale re purchased from Dr. L. Bassler the two vear-old tillv Knight rhotight. and she now constitutes that Lexington horsemans ..ulv holding in the thoroughbred line. Leania-ncc. which has been showing improved form at Latonia. was offered as a lwa»-year-old by his breeder, Garrett Watts, to several horsemen at a pin:: horse price. Nona- of them would invest in the son ot Maddisoii. as lie aptioared loo growlliy. Finally D. Riley came along and coinluded he would take a lone; ehaiici- on the a-olt. Tin colts recent showing has amply rewarded the patience and perseverance of his owiiit. W. II. Timinons. who trained many famous hors.-s in the obk-n days. Is one of tile patrons of the present Latonia meeting. He nourished in the days of Giittenberg and ClouccsliT. and II. Eitga-ne Lei-;h was then one of his .iss.k iata-s. He was attracted to tin west by the pari miituel ssta-m of betting. He is a great admirer of the style of wagering now in ogtie in Kentucky ami thinks it will be the sal vatioii of racing.
