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NOTES OF THE TURF. Stokes, owned bv Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., won the Prix Colonibells at Anteuil. France. Sunday The contractor for the building to accommodate the pari-mutuel machines and their patrousat Woodbine legan work last week. The machines will reach Toronto- about March 15. The Brandon. Man., Turf Club will offer .C00 iu purses for its three-days meeting iu .May. Harness horses and runners are both provided for, and the purses are either ijl.OOO or 00. The Russian government has bought the useful Eugllsb race horse. Lagos, from I. Nelke, for 0.-000. Lagos is a son of Santoi, from a Wisdom mare and was purchased for stud purposes. The provincial secretaries of the Canadian Breeding Bureau include Frank J. Robinson of Halifax: W. W. Hubbard of New Brunswick: Allen Boswell of Quebec: George Carruthers of Winnipeg; II. . Lawson of Saskatchewan; Osborne Brown of Alberta, and Maj. S. Harris of British Columbia.
