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NOTES OF THE TURF. It is reported that the pari-mutuel system of betting will supersede bookmaking at Pimlico next fall. A. 1. Dade lias been re-engaged as starter for the Windsor and Blue Bonnets meetings the coming season. Tic broodmare, Wild Thyme, purchased bv Charles Kohler last fall, is reported dead at Ramapo Stock Farm in New Jersey. The Prix Linda, valued at S00, distance two miles, one and one-half furlongs, was run at Autcuil in France yesterday and was won by Thomas Hitchcock, .Ir.s Iakoutsk. Committees of the Board of Trade. Merchants Association and Hotel Mens Association have assured Robert Levy of their supiwirt for the forthcoming spring meeting at Jamestown. The Emperor of Germany, whose horses at home pro trained by Reginald Day. lias sent two two-vear-olds Orthographic and Preisfrage to trainer F. W. Day, at Newmarket, to be raced in England. Harry Stone will do no general riding this season. He lias opened a public stable at Sheepshead Bay anil will take horses to teach and train for other folk. So.ine of these horses be will ride, but lie will not on any account accept outside mouuts. The jury in the case or former Senator Frank J. Gardner, whose conviction Assistant District Attorney Robert II. Elder sought to secure on a charge of attempting to bribe Senator Foelker in connection with the Hart-Agnew legislation at Albany, yesterday quickly returned a verdict of not guilty. TJie case had been on trial for aliout a week. Thin effectually disposes of a malicious attempt to besmirch the reputation of the Jockey Club and racing associations of the metropolis. The legislative committee that investigated the sinister allegations circulated concerning the matter had previously reported that they could not be substantiated.
