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NOTES OF THE TURF. Fred Taral will establish himself at Sheepshead Buy as a trainer. George Cornnell. trainer for the Quiney Stable, has put his string of six horses in active training at Gravcseud. J. F. Sweeney, J. K. Frayling and II. McCoulsky will be represented in a shipment of horses from Tampa to Norfolk this week. Stokes, carrying the colors of Thomas Hitchcock. Jr., won the Prix do la Champagne of 4,000 francs at Enghien, France, Saturday. Alexander Frazcr, a wealthy Kansas City business man and half owner of Eim Ridge race track, died Sunday. He was lifty-seven years old and was born in Inverness. Scotland. Jockey Butwcll left Jacksonville Sunday for Toronto to spend a few days preparatory to departing for Russia, where he goes, to fill an engagement made for him by S. S. Howland of New York. Jockey C. II. Shilling has signed a tentative agreement to ride for S. C. Hildretli on the eastern trucks again, and is waiting to bo notified to take up ills task at Sheepshead Bay, where the Hildrtth horses have been wintering. . Arthur Hancock reixirts the following foals at Kllerslie Stud in Virginia: Chestnut colt, by Glori-lier--Caia Belle: chestnut colt, by Fatherless -Eliza Russell. Mr. Hancock lias mated live or six good mares to Celt, including Eliza Russell and Aurine. August Behnont, on returning to New York from a trip to Garnett. S. C, where some of his horses have been wintering, denied that lie is in any way interested iii the proiRisal to build a now track in West Virginia. Ho declared that there is no ios-sibility of his being interested in any racing venture outside of New York state, no matter how worthy.
