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Herbert turner wins stake s. ace. V Jacksonville. Fla., March S. Four of the six races at Moncrlef Park -:th!g iifterhoon called for three-year-olds and one of them, the Tropical Selling: Stakes at three-quarters of a mile, was the feature. Herbert Turner proved best of the good lot of sprinters that went to the post in the stake race and won by a scant length after a long and hard stretch drive. Imprint was second a nose in advance of Bert is, which worked his way through by a circuitous route and got up to beat Darling a head for third place. Hertis was in a tight place at the finish and had McTaggart gone to the outside, he would surely have won. This colt is one of the oligibles for the American Derby to be run on the closing day of the meeting and it is the intention of his owner to give him a special preparation for tliat race. Efficiency showed a smart performance in the opening dash when she heat American Girl in an easy fashion by a length and a half. She was reserved In the early running and closed with a rush to win going away. Mouty Fox spreadeagled his opposition in the third race, an allowance affair for three-year-olds at three-quarters of a mile, lie led by half a dozen lengths most of the way and. although tiring at the end himself, lasted to heat Mclvor three lengths. Word reached here today of tire death of the two-year-old Claude Hoffman, one of the colts recently shipped from Moncrief to Churchill Downs by I.. P. Doerhoter. The colt was stricken with an attack of fever after being unloaded and succumbed after an illness of a couple of days. Heritor! Turner, winner of the Tropiwil Soiling Stakes, was bid up ,000 over his entered price of . but was protected and bought in. George Kluber and T. D. Marlin arrived from Tampa this morning with their horses. Boca Graiide and Itelluf have been declared out of the Florida Special by W. II. Fizor. Jockey Goose was seen in the saddle for the first time this afternoon since his accident of several weeks ago. when he- suffered a broken collarbone as the result of a fall from Silas Grump. Weights for the Ocala Handicap, to Ik? run on Saturday next, were announced yesterday. Donald .Uaedonald. Countless and Master Robert have been jissigned top weight, each being asked to carry 125 pounds; There is a list of thirty-nine eligibles and a good field will probably go to the post. O. J. Decker departed this morning for New York with -Master "Robert. Mrs. W. G. Wilson, who has the horses Ta Nun Pa and Ida D. at Moncrief, has purchased Huck from Lon Johnson. He will be taken to Canada and developed as a steeplechaser by W. G. Wilson.
