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NOTES OF THE TURF. The veteran steeplechaser, Grandpa, will train successfully again this season according to Silas Veitch. The Prix -Arthur OConnor, a steeplechase of ,000. distance two miles, five furlongs, was won at Autneil, France, yesterday, by Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.s Stokes. T. S. Clibborn, for thirty-seven years secretary of the Australian Jockey Club, is dead. He was an Iiishman, a mechanical engineer by profession, and a sportsman by instinct. He owned, rode and raced horses and was interested in most of the pastimes of the outdoor world. C. G. Asshefon-Smith. owner of the two crack Grand National Steeplechase candidates. Jerry M. and Cackler, told an interviewer: "I do not bet, and pay no attention to betting. The two horses are both doing well now, and if they keep so they will both run, Harry Beaslcy riding Cackler and Driscoll, Jerry M. Many things, of- course, though, mav happen in the meantime. The two have never heen together, and though Jerry M. has a pound more weight than I expected, I waive that, and should like them to come together for the first time in the Grand National." In spite of a general protest from English breeders and owners against the importation of American thoroughbreds, the stewards of the English Jockey Club have decided to take no action. Numerous bleeders expressed the opinion that the English racing stock might be contaminated by the frequent arrivals of horses from this country and that the Stud Book would soon be turned upside down by the infusion of American blood. The Jockey Club stewards, after looking into the matter, reached the conclusion that an excessive number of such importations could not be expected this year, inasmuch as they believed racing in this country would lie revived.
