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NOTES OF THE TURF. Kimball Patterson, who recently established himself in ranching in California, Is considering an offer to train for Robert Davies, a prominent Toronto horseman. Hart Browns crack two-year-old colt, R. G. Miller, died at Lexington Thursday of injuries received in a collision Monday at the Kentucky Association track. It is announced that the Empire City race track at Yonkers will follow the lead of Belmont Park course and become the seat of aviation contests the coming summer. Dr. Maurice M. Leach of Lexington, probably will be appointed oilicial veterinarian lor the three Kentucky tracks in compliance with the rule adopted by the Kentucky State Racing Commission. Jockey James Butwell is preparing to sail from New York for Russia. Butwell has been engaged to ride this year by Count de Lazaroff, who has the greatest racing stable in dominion of the czar. His retainer is 5,000, and he will receive fees In addition for winning mounts. The Utah Legislature has adjourned sine die after passing a law in the original draft of which pool-selling was among the things prohibited. By vote of the Legislature, all reference to poolselllug was omitted before final action was taken and a new track will probably be built in the vicinity of Salt Lake City in season for a meeting this summer. Delmar race track at St. Louis is being laid out in building lots and will be offered the coming summer ror residential purposes. The tract contains sixty-live acres and the titles to it are held by the Delimit- Investment Company, the Southern Real Estate and Financial Company and Charles J. Cella. Uiuis A. Cella is the chief owner of the property. The old race track grandstand and other buildings were dismantled recently. The Brocklesby Stakes of 200 sovereigns for two-vear-olds, at Lincoln, Eng., Wednesday, was wou by II. DeCourcv Forbes Mr. Peeper, with Rickaby in the saddle. "Sir Berkley Sheffields Fair Relative, with Trigg up, was second, and Capt. John Fitz Geralds Angel Clare, ridden by Illggs, third. There were twenty-one starters. The betting was 10 to 1 against Mr. Peeper. 10 to 1 against Fair Relative aiitl 100 to S against Angel Clare. A bookmaker laments to The Hamilton Herald that the introduction of the pari-mutuel system means the loss of work to all the crews formerly eniployed in bookmaklug. He must think that the machine is some kind of a contrivance that is wound up like a clock, and runs along without human assistance or co-operation. The bookmaker, as has been pointed out before, is going, regardless of the machine. The business has for some time been a losing one for the majority of those finding the bank rolls. At Woodbine last fall many clerks were working on terms known to them as "hot and cold." Translated into English, that means that they were paid if the book won, and got nothing If thoir employer had a losing day. A business that lias reached such a stage is not far from its end. Toronto Globe.
