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NOTES OF THE TURF. The Belmont and Hildretli stables are well represented in the nominations for the Windsor stakes. Meridian, R. F. Carmans Kentucky Derby Candida te. worked a mile in 1:47 at Lexington recently with ease. The same day Governor Grav was sent the same distance in 1:45. At the Auteuil steeplechase course in Paris on Easter Sunday the gate receipts amounted to more than Soft. 000. though the general admission is as low as one franc, twenty cents. The ground on which it is claimed the recent anti-betting legislation in Florida will be declared unconstitutional Is that it violates another statute specifying that eacli law enacted shall embrace but one subject. The friends of John Condon, the well-known racing man, whose health has been the source of much solicitude of late, will be glad to learn that his condition is so much improved that he was able to visit his office yesterday. S. C. Hildretli will prolwbly go to Toronto with part or his stable at the close of the Iimlico meeting, having received word from Secretary Fraser that accommodations would be provided for those of his horses that are ready to race. The Chester Cup, a handicap race of 2,530 sovereigns, over a course of two miles and a quarter, was run Wednesday at Chester, England, and won by C. E. Howards four-year-old, Wilioiivx. by William the Third Tribonyx, carrying 114 pounds. F. Ambrose Clark was badly injured while hunting Iu England recently, and a horseman -who returned from Great P.ritain recently says It is doubtful if -Mr. Clark ever rides again. Mr. Clark, who is one of the wealthiest patrons of cross-country sport iu this country, was a daring rider. Richard Miller, who developed Africander and other good horses for Simeon Deimel and Charles Dw.ver, will again start training iu a modest wav. Trainer Miller has arranged to handle Little Earl and M. .M. Whitney, a couple of promising three-year-old maidens, for some newcomers on the turf This pair, now located at Belmont Park, will be raced on the Canadian circuit.
