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NOTES OF THE TURF. Judge W. II. Shelley, who has been in the harness continuously sine- last fall as an official at Juarez. Lexington and Churchill Downs, is enjoying a well earned rest at his Louisville home. The summer meeting of the Oklahoma City Jockey Club opened auspiciously at Oklahoma city yesterday and will continue until and including July 4. E. C. Smith is presiding over the meeting. The first entry received for the stakes of the Coetir dAlcno fair mid Racing Association was from J. H. Munson of Butte. Mont., who nominated Lady Adelaide for the ,000 Inauguration Selling Stakes. The sale ,.f William Walker s horsea at Blue Bonnets last Saturday was not a success. Tee May was the onlv one let go at the price offered. She WSJ taken for 00 by J. Cannon, a Montreal man. who will race her at the half mile track when she is not polling a cab. George Cadwallader, who rode in races over forty-five years ago and trained such noted bones, as Pom-pey Payne and Mollie Cad. has charge of the entrance to the offices of the betting pailion at Latonia. Minnie English was about the last good winmr that he trained and raced. T. C. McDowell thinks so well of his unbeaten two year-old colt, The Manager, that when approached recently and asked to put a price on him. he is credited with replying: "If 1 sen The Manager, it would be Just as well for ine to quit racing, so tin colt is not for sale." Edward Jasper, who served as racing secretary at Juarez and Louisville, is one of the cashiers in the pari mm u. I department at Latonia. others employed in a similar capacity are Charles Bespean, V. l.o-nero. L. Herndon, C. Ban*, S. Hlnkle, Clarence Price. C. F.cUels. M. Walker. M. Shaw. M. Kavanaugh. E. Frost. F. Shriner. L. Mcffert, N. McClelland.. J. C. Harmon. J. Leopold, .1. BlacUwell and Frank Phil lips. Counting cashiers, sellers and dickers alone. the machines in operation at Latonia this rammer all for the services of titty-seven men. This dees not include the inside men, money counters, etc.. that .in- necessary to carry on the pari-iuutucl department.
