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NOTES OF THE TURF. It is reported that H. M. Ziegler Is so enamored of French racing that he may engage iu the sporb there as an owner. The meeting at Tulsa has been extended to cover this entire week, making fifteen days of raciujj instead of the thirteen originally scheduled. According to present plans the Lagoon Fair and Racing Association will not hold a fall meeting, and there will be no more racing in the vicinity of Salt Lake City until next year. Nat Ray. who figured as a highly successful ste» plechaSfe rider on the metropolitan tracks a few years ago, is now mooting with marked success as an owner and driver of trotters in Canada. The trial of Thomas F. Dolan. former owner of Jean Bereaud. for tbe murder of Patrick Mooney, proprietor of the Lelnnd Hotel at Lexington, Ky., April 20, was begun at that place yesterday. Robert L. Down ton, a noted poolsoller of tbe lata 70s and early 80s, di-vl at Si. Louis, Mo., Friday, at the age of sixty-eight. He is said to have introduced John W. Gates to the turf. James R. Keenes Cataract, by Ben. Brush — Running Stream, ran third in the National Breeders Produce stakes of 5.000 sovereigns, for two-year-olds at Sandown Park, in England, Saturday. In the Prix Dolma Baghtche. run at Maisons-La ditto, in Franco, yesterday, Thomas P. Thornex Monsieur Gnerin was second. W. K. Vanderbllts Mirambo finished second in the Prix du Lude. W. EC Van deroflta Prime, ridden bv Gamer, and the same owners Ramoss.-um. with ONeill In the. saddle, ran second and third respeetivelv in the Prix Hermit of 20.000 francs at Saint Cloud, iu France, last Friday.
