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NOTES OF THE TURF. Battiste is the only colored joclcty riding at Coeur dAIenc. A. B. Dade will relieve W. M. Murray as starter at Laurel today. Darelngton has only one good eye aud races with the other covered. Jockey Kirschbaum has declined n contract offer to ride for H. G. Bedwell, according to reports from Coeur dAlene. There will be no more harness racing at Laurel, and the daily cards will hereafter be made up of seven running races. The Prix Perth of ,000. distance 1 milo and -li furlongs, was won by William K. Vanderblits Ichiro at Maisous Latlltte in France last Friday. A special train will be provided at the close of tho Coeur dAlene meeting to transport to Juarez such horses as may be raced there during the winter. Starter Mars Cassidy has placed Donau and Tony W. on the schooling list at Latonia and declares they will stay there until they become better post actors. Beggarman, a steeplechaser belonging to W. A. Davis, of Baltimore, was shot at Laurel last Thursday. Beggarman broke a leg and had to be destroyed. General Goodlowe, of the United States Army, presented the victors cup to Lieutenant Tate, who won the Army and Navy Steeplechase with Knight of Elway at Laurel Saturday. J. S. Paul, who bought the stallion Chilton at Saturdays sale of thoroughbreds at. Piinlico, resold the horse to F. Bonsai, who will use him as a hunter, as well as for breeding purposes. Jack Keene and several other trainers from Latonia had arranged for a try-out of their ycavliugs at the Kentucky Association course at Lexingcon Sunday morning, but a heavy rain prevented. At the Longchamps course ,in France, Sunday. W. K. Vandorhilts chestnut colt Montrose II. and his bay colt Petulance ran a dead heat for the Prix de La Aoret. The stake was valued at , the distance being one mile. The stallion Oddfellow died at J. N. Cajnd3ns Hartland Stud, near Versailles. Ky., recently. Oddfellow was a bay horse, foaled in 1SS7, by Barcal-dine, out of Geheimniss, by Koslcruclan. He was the sire of a number of high class horses. In the Manchester, England, museum of natural history is preserved tho bead of a horse that died in that city in 1SS2 at the authentically known ase of sixty-two years. During the large part of this extruded career he was used on the tow-path of the Manchester canal. August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club, and Mrs. Belmont arrived at Lexington Sunday for a brief stay at the Nursery Farm, where Mr. Belmont lias a great stud of thoroughbreds, with the English triple crown winner, Rock Sand, for whicli he paid 25,000, as the premier stallion. Fred Taral has signed a contract as trainer for the Von Weinberg brothers of Germany. j.aral had many offers to train in Austria-Hungary, and, although he disliked to leave Austria, where he was champion jockey for so many years, the tempting salary offered him by tho Von Weinbergs induced him to go to Germany. A breeders race will be run at Laurel this week out of compliment to the army and navy officers who have helped .make the meeting a success. The owner of the winner will get 00, but his horsa will become the property of the association. The association, in turn, Will let the officers of the army and navy draw lots, and the lucky follow will get the horse. Another race, similar to this, will be run and tho winning horse will bo turned over to the Government. Johnson N. Camden has sold his imported thoroughbred stallion Mazagan. slro of Messenger Boy. winner of tho Kentucky Endurance Stakes and of other good race horses, to-Andrew Robertson for export to Australia. Mazagaif will leave Lcxing-tou for Sau Francisco ou Thursday to join the twenty-five other thoroughbreds, including Pianudcs aud The Scribe, with which Mr. Robertson and Dr. Leach are waiting at Oakland race track for a boat to Melbourne. It was said yesterday by those in authority that the attendance at Laurel has averaged a little short of C.000 a lay. The receipts at the gate, it is reported, including admissious paid to the fair grounds, have been near 30,000. H. D. Brown says he had no idea that this venture would prove so successful at the first attempt. Baltimore Suu. Tho roster of officials for the Norfolk meeting follows: Stewards, Frank J. Bryan representing the Jockey Club, two other stewards to be named later; judges, Edward Cole and F. G. Gerhardv; starter. A. B. Dnde; clerk of the scales. J. Horsford Smith; paddock and patrol judge, II. P. Conkling; clerk ct the course and handicapper, F. W. Gerhardy; assistant clerk of the course and entry clerk, Joseph McLennan. 1 am informed on the lest authority that the stories afloat to the effect that James R. Keene has sold his splendid horse Ballot to the Germans are absolutely incorrect. I understand, indeed, he is much more likely to be brought over here. This would be a great thing, as we sadly require in England a good male descendant of Hermit, and Ballot is about the best that could be found anvwhnre. Audax in Horse and Hound. Jockey James Butwell, who has ridden with great success during the past season In Russia, has returned to New York. After leaving Russia Butwell visited Germany and France and it is his lutentiou to again go abroad next spring, though ho has not yet signed any contract. Ho says ho was offered an engagement by Frank J. Gould to rido in France, but that he has not ncceptod. Johnny Relft has been doing most of the riding for Mr. Gould, and has been wouderfully successful during the past season.
