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NOTES OF THE TURF. Kiitrie- . me today for tic Kings Plate sad Breeders Mapit I. eat and Smiliv stake- of the On tarl« Jo.-ki i iii.. ah are tor Cm. op. in bred harass. in tie- opinion r,f s French Jockey club official Mr. Vanderbilt i Derby candidate. Moatroae y . h 10 [p.mds better than his nearest competitor. Bo inagny. The New Yoik Legislature hat adopted a resolution providing t r adjournment ,.u March 2H. raring i- to net aaj relief la Nea v.k state. ;i W ill - Oil be l.lloW II Philip -I. Bwyer, presldenl of t;,. Brooklyn and Qtie«-ns County Jo. Key luhs will leave v . Verb in a few days for Hot Springs AiK.. where hi will i. -ii. i,n until early in Ap. II. Pink Coat, winter of the American and St. Louis |.,;,,-,- ,.i [898, has j n -1 been purchased foe the Breed lug Bureau of the Jockey club. New York, and , • . " . will be located at Ringhampton. N. Y.. on the firm of Willis Sharp Kilmer. A representative of a prominent BagUaa breeder reaeatly offered B. II. McCartet Potter, owner of the Request Stud. . 7. i for his stallion. Knight of the Thistle. Mr. Potter refused the offer, ami when asked to name his price said that he would not take less than 912,000, and that even at that figure he is not fitapooei to part with the horse. A well known eastern society woman interested in racing is Mrs. G. Foster Rawlins, who breeds her own horses at Red Bank. N. J. This year She has under the care of John Hyland the three year-old Marshland, which as a yearling was entered in the Epsoui Derby of 191- by Mrs. Rawlins, bat which was not good enough to send abroad. In his training methods at St. Louis De Poissv. Frame, William Duke, who bandies W. K. Vander hilts big string of horses, has introduced an inn . ration. Brery trial in which the stable horses take part is photographed for future reference. Thus the manner in which the winner of the trial did bis work is sbowu. so that Mr. Vanderbilt can decide Whether he shall represent the stable.
