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NOTES OF THE TURF TURFThe The Earl of Aberdeen who was little interested in racing when governorgeneral of Canada is a frequent attendant now at meetings as the Viceroy of Ireland The Aberdeens entertained large parties for the recent Puuchestown races racesJames James McLaughliu was particularly pleased over the recent steeplechase victory of Day Bell at Pim lico because Day Bell is a brother to his good stake winner of former years Oxford Day Bell is one of the last of the get of Faraday and was bred by R J Waldeu at Bowling Brook Stud in Maryland MarylandKing King George was a visitor at Epsom for the run ¬ ning of the City and Suburban Handicap He will IK seen a good deal at race meetings this season It is exacted says The Pall Mall Gazette that the king will atteud Newmarket Epsom Ascot and Goodwood Kempton and Sandown Park may also see his majest and hope is expressed that Don aster will also figure in the royal racing program programStrikes Strikes are so common nowadays that it is not surprising to read of a bookmakers strike At Quamgatook Australia last mouth the books struck when the judge declared the favorite Grind Finch winner of the Featherstone Plate The mem bers of the ring reckoned Portland Lad had won and the stewards must have l een of that wiv of thinking too for they asked the judge to alter a i r rE his decision He refused E Gittings Merryman chairman of the Timonium Racing Committee and Henry J Morris stMvnrli Ili the National Hunt and Stceplociase AssS discussed the great improvements in steeplec on h in at the Pimlico track a day or two an r memories went back to the days when iim i I1 rode old Kiss Me Quick to victory in o f I I This was more than Si1 twenty years sg SJe Si1SJe Mt S8fe When he 2rt oatKJ
