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NOTES OF THE TURF TURFRockville Rockville the champion of the stable of J E Seagram was sent from Fort Erie to tho farm at Waterloo ami will IK out of training for the rest of the season A suspicious tendon caused his re ¬ tirement tirementThe The race for the Prix la Camargo at Maisons La IBtte in France Sunday was won by M Blancs Marka ridden by Stern W K Vandcrhilts Hal lerlc witli ONeill up finished second There were uJeven starters startersThe The Latonla contingent on the Canadian circuit Includes many lino horses this year Kcntuckians have all round better horses than in the past for the reason that there being no New York buyers for several seasons the best of those bred in the blue grass have not passed to eastern owners Stables that had been doing well until the Fort Erie meet Ing failed to hold their own last week The Schorr horses could win only ono nice That was with Leochares and it cost a thousand dollars to keep the colt The i oor fortune that attended Dick Wat kins at Hamilton followed him to Fort Erie where he could not win a race and only once got as good a place as second Francis Nelson in Toronto Globe GlobeA A well defined rumor is in circulation that under certain conditions Elkwood Park Long Branch may provide racing two days a week for the rest of the summer At the track on Saturday this report was on the tip of the tongue but nobody in author ¬ ity would confirm it That the tip had gone out however seemed certain inasmuch as several promi ¬ nent bookmakers came all the way from Canada to look over the ground The constitutional amendment passed In New Jersey in 1802 closing all tracks ex ¬ pires the coming fall and many residents of Long Branch say they intend to make a strong effort to restore racing The passing of Monmouth Park they declare was a blow from which the famous resort has never recovered New York Sun
