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NOTES OF THE TURF Jockey J Deavenport is now under contract to X B Davis DavisW W T Anderson has shipped Eyebrow to the Jennings farm in Maryland to l e turned out for the rest of the year yearFifteen Fifteen carloads of horses hare arrived at Wood ¬ bine from Montreal for the meeting of the Ontario Jockey Club scheduled to open on Saturday next nextJockey Jockey C II Shilling had a narrow escape from drowning while bathing at Havre de Grace Monday morning He was seized witn a cramp and was res ¬ cued by the life guards guardsThirteen Thirteen yearlings from W OB Macdonoughs Ormondale Stud in California are to be sold at New ¬ market in England on October 2 Thev are the get of Ossary Orsini Sir Wilfred and Deutschland DeutschlandW W K Vanderbilts Sweetness ridden by F ONeill won the Prix Sablonville at the Bois de Boulogne track in France Sunday Baron Koths childs Sans Le Sou Heiff up was second and J E Wideners Hoi dOr with McGee in he saddle finished third There were eighteen starters startersJ J M Odoin won the race for gentlemen riders in connection with the Kentucky State Fair at Ixiuisville last Saturday He was so exhausted that he had to rest before he could mount the steps to the judges stand to receive the silver trophy which was his reward His experience led him to remark that he understands why jockeys so seldom ride well after an extended absence from the saddle saddleOf Of the fifty races run during the recent meeting at Blue Bonnets twentynine were won by Canadian owners Hon Jeremie Decarie wfio was one of the regular visitors at the track was well pleased with the showing of prorineebrefis in the Provincial Nursery which plainly showed the marked improve ¬ ment in the breed of thorougiiDreds in Montreal It was during the period or his administration of the department of agriculture that a grant was made to the Montreal Jockey Club to he given to the breeders of the first second third and fourth horses to finish in the Kings Plate aiid the Nur
