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NOTES OF THE TURF Ringmaster whose death is reported from Toronto won fifteen races tlirough the field in his two sea ¬ sons of racing racingThe The disqualification of The Busybody was the first that had occurred to any of G K Tompkins horses in a racing experience of thirty years It hurt too because Mr Tompkins had one of the few mutuel tickets issued on his filly fillyNovelty Novelty one of the horses that S C Ilildreth took to France to train for Cnarles Kohler won the Handicap de la Tamise worth 5000 at the Mai sons Lalfitte track in Paris Monday Novelty won by a head from Harry La Montagues Hampton Court which was at one time a member of the Ilildreth establishment On the same day T P Thomes Otchika won the Prix de la Dordogne in which W K Vaudurhilts Tessiu was third and Frank J Goulds Jarre Mere captured the Prix de la Manche MancheMose Mose Goldblatr now that he has had Mary Emily tired will have to rely on Descendant to win a purse for him at Douglas Park this fall Mr Goldblatt disposed of the filly Dottio B at Butte He did not think she would ever again stand training so lie gave the daughter of Six Shooter siway siwayFive Five thousand persons were on hand for the re ¬ vival of thoroughbred racing in St Louis in con ¬ nection witli the Universal Exposition at the Max wcllton track Monday The winners included Dan ¬ ger Mark Hqseburg IV and Defy Jockey Ganz was slightly injured when Danger Mark fell with him after winning the opening race raceE E H Bradley now has eighteen yearlings to train for next seasons racing He says he bought the I Cock Sand Fairy Slipper Celt Handmaid and the Voter lap and Bells colts at the recent Lexington sale with a view to their future use as sires at Idle Hour Farm Stallions of merit are getting scarce in Kentucky and elsewhere in America and this is the sort of blood breeders in this country should reserve he believes believesGeorge George Stoll owner of the Meadows Stud at Lex ¬ ington has six yearlings that he is himself han ¬ dling with a view to racing the whole lot next year They are all by Nasturtium and the colts are out of California Highland Princess Katy of the AVest and Aunt Bet while the fillies are out of Merrily and Scattercash The colt out of Katy of the West is a halfbrother to the mighty Ilermta and is described as the best looking foal his dain has dropped since she threw the wonderful little red horse horseIlighbridge Ilighbridge which won at Woodbine last Satur ¬ day is the property of J 1C Fell of Philadelphia anil has won high jumping competitions in the ring Mr Fell intends to spend the winter hunting in England and will take Ilighbridge over to run in the worlds greatest crosscountry event the Liverpool Grand National on the last Friday in March Ilighbridge runs well under good weight and on Saturday he never even touched the brush of the last bank after going two miles milesA A West Australian jockey Joe Trenoweth who is at present serving a twoyears term of disqualifica ¬ tion inflicted oil him by the stewards at one of last years Goldfielus winter meetings has just been granted permission to work in a stable and ride track work Trenoweth after his disciplining in ¬ stituted legal proceedings against the West Aus ¬ tralian Turf Club in connection with his enforced holiday alleging that that body was thereby de ¬ priving him of his livelihood but the courts ver ¬ dict was in favor of the Turf Club ClubII II D Brown was at Havre de Grace a day or two ago full of enthusiasm over his coming meeting at Laurel He said it would be impossible to ac ¬ commodate all the horses intending to race at the track and that it would be necessary for a de ¬ tachment to stable at Benning Mr Brown lias the fair end of the meeting much at heart and said that he proposed to give Laurel the best agricultural fair in the country He contracted for more than a million feet of lumber from Florida to put up buildings to accommodate the exhibits Trotting races and a horse show have been planned for dur ¬ ing tbe meeting
