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NOTES OF THE TURF Follic Levy has bad forelegs forelegsJ J B Rcspess Ruvoca has been gelded and will be retired for the season seasonM M C Prichard has about concluded to close out his stable of twoyearolds during the coming meet ing at Churchill Downs DownsJockeys Jockeys Gross and Knapp who finished first and second in the St Louis Cup each received from H G Bedwcll a fee of 200 Besides their expenses expensesThe The good fouryearold Forehead In Neil Enrights string at Douglas Park has been gelded and will bo turned out until next year He will also probably be fired shortly shortlyTracery Tracery and Rock Flint botli sons of Rock Sand but bred in America ue regarded as the best throe and the best twoyearold of the English season The latter is owned by Mr Bcddiugton who bought him for 3000 at the yearling sale at Newmarket NewmarketCiicrl Ciicrl R Halbronn the wellknown French auc ¬ tioneer and breeder will arrive in New York about October 5 Mr Halbroun conies to the United States for thevpurpose of studying important questions of breeding and to pay a visit to our principal owners ownersA A dispatch from Lexington conveys the informa ¬ tion that iu accordance with the custom of bis for fathers August Belmout distributed 10000 to com ¬ memorate his St Lcger success among his employes at the Nursery Stud Saturday before returning to New York YorkE E R Bradley will privately dispose of ten of his yearlings this fall and retain eight to race in his own colors With the big stable of old horses he now owns he figures that eight twoyearolds will be as many as he can campaign next year This will give him one of the biggest strings In training in America in 1913 J E Widener lias decided to keep his marcs and the stallion Garry Herrmann at Waldeck Farm in Kentucky the coming winter and also the eight weanlings produced by his marcs this season These youngsters are about equally divided between colts and fillies Six of them arc by Garry Herrmann and two by Peep o Day DayIt It was deemed worthy of note in an English sport ¬ ing paper that the riders of only four of the four ¬ teen starters iuthcJjU Leger wore spurs That is out of all proiwrtloh to the use of spurs In Canadian racing Not one horse in fifty at Woodbine is ridden with spurs and they are frequently never seen in a whole days racing Toronto Globe J Hal Woodforil was a recent visitor at Douglas Park He has eleven yearlings which are being handled by Dan Stewart at Lexington Eight are fillies and three arc colts they being the get of such sires as Star Shoot Plaudit Orlando Dick Welles and Transvaal He is figuring on sending some of these youngsters to Juarez the coining winter winterIt It is the ambition of Colonel Matt J Winu to eventually make the Kentucky Endurance Stakes a 50000 event and one of the most notable turf fixtures in the whole world The extent of the in ¬ terest aroused in this event this season may be inferred from the fact that parties are being made up all over the south for the purpose of journeying to Louisville for the running of the race raceBcllhouso Bcllhouso came from France to ride Tracery in the St Leger and as far as our home talent is concerned it is to say the least humiliating to reflect that of the seasons classic races the Two Thousand Guineas winner Sweeper II was ridden by an American that of the One Thousand Guineas Tagalio by an Australian that of the Derby Tagalie by J Reiff an American and that of the Oaks Mirska by J Childs from France London Sportsman SportsmanThough Though Winnie OConnor has bad his collarbone broken twelve times in three years he prefers steeplechase riding because of its sporting chances and interest OConnor went over the Woodbine field at Toronto a day or two ago and declared it a difficult course The fences in France are mainly hedges and a horse that strikes them will break through without the same likelihood of a fall as if he makes a mistake over a course like that at Woodbine WoodbineIt It is worth recording that since the year 1890 Sir Tat ton Sykes has sold at Doncaster 203 yearlings at an aggregate of 1370000 an average of nearly 0015 The sum of 158400 obtained for fourteen yearlings this fall by Sir Tattou Sykes Is a record for Doncaster but not a record for the English sale riug When the late Duke of Westminsters twelve yearlings were sold in 1900 they brought an aggrc gate of 216500 an average of 18040 included among these being Sceptre SceptreRock Rock Sand though lost to all English breeders save those that can afford to send mares to America is making a great name for himself and was yester ¬ day represented by the two hig winners at Doa caster both Rock Flint and Tracery having inherited all the fine staying qualities of their sire We coulu have afforded to lose any sire other than Rock Sand whose gameness has apparently been handed down to his offspring through the Lord Clifton line Loa lou Sporting Life Sept 12 12At At a recent meeting of the South African Jockey Club a sum of 11250 was voted to assist clubs in promoting races for horses bred in this country The South African Turf Club the Kimberley Turf Club the Blocmforitein Sporting Club the West Rand Racing Club arid the Pretoria Racing Club each receive 1250 while 1000 has been placed sit the disposal of each of the local executives for dis ¬ tribution among the smaljer clubs in their districts with the same object in view viewW W W Darden has had two additions to his stable at Douglas Park in a pair of good looking yearlings which lie bred iu Tennessee One is a chestnut colt by Ivan the Terrible Nannie Hodge and the other is a bay colt by Monsieur Beaucaire Percita The latter is a half brother to H G Bedwells noted horse Prince Ahmed while the former is a brother to Little Father and a half Brother to the promising twoyearold Terrible Bill Mr Darden has only a limited number of mares in tlie stud but their pro ¬ duce race well and for a four horse string his stable at Douglas Park is hard to beat embracing as it does such useful racers as Little Father Bruce Rice Terrible Bill and Reciprocity He now has Ivan the Terrible and Monsieur Beaueaire in the stud
