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NOTES OF THE TURF 4operty of J L Holland will b SAM at auction iu Uiu paddock at Laurel Saturday October 2 They are the get of Martinet and John 1 1John John W Schorr has purchased from John E Madden for 3500 the yearling brother to Star Charter by Star Shoot Charter Queen The coll lias been sent to E R Bradleys Idle Hour Farm to Ice trained trainedJockey Jockey Jalmson who has been frequently su neuCed by starter Cassidy during the fall meeting at Douglas Park has gone to Oakland Cal his honu and Will ridu no more until the opening of the wii ler meeting of the Jockey Club Juarez JuarezMajor Major F A DaingerlitId is reported to have asked for n price on Trance for breeding purposes J R Walnwright proposes to sell Royal Captive whose lays of usefulness as a racer are over to one of sev ¬ eral breeders who are anxious to obtain her herWilliam William Hurley has arrived at Louisville from Canada with Cracker Box Booby and Bay of Pleas ¬ ure W E Nunn with Royal Report Woolly Mason and St Ayano and John Walters with six of George M Hendries twoyearolds including Rifle Brigade and Great Britain All these horses are quartered il Churchill Downs DownsA A syndicate of eastern capitalists have taken an option for liftten days on the Ludlovr Lagoon prop ¬ erty in Kentucky near Cincinnati with tho idea of building thereon a race track on which to con ¬ duct thoroughbred racing next season It Is planned to work in harmony with Iitonii and to seek dates from the Kentucky State Racing Commission CommissionAs As showing the uncertainties of dealing in horse flesh a gentleman after the Inaugural Handicap at Laurel had been run and Froglegs had made Mich n sreat showing brought to mind the fact that during the last winter of racing at Jacksonville the owner of the Masotto colt tried hard to trade Froglegs and throe other horses for Gold Mine which had shown well at the winter track Gold Mine would not be worth a hair in Froglegs tail HOW Baltimore News NewsTho Tho Baltimore News iu the course of comment on racing as conducted at Laurel suys that the towns ¬ people have reaped a decided financial benefit from the EiMjrt and are heartily In favor of it One or two preachers compose the opposition which it pays is inactive due to the fact that it is recog ¬ nized that the Laurel track is operating legally ami oould not be wiped out except l y action of th Leellaturo which will not meet again until 1914 1914The The death of Capt T B Merry Hidalgo n iorted last week occurred by his own baud He had een showing slgns t dtsjKJndcncy and his absence from home alarmed his wife Slip asked the aid of the police aud be was found aloiif reading iu tin grandstand of the Portland Ore rac couni When told that lit was wanted at home Captain Merry fcked to bo excused for a moment stepped into a Hmall room in the grandstand and immediately shot himself through the heart He was seventyclclit Tears old
