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NOTES OF THE TURF Swannauoa recently picked up a nail while at work and is temporarily out o training as a conse ¬ quence quenceThe The attendance at the Willows course at Victoria R C oil the day of the GovernorGenerals visit to the races was estimated at 15000 15000The The Canadian Breeding Bureau stallion Oiseau Is now stationed with Capt Douglas Young at the bar ¬ racks St Johns Quebec and was mated with nearly nil the best thoroughbred mares in Montreal last spring springW W Noe who has charge of the horses owned by J Greer Chapman of Montreal which include Dorein III Valiant Prince and Magpie a recent purchase from Mrs L A Livingston will winter them nt Washington WashingtonMatt Matt Feakcs who trained Sotcmia winner of the Kentucky Endurance Stakes was in his early days famous as a skilled jockey He rode many brilliant races and was for several years employed as chief jockey by the late P Lorillard It was Mr Lorii lard who established Raucocas Farm where the win ¬ ner of the recent fourmile race was bred foaled and raised Fcakes has had charge of Mrs Liv ¬ ingstons stable for a number of years W K Vanderbilts Ilallerie carried off first hon ¬ ors at Saint Cloud in France Monday in the Prix du BienAller of 4000 francs for twoyearolds dis ¬ tance 1500 meters Eleven other horses ran jockey Bellhouse being up on the American winner H B Duryeas Irishman ran second in the Prix des Brisees of 6000 francs for threeyearolds and upward The distance was 2000 meters and six horses ran Tno winner of the race was M Smets Epinay McGue rode the Duryea horse and Bellhouse the winner winnerH H P Whitneys Stung Again ran second In the Bestwood Nursery Plato Handicap of 200 sovereigns for twoyearolds run at the Nottingham Autumn Meeting iu England Monday The distance was fiveeighths and sixteen other horses ran The win ¬ ner of the race was Lord Wolvertons filly by Missel Thrush Bramble Jelly August Belmonts Monotone won the Rufford Abbey Maiden Plate of 103 sover ¬ eigns for threeyearolds and upward The distance was one mile and only two other horses ran J W Larnrichs Book Muslin was second and T Jennlngs Wheat Sheaf was third thirdTrainer Trainer James Gass passed through Louisville Tuesday on his way to Porter Ind where he will race the string of G W J Bissell during the coming fifteendays meeting of the Mineral Springs Jockev Club He has a string of five to race there and will then go back to Kentucky and wind up the season at Latonia Those he shipped to the Indiana track are Counterpart Pink Lady Pretty Molly Jack of Hearts and Ethclda Mr Gass left the Bissell string of yearlings seven in number at the Kentucky Asso ¬ ciation track at Lexington He will take a division bf the Bissell stable to Juarez JuarezGeorge George B Ott of Lexington Ky has what he regards as the greatest yearling colt he ever raised He is a brown in color by The Scribe Big Goose and when weighed recently tipped the scales at 915 pounds He is a halfbrother to the stake winner Golden Egg and now stands fifteen hands one and oneeighth inches high Mr Ott also owns a good looking colt by The Scribe Meddlesome She by Meddler which is a halfbrother to the good two yearold winner Foundation The Lexington turf ¬ man has Golden Egg in training at the Lexington course and hopes to be able to get the daughter of Cesarion to the races at Latonia this fall
