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NOTES OF THE TURF It is a notable fact that there were no scratches at either Latonia or Laurel yesterday yesterdayThe The meeting at Overland Park Denver has been declared off for want of horses and sufficient patron ¬ age Originally scheduled for twentytwo days it ran for twelve twelveBilly Billy Mackin formerly well known as a book ¬ maker on eastern tracks died recently in New York following a surgical operation He had little oC his betting ring winnings left at the time of his death deathA A report sent out from New York intimates that the Jockey Club may outlaw the meeting which It is proposed to hold at Marlboro Md November 1323 under the auspices of the Southern Maryland Fair Association AssociationW W E Phillips who onco raced English Lad Minnie Adams and George C Benuett has arrived at Latoua from Greenville 111 to see a few days racing He will go to Lexington to secure a place In Kentucky for English Lad to do stud service next season seasonJ J I Smith probably will ship II H Hewitts string of horses to Juarez for the coming whiter meeting He has four horses at present Coy Lad Impression Crenie de Mcnthe and Gil Coy and probably will add several yearlings to the stable ii a few days daysKing King George had the satisfaction pf seeing hto hore Dorando defeat ten others in the Antumn Handicap at Nemuarkct on Cesarewitch day The distance was sevoji furlongs and Dorando ridden by Herbert Jones wan a 10 to 1 chance in the lietting There is no rnyal road to success on the turf and the handicappcr put top weight 150 1 IKmnds on Dorando while the weights on the other twentysix of the original entry ranged down to 84 pounds King George whom tlie enemies of racing represented as intending never to go on the turf ha had far greater success than his father in his first years actfcru connection with the sport
