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NOTES OF THE TUEI. Racing Secretary Jasper, who has been confined to hi- hold at MI Daso with rheumatism for the pa-, two week-, is recovering and will again be al his Juan/, poet within a tew days. M Fischers Tripot. with Jockey V. Powers riding finished first iu a in-ld of six horses iu the Prix de m Societe de- Steeple Chases, which wa- run al .Nice, iu France. Thursday. Ten francs m Tripot yielded a return of 133. The .Newbury. Ettg., race coarse i- almost within walking distance of training quarters at which oearlj two thousand horses are trained, iim- ren dering it practically independent of Newmarket su,i port. The course is one ,,r i lie be-t iii England. The success of Kentuckj Girl, a three -year-old bv Maria Santa Belle of 0 monde. in a mile race .,• Canterbury Dark, m-.-i, Melbourne, brings mil in • comment in an Australian paper that tin horses r ceiilly sent there from America have Mot amounted to much, .. T. Patterson has in his racing siring at Charles toil a two-year-old chestnut coll bv star Shoot Ni-bii which Robert Davies of Toronto purchased la-t spring, but declined to accept on deliver] h can- ,,f lameness. Tin- ,oit has since worked extra well for Mr. Patterson. T. D. Sullivan lias been ordered placed under ser manenl restraint at -ow York upon the initiative , hi- relative-, lb- i- said to be suffering from pare-i-and lo he posse--e,l of hallucination- that rendered this -up necessary. Proper steps are being taken to protect hi- property Interests. The certificate of ihe election ol director- of the Brooklyn Jockey club at the annual meeting on Monday last ha- been filed in tie- County Clerks office ai Brooklyn. The directors are Philip .1. Dw.ver. .lames Sbevlln, Robert l-urev. William . Courtney, .lames Hyde ami F. Rehberger. Louis inaiis i.ieson Park finished second in Ho-Model ate hurdle race ol eightj five sovereigns for four-year-olds ami upward, distance two mile-, winch was tun at ihe .lauuar.v meeting al OutWick, .u England, Thursday. The race was won by R Wrights Wiseton 11.. and . W. It. Kings Serve t us •v - thir I. Fifteen horse- ran. • if ihe directors recently elected by the Snratoga Association for ihe Improvement ■•! the Br I •» Horses Frank 1.. Burton wa- elected to till th-vacancy caused by Ihe death of .1. H. Alexandre, ami Frederick n. Von Stade lo mi the racaac. caused bv the death of .lames R. Kei The hoard ,,i directors will be ailed together within a -hii lime to eleel officers and transact Ihe business far the coming season. Then- was a bit of a fiasco al the !■, it meeting at Cue. West Australia, -avs a Perth paper. Four bookmakers objected to pay the fee of .-? ;r each, seeing that there were onij about 150 person* present, ami lhat only .SL.iii wa- offered in stakes A- the ehrt would not reduce the fee. the i o ,k makers refused to stand up. ami an official of the dub operati 1 on behalf of the dub. iu sympathv with the bookmaker-. II is presumed, two or thrc-owners withdrew their horses, while the Jockeys al- , "c,i oi, strike, in one race ail ih.- amateur riders ■ i fifty-six pounds overweight.
