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NOTES OF THE TURF. The clubhouse at the Detssar race track, St. Louis, wa- destroyed by tire last Monday A. M. Oipen. who is spendiug a low days in New lock, says that it i- his ambition to breed a winner of the Kii.-s Plate at Toronto. C. Peak, who ha- arrived ai Charleston, i- .--. 1 i-niu tin- horses of J. VV. May and expects to make 108 1 d- riding weight during the winter. Key .1 Oakw I. supposedly the best of the Law lii." .v Cosastock two year old- .11 Charleston, has been on the Kick IS — t since hi- arrival from Call fornia, !. K. Sturgis lias been re 1 ieeted secretary and treasurer of the Jockey Club, while W. S. Voabargh ha- been re-appointed bandlcapper, and Algernon Daiugerneld assistant secretary. Here is what that veteran authority on the tie 1 .Highbred. John Mackey. think- of Argentina a- 1 country ror thoroughbreds: Ml 1- the finest reaut- iv anywhere for the thoroughbred, and I look for the 1,0-: leu- - to ho produced there in the near I" • The crown oi supremacy of England an I continental i:ui..|- will be takes bj the Argentine ;"lk. The 1..-1 racei In Prance Ibis year has an v Kent ii.- dam."
