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NOTES OF THE TURF. John s. McDonald, who is abroad, recently bought eighteen broodmares in different parts of England The two year olds The Crown and Copernicus were shipped last week from this country to join the stable of Louis Wiiians. in England. The Crown is a brother to Star Charter. Please Welles, the best or the i wo year old lilies so far shown at Palmetto Park, has plenty of size and is of good conformation. Jockey C. Peak, who has gene to Juarez from Charleston to ride for It. 1-. Carman, later will go to Kentucky srith the Carman racing establishment. Peak was under contract to Mr. Canaan last season when he suffered suspension for rough riding. Jockey .1. Wilson, who has signed to ride for 1. W. Schorr during the coming season, brought back with him from France a letter of commendation from the French Jockey club stewards under whose Jurisdiction he rode last year. Al Thursdays Steering of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, when the matter of requiring the various racing associations of tin- state to increase stake and purse values was under consider a tion. it was at first proposed that SI. Mil be th minimum amount of added money for slakes at Lex Ington and .S4 ii for purses. The rule which the commission formulated to vote upon March 10 pro oiis for 50 and 50. respectively. The raloea at Louisville and l.atonia were set as petitioned for. It transpires iimi the BBtl-bookasaking and anl -poolsclling legislation enacted in Utah a few days ago js ii. I designed to interfere with oral betting. An amendment to over oral betting was beaten in the lower houae just before final action was taken on the measure. The bill as it now stands makes bookmaking a felony, punishable by a term of one year in the states prison or by a tine of not exceeding . or both. The Tbornley bill in the Senate, originally a duplicate of the Mabey bill, which passed the lower house, was amended by the Senate to make the penalty, in addition to a two-years" prison sentence, a fine of .*." . 000.
