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j s MCDONALD DIES IN EAST New York April 0 Tolm S McDonald widely known to turfmen as Boston Jack died on Mon ¬ day last at his homo 74 West Sixtyninth street in this city For ye rs Mr McDonald has suffered from asthma and bn ncliitis and his heart was so weakened that he sucumbcd to an attack Monday morning He was bo n in Andover Mass fiftynine years ago and came o tills city when a youth r twelve years lie wrote turf and sporting news fir the New York Tribune sind made an extensive c quaintaucc atul learned to be a judge of blood d stock For the last ten years hi purchased hors s Tor the Vanderbilts the late James H Keene a d others and for several years was horse buyer in tl is country for Lord North the Nitrate King Ht leaves a widow but no children His funeral was held this morning at 10 oclock at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Ilroadway and Seventyfirst street
