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NOTES OF THE TURF The employees of the parimuluel department at Pimlieo number 107 107The The Russian Ambassador and Madam Bahkinatreff are among the most enthusiastic of the society set that patronize the Pimlieo races racesJingo Jingo which Harry Rites sold for 5000 and which is now in Silas Vcitchs stable at Pimlieo is a little under tho weather and may not be seen in action during the Pimlieo meeting meetingAmong Among those who attended the funeral of the late John S McDonald at New York Thursday were James Butler J G Follansbee Thomas J Healey F E Smiithers J B Regan John A Drake James R Rrady Philip J Dwyer John Cavanagh and Malt J Winn WinnNever Never in the history of Pimlieo racing have so many horses of good quality been available for filling the races The stall capacity at the track and within a reasonable radius has been completely ex ¬ hausted and accommodations have necessarily been denied many applicants applicantsR R T Wilsons Flying Yankee is showing promis ¬ ing form in liis trials over the jumps and it is pre ¬ dicted that he will become a crack steeplechaser He was a useful racer on the fiat last season and is of better calibre than the horses that ordinarily are developed for jumping jumpingAmong Among the events recorded in Ids book Sixty Years on the Turf the late Geo Hodgmau did not include ono story of himself which is said to be quite true lie had a horse in a small race at Not ¬ tingham and backed it all over England where there was a shilling to be had at any price there being in those days plenty of list betting He got every ¬ thing else that was likely to run out of tin way but as a walkover Would have rendered void this bets a worthless animal belonging to somebody else Was sent to the post to make a race Mr Hodg mans horse overpowered his jockey and jumped the rails lib refused to jump back again and the other horse had to go on and win Mr Hodgman died a poor man Toronto Glolx
