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NOTES OF THE TURF Ticket of Leave is reported to have injured a leg in shipment from Bclmont Park to Piping Hock HockNick Nick Chandler a steeplechase jockey of other days is now handling a number of hunters at Pipitig Hock HockMatt Matt Byrne one of the oldtime trainers who handled the J B Haggin Marcus Daly and Dwyer Bros horses has a farm near Eatontown N J to which he devotes his attention nowadays nowadaysIt It was F Ambrose Clark who bid up R T Wilsons Lysander from 1400 to 2000 on Fri ¬ day last Mr Clark explained that he believed Ly ¬ sander had been entered for less than his real value valueJohn John Iluggins has arrived at New York after spending the winter at his ranch in Fnlcher Fort Bend County Texas He has not been active in training horses since racing was suspended In New York three years ago agoThe The court grandstand at Hurst Park in England wjus destroyed by fire Sunday night The flames spread to the other stands of the famous race course and also to the stables The fire is believed to bo the work of the militant suffragettes suffragettesTlie Tlie admission of several thousand persons free speaks for itself said August Belmont as be viewed the crowd in the infield at Belmont Park Fri ¬ day It would be hard to find a better behaved gathering anywhere The experiment will become a fixture fixtureMeetings Meetings at Anaconda Deer Lodge Great Falls and Helena Mont will follow the closing of tins thirtydays meetings at Butte on August 0 The stakes of the Montana State Fair will be the samo as last year with a 1500 handicap at 1 1S miles as the feature featureSeveral Several horses were sold at auction at Douglas Park Saturday J Greeiilnrg secured Jack Crowdus for 70 K C Crockett bought Little Baker for 200 George Parsons bought El Yutan for 110 Hose Patrick went to O II Chcnault for 100 and Golden Pearl was sold to George Faring for UO UOJoe Joe Clark alleged to be a taker of bets was es ¬ corted out of the Belmont Park enclosure by the Pinkertons after the first race on Friday last and was informed that he could not return The Pinker tons were on the lookout for one Jake Munzingcr who was ejected from the grounds at Piping Hotk on Thursday but he didnt appear appearThe The Westchestcr Haciiig Association lias increased the added money for all steeplechases scheduled for the Belmont Park meeting The jumping event that was carded for July 4 has been declared off and the Liberty Steeplechase 1000 added lias been substituted Witli one exception all of tho other crosscountry overnight events call for JOO each eachNews News of the death of Douglas II Grand a dealer and horseman of international note on May 17 at his home in England has been received He was a brother of W I Grand formerly of the American Horse Exchange and the TiclienorGrand Company and had shipped many famous race horses hackneys hunters and show horses from England to the United States He was a native of Canada ami was fiftyfive years old
