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NOTES OF THE TURF Kaciug men will be gjad to learn that the Duke of Connaiight a good friend of racing whose term as GovernorGeneral of Canada will expire next Oe tolwr has accepted an extension for one year yearWhile While schooling a horse over the jumps at Belmont Park Saturday Koswell York a jockey in the employ of Thomas F Ityau was thrown and so badly hurt that he was taken to St Marys Hospital Jamaica JamaicaThere There will be no public sale of the Valley Farms yearlings this year the whole crop having been pur ¬ chased by Col Hon J S Hendrie They nuiiiher eight only one of which is a filly Martimas and David Garrick are the sires represented representedGeorge George J Long one of the Louisville members of the Kentucky State Kacing Commission has returned from a business trip to New York He seems to think that racing conditions will be much improved in another year in New York state Mr Long hopes to be able to spend some of the summer at Saratoga where his stable in charge of trainer P Coyne will race Free Lance the star of the stable is doing well in training trainingTattersalls Tattersalls the most famous horse sales mart in the south was destroyed by fire at Lexington Sunday afternoon Twentylive head of saddle and harness horses owned by various noted horse fanciers per ¬ ished The sales barn owned by Harbison Jewell and Patterson was destroyed for the third time inside of twenty years K E Moreland Mat S Cohen W S Baker and W T Griffy were large losers The barn valued at 18000 was partially insured Lut 50000 worth of equipment was lost
