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NOTES OF THE TURF Lww Marion will rest m = i iuntil until fall fallJockey Jockey 1 Hanover his signed a contract lo ride for the Quiney Stable StableIt It is reported that the Belmont Park meeting which ended Saturday was conducted at a profit of 00000 00000Starter Starter Mars Cassidy left Cincinnati yesterday for Saratoga where he will do the starting during the twentylive days racing meeting beginning Aug ¬ ust 2 2E E R Bradley before leaving Latonia for Chi ¬ cago gave Mosv Ooldblntt representing J Living ¬ ston an option on the twoyearold colts Boots and Saddle and Black Toney The price asked for the colts is 25000 25000Dark Dark Ronald left England June 2 for Germany He was sold some time ago to the Prussian govern ¬ ment subject to being passed sound by the vet This has lieeii done It is understood that the pHe j paid for the horse was 125000 125000The The program for the two days running races to be held in conjunction with the New York State Fair at Syracuse N Y September 12 and 1 has been announced Tun races live each day have been scheduled with 400 in added money moneyAlthough Although various improvements will be made at the Havre de Grace track this summer officials of the llarford County Agriculture and Breeders As ¬ sociation have decided that It will be impracti ¬ cable to build a steeplechase course before the open ¬ ing of the autumn meeting in September SeptemberDistrict District Attorney Charles N Wvsong of Nassau County N Y in a letter sent to Governor Sulzer intimates that If a special term of the Supreme Court is held to pass upon and thoroughly investigate evidences of alleged bookmaking at Belmont Park he will present evidence that has been collected far some weeks weeksThe The racing season just closed in Kentucky has shown that all classes of bettors are at last begin ¬ ning to completely understand the parimutuel system of wagering and racing under this system of betting is daily becoming more popular In the face of the severest early summer weather known in the history of the Latonia course the attedance each day was an improvement over that in previous years Louisville CourierJournal CourierJournalThe The stewards of the Irish Turf Club have decided to increase the value of the Irlsb Derby for 1915 entries for which close this month to 12500 so that the event will have a distinctive value over all other races In Ireland The Irish Oaks will also be much improved Its distance at present is a mile and its value only 1509 Two seasons hence it will be worth 5000 and will be brought into line with the Epsom event after which It takes its name being run over a mile and a half halfAmericans Americans who attended in large numbers tlij races at MaisonsLnlUttc In France on Sunday when the Prix du President de la Republique worth 20000 was contested found consolation in the fact that Frank ONeill the American jockey roda G C Watsons Predlcateur the winner of the big race as well as two other winners Hyovava in fie Prix de Grignon and La Farina in the Prix Seasick Eleven Americanowned horses representing the stables of Messrs Durvea August Belmont Frank Jay Gould and Charles Carroll took part in the races racesOne One of the best meetings Latonia ever had is over The meeting was a corker up to the time the hot wave struck here and after that things began to drag Many stayed away from the track and this kept the betting down Then again many owners did not care to take a chance on running their horses in the extremely hot weather which Cincinnati had for the last two weeks The hot weather again leads to the argument that Lexington should start the season a week or two earlier Rising in Ken ¬ tucky didnt begin until April 25 which is too late when there are four tracks running Lexington could have opened up at least seven days earlier than it did and this would have let Latonia miss at least one week of the hot weather Cincinnati Enquirer
