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NOTES OF THE TURF. II ;. Rcdweil is pointing l.raw Cunarder lor the Dsrval Derhg. Praetorian is in a bad way and will not race again foi ■ long lime, it" ever, lie has always lieen a cripple. Frank Wool ton, who has just returned to England from Australia, weighs more than IM pounds, and has no idea of riding in public again. The color line of The Tetrarch can be traced direct I v bark to Alcocks Grey Arabian, which sired Crab in the year 1722, nearly two hundred years Lucien Lyne. noted Kentucky jockey, now riding for Vicomte It- Busseret. Belgium nobleman, won Hire.- races in one day at Brussels, according to a ilMlllia received at Lexington. The attention of horsemen is called to the an lioiuiceiii.nl on page 0 of this issue of Daily Racing 1 uiui relative to tomorrows closing of the stake* lo be run at the Lmpire CMjf track this summer. While at Piuilico last week. August Belmont had : a heart to heart talk with Tommy Mciaggarl. and il is whispered about that this youngster lias a . hanee to gel his license back. The plant of the Montreal Jockey Club at Blue • Bonn, ts is now undergoing I I borough overhauling. Work on the rebuilding of the jumps ol the steeplechase course has been commenced, while the trad. is already in splendid condition. An effort is to be made again this season to train [ George .1. longs Rood horse. Free Lance, which . broke down in training as ■ three-year-old in inland has not since raced, lie was mated with a lew ■ mares at the Bashford Manor farm of his ow uer this ; s-pring. II is said that there are a number of really good , I wo real olds being held in reserve for the race 8 around New York. James Bowe has several high claaa youngster*, the property of Harry Payne Whit ney, which are said to be belter Ulan anything ; ci shown. I he sianding of the leading steeplechase jockey-in France up lo the beginning of the present month, • was us follows: V. Powers, twenty eight lirsts: ■ W. Ilk-ad. twenty six lirsts; Partreinetit, .twenty four lirsts.: A. Carter, twenty lirsts: F. Williams, ■ tiftecn lirsts. In commemoration of Lukes victory in the e Breeders Futurity, J. N. Camden has presented J. . i Lcciie with a season lo leter Quince. Mr. kceiie • Will send lhebe GL, by Mazagan -Amy J., by l.eii-dorau. dam r Mr. Camdens third successive Hi-turlty - winner, and the offspring of this union will 1 he one of the most fashionably bred foals in America. A crowd hungry for the lieginning of the regular r New York racing season whetted their appetites si ill 1 anther Saturday by turning out in large number* s lor the lirst Of the two day inciting of the I lilted I limns Racing Association, held over the picturesque .■ course at Belmont Park Terminal. So great was the .■ throng when the sport really got under way that the • society element which usually predominates at hunt i meetings was in the minority. I he chief trouble confronting Secretary Fraser in connection with the coming Woodbine meeting is to provide siahling acCommedatiOBa for all the horses s whose ownera desire to race for the Ontario .lockev s i hihs rich pri/.es. The public will be suitably *, accom dated DOW with the big new stand, and 1 the idling up of Ashbritlge Bay by the Harbor L; Commission work will eventually make solid ground light across lo Fishermaus Island, so that slables s can be built to the south and west of the course. " -Toronto alike. .1 97 Schon- has purchased from .apt. J. Breckinridge - ilev. two promising yearling allies, one being R a chestnut by Star Shoot— Linora by Linden, and the other a chestnut by leter Quiuct — Tcboupetoulas bv Ban Yan. Mr. Schorr last year purchased from Mr Viley a vearling chestnut colt out of Tchoupet-oulas by Peter Quince, paying for the youngster. ,230 almost a record price for a yearling m 1913. 1 .. This coll has been named F.ddie Helling and reports have it that lie is coming along in a satis factory maimer. The lirst supplement to the latest volume of Ihe * Fn_li-h Stud Book has fast been issued. This shows 8 thai •"• 180 marcs produced foals. 1,092 of which were colls and 1 57s lillies. The total is an advance * of IM over those of the previous year. Barn 2 n wares numbered 1.238 last year, as against 1,41s 5 in 1912 The total number of mans accounted lor 1 i- :, 504 as against 5.507 in IMS, 5,581 in 1911. ,, :. 129 in 1910, and ."..277 in MM, which goes to show that there is a gradual but continued increase ; in the number of thoroughbred broodmares in Lug - i ;. i. . i ILL-
