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NOTES OF THE TURE. S. C. Hildretli has thittyone horsea, iu charge I i Anvil t l.eliiionl. a! Btdtuont iark. .1. W. Bangle lias purchased Rustic Maid and Milky Way from .lames lit/.. amnions. Jockey Qamta has signed to ride fur William I.. Oliver in Canada this seesoa and will report to him at Montreal next Saturday. There was a slight failing nIT in the patronage of the lnutuels al Piinlico ibis spring. Roughly estimated, 07,000 passed through the machines each day. about . Mil* less per diem tbau was taken in last spring. 1.1 Cole, presiding judge of the Deloriniier Park meeting, iias suspended jockey II. Skirvin indefinitely for the part he played in the fracas with Jockey Monlon. Ihc latter has been suspended until Friday next. H.irk Rosalccn has smh a nervous disposition that she is saddled at her stable, instead of in the paddock, bv special perathndoa of the .bulges at Woodbine, iind led directly to the post, instead of taking part iu the parade. An additional bit of good fortune came to Harry G hidings on Saturday, when My Honey foaled a brother to Beehive, which on that day won the Kings Plate al Woodbine. The new coiner is not a bay. like Beehive, but a chestnut. In point of numbers race course attendances in Amkland compare by no means unfavorably wiih tlcse of Svdne. The population of New South Wabs capital la fully five tlasea thai of Auckland but on Easter Monday there were between 25,000 and :;n.iKMi present at the race meeting in the latter city. -Sydney Referee. Ihc vacant chair in the bulges stand at W 1 bine. Satarday, did not go unnoticed, even in the bustle and crush of Ktags Plate Day. and many were the reverent expressions of regret at the cali-in away of the late Judge Burke, whose services to the turf were so keenly appreciated by all con-iie. te.1 with raeing.--Toronto Globe. It reipiired three cats to transport Harry Payne Whitneys raeiag string, iu charge of .lames Rowe. from Brookdale 1arm to Belmont Park. The ship incut included Meeting House. Cabaret. Borrow. Pandean, which raced in England last year: Pennant, winner of the 1 ulutity of IMS: Forum. Black Broom, Trumps, and a big band of two year-olds. Kei cut arrivals at Belmont Iark Included the b ims ,d Thomas Fortune Bvati. K. T. Wilson. G. Ii Widciicr. .1. II. Lewis, William Hogau. August Belmont. W. D. Althonse, II. W. Sage. c. IT Bobbins, William Garth, Ral Parr. J. Whaleii. James I txsimmons, Thomas Hitchcock, R. I. Miller. Morris Welsh. Cant. E. B. Caaaatt, apt. P. M. Walker. W. Shields and Quiucy Stable. .1. B. .I «d bas purchased at a Ion" figure from lie- Irish owner. Mr. R. Hamilton Stahber, the tli-. v.ar old colt. In h Chief, by Earla Mnr. Some time ago an offer ot 5,000 was declined for the colt, which won tic Kings Plate over a mile and a ball at Tlie Curragh April Meeting. Irish Chief i engaged in the Baldoyle Derby and Irish Derby, the latter being worth 2.000 lOverelgas. He ha= left P. Beh in- stables for England. ■•Your horse ran a splendid race, and deservi d the victory " said the Duchess of Connaught to Harry Gtddiagn, after Beehives victory at Wood bine, Saturday. "I have great pleasure in present ing vou with this trophy." "I congratenlate you heartily." said the Duke, banding iver the parchment fat tlie guineas. "I understand this is not bis Irat victory." "No." replied Mr. Glddings. "It is his seventh win. six last year iu six starts. He has never been beaten." "A remarkable record." commented the Duke. The first thoroughbred sale of the year, in the i ; fet will take place at Belmont Park tomorrow, wicu a baud of two year olds iu training, the prop- I acS of A. B. bpicckels, will go under the hammer. These futi, re racers are the- pineluct of the Napa Stock Farm and all are fit and ready to go to the- i« st. They have been galloped daily on the BelBKtnl coarse and have attracted much attention anionu horsemen by their looks and moves. There an twenty two youngsters in the Id and all are blood relatives to some speedy rac is.
