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NOTES OF THE TURF. L. C. Cowdin has retired Swannanoa to the stud and she has been mated with J. B. Haggins stallion. Sain. The lop weights for the Brooklyn Handicap are: Book View. 128; T.-n Point. 196; Borrow. 124; Meeting Uoase, 120; .Meridian. 120; Buskin, 119. .1. V. Bchorrfl Luke McLake, with His. is top weight among the three year olds. Beceni arrivals at Denver include G. II. Keeae, from Cinelnaatl; J. B. Cipher, from Louisville; J. D. .M ill in. racing partner of the late taesar Young. from Cincinnati: John Graham, from Montreal, and Joseph ;ihs m. from Oklahoma City. Trainer John F. Schorr, ii returning to I.clmont Park from Montreal, when questioned about the Dorval Derby said: "1 have not much to tell .ibout it beyond what has appeared ill tile public prints. I donf think David Craig was the best in the race. He got ..IV well, whereas Lake Mcl.nke got off last aad for a long time was hopelessly out of the running. David Craig got home first, but if there had been another eighth to go Luke McLuke would : in. h have caught and passed him. It made no difference to us which won so far as th money went, inn l merely tell ran this to let yon know 1 think the third horse is a Mag amy the better colt." Overland Park, where the nineteen day race nice! lag of the Denver Fair and Racing Association la now going on. has been in existence a- a racing center for a score of years. The park upon Which a live .v.-ar lease With option of purchase from Henry Wolcolt has been obtained by the Denver Fair and Racing Association, is a beautiful trad of 100 acres on the Platte River live miles south of the business center of Denver, but within the city and county limits. The park includes a fast mile track and a seven furlong track on the inside. There i- a commodious grand stand seating 5,000, a club house, p.nldock and jockevs quarters and- stable room for fJIHl horses. The proper eleaastag of horse boxes on Australian railways has often given trainers cause for worry. owiag t" tin- chance of one horse pi. king up influenza, or tone other illness, through travelling in a bOI | revioiisly ii-d by an affected animal. Touching on this, it may be mentioned that tile respective Jockey clnba of Austria and Hungary have forbidden the use of padded horse vans for the trans port of horses either direct to the race courses or to the stables oa the different courses under their .-jurisdiction. An exception may. however, l.e made in the ease 01 van- the property of a well known owner, and having been exclusively used for trans port service by him. The padded van is regarded as developing microbes of all kinds of infectious diseases.— -Sydney Referee.
