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NOTES OF THE TURF. W. R. Engstrom will spend the winter in San Francisco and will resume the laying of odds in the east in the spring. William Randall, a successful trainer some eight -or ten years ago, is now proprietor of a prosperous livery stable in San Francisco. John Coleman and Joseph Harlan, prominent as bookmakers In California a few years ago, are reported to be prospering in the real estate business in San Francisco. G. H. Keene will again try racing at Juarez the coming winter, after having been out of the sport for a couple of seasons owing to being interested in big land deals in the far West which called for all his attention. He will take to Juarez at least four serviceable horses., which will be trained and raced bv him separate from the horses that his brother, J. O. Keene, is sending there and which will be trained by Tommy Taylor. Colonel W. E. Applegate, who has returned to Kentucky from u consultation with Matt J. Winn, manager of the Juarez track, says that so many applications had been made by prominent bookmakers to operate at Juarez this winter that it is not as yet certain whether or not the ring will be syndicated. In the event that the ring is a svndicate one, however. Colonel Applegate will be in complete charge, with a $.200,000 bank roll. "If I am in charge," said Colonel Applegate. "horsemen and public alike will be satisfied with conditions, as we will book with a small percentage and stand ready to accept all wagers of any amount."
