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NOTES OF THE TURF. The American mare Hamburg Belle, by Plauudos Saratoga Belle, won the Anniversary Handicap at Epsom in Australia recently. E. J. Albright, who formerly trained for Joliu Sanford. lias decided to open a public training stable 011 the New York tracks the coming season. Sardanapale, the crack French three-year-old, is reported to be in England, at a well-known stud farm in Herts. The son of Prestige left Chantilly the morning after war was declared. The Canterbury Times Christcbiirch. N. Z., remarks that dead-heats are not often witnessed at Itiecartoii. but there have been two in the Now Zealand Cup, while two years ago one was recorded iu the Stewards Handicap. Iu Western Australia, with the totalisator iu opposition. It costs bookmakers a fairly stiff fee to bet. At tlie Western Australia Turf Clubs recent meeting in Perth bookmakers had to pay 2.50 for the paddock and 0.25 for the leger during the afternoon. At Itandwick the cost per day works out at S.75 for the paddock, 1914.sh.25 for the leger, and .50 for the flat, and there" is no machine to contend with. Sydney Referee. The Launceston. Tasmania, Courier states that though there were a few gloomy forebodings about the prospects of tlie racing season financially In Tasmania owing to the war, there have been no grounds for any timidity on the part of the cjubs. So far the speculation is good, and, instead of showing any decrease, the investments at the recent meeting at Mowbray were better than at the corresponding meeting last year. Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry, daughter of the late E. J. Lucky Baldwin, recently made application to the Jockey Club for the registration of several thoroughbreds bred at Santa Anita. Permission for the registration has been granted. The incident has led to the inference that Mrs. McClaughry may race a stable of horses from the famous California nursery that produced so many sensational race horses. She also asked and received permission to change the name of the seven-year-old horse Culicau to Nonto. The New Zealand Derby winner, Balboa, was a cheap yearling, but an Auckland paper says this was due to the fact that when he was sent Into "the ring at AVelUngton he carried an ugly-looking cur right across tlie shin-lione. as a result of a collision with a gate. This put buyers off him, and F. Davis, who had examined the wound carefully, and found the lxme was not injured, was able to secure him for the small outlay of 50. The injury soon healed, and, after he had shown his ability to gallop, he passed Into Mr. Lowrys possession at 50 It is decidedly unusual for the winners of sevtn races in one afternoon at an ininortaut fixture to bo representatives of one stud, and yet this was the case at Ellerslie. Auckland. N. Z.. on Nov. 4. Glen-ora Park was the successful stud. Soults descendants Prince Soult, Itoyal, Tragedy King, and Christmas Itose accounting for live races betweeU them: while Marble Archs sous. Mullingar and Ar-van. won a race each. It Is not surprising to read that Mr. W. Walters, owner of Glenora Park, was wearing a pleased smile at the close of proceedings. Sydney Referee.
