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NOTES OF THE TURF The lightweight jockey W Lilley who rode so well iu New Orleans last winter has been signed up for the season seasonThe The latest issue of Dentscher Sport the Berlin sporting weekly to reach Kngland announced a pro ¬ gram for the resumption of racing In May at both the Berlin and Vicuna courses coursesK K C Smith a stward of the Maryland Jockey Club has Ineii also appointed handlcapper for the Pimlico meeting He is wintering at Magnolia Springs Ala but will report at Baltimore late in March to begin his duties as official weight dis ¬ penser penserRetaining Retaining the nresent strict gambling law except ¬ ing onlv to legalize priniiitiifl betting on horse races the Nevada senate has defeated a bill to legalize poolroom betting and the playing of jioker aiid other games The bill failed to receive a con ¬ stitutional majority majorityGilTord GilTord A Cochran was a visitor at the ollices of the Jockey Club this week Mr Cochran had just returned from A ikon N C where his horses are being fitted for racing by W R Midgeley He said that all had enjoyed the best of health and had been permitted to run out and grow big ami strong His present intention is to begin his 1 15 campaign in Maryland MarylandOwing Owing to the war many American jockeys who were riding in Europe have returned to this country In many instances these riders have retired into obscurity after reaching this side of the Atlantic and have left no trace of their whereabouts be ¬ hind them Several letters have arrived at the ollices of th Jockey Club in New York for jotkeys who left Furope at the opening of hostilities and these are necessarily undelivered because no tract of tiie men to whom they are addressed can be found foundJustice Justice Hijur has granted permission to William B Ellison as receiver of the estate of the late Timothv D Sullivan to sell sixtylive shares of Maryland State Fair common and thirtylive shares preferred for 5875 The sale will be made to James Butler The receiver said the stock had been appraised at 5000 and that because of the possibility of legislation adverse to racing being enacted at auv time it would not be advisable to put it up at auction and added The estate is put to great hardship for available money
