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. .• , . ] , ■ ■ i I 1 , t • t i 1 • 7 - i . i t 1 CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Tempest, four-year old gray tilly hy Allan a Hale " Turtle Dove, owned hy Haymaker Bros., died 1 of lung fevef at King Ldward Park last Friday. Frank McGialty has heen engaged to do Upstarting at the Hillcrest ami Duffer hi Park tracks ; at Toronto. Tin- opening of the thirty-day running horse meeting on the Panama Pacilic F.xposition track at t San Kramisco has heen postponed from August 21 L to August 28, it was announced Saturday. . W. It. Notvell. who has been siiemling a few days at his home in Chicago, departed for Toronto yesterday to take up his duties as secretary of the , Toronto Driving Clan at Hillcrest Park. The German Detwy was run at Hamburg Horn 1 on Sunday and was won hy llerr llamels colt * Pontresina. with his Languard second. There were twenty starters and the race was of the value of 12259. Barry Kites has sold to .Mm B. Madden the four- year-old hay tilly Sanctuary, hy Broomstick — - Vespers, for breeding purposes. There are few American tillies hotter hied than this one. Her r dam. Vespers, has been a most successful broodmare. - The list of casualties for the Kelmont Park meeting was Increased when it was found that Tarzan. which had heen cut down on Thursday, was so badly v Injured that if was impossible to redeem linn for ,- racing purposes. A front tendon was so badly r lacerated that the advice to destroy him was carried . out. After White Hackle won at P.eltnont Park Friday v I here was talk of a deal for the sale of the Star ,. . SI i colt. He is supposed to he the lust youngster in the barn of John R. Madden. H. P. Hallenheck Ij opened negotiations for White Hackle, hut at the J end of the an i he price of I2U.U99 asked hy Mr. Madden bad not been met. In baying Baasr/saedo for ,999 at the sale of • the F.tnit Ilerz horses. Barney Sehreiher secured ■I a hotae Ukely to prove a successful sire. He • was a good race horse in England and at the sale e of the Keene horses at the Newmarket December * sale of r.lll was sold at auction to S. T. reit *• for the substantial sum of 82299. Memories of the great Herniis were revived by y the appearance at Kelmont Park Friday of Henry y M. Ziegler. who once owned that race horse. Hie e former CincinnatJaa said that Herniis is now one e of the leading sires in the stud of Kiltnoud Plan-. a prominent French breeder. Mr. Ziegler also said d that the government had taken all the thoroughbred d geldings for war purposes, hut up to the present had not reqnisitoned any of the mares or stal 1- lions. Joseph B. Widenor was another visitor from n France who saw the raciug. According to his re port there i-- still some life in racing abroad. He c has twenty one horses in training at hantilly in " charge of Tom Welsh and ten broodmares in Nor--; inandy.
