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1 , j ; 1 1 1 i CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. | Fjiitcd States Senator Hughes of New I. rsey is among those enjaytag the racing at Saratoga. It is said tiiat White Hackle was a trifle high in leah Wbea he was beaten by Colonel Venule at Sar.i- t. ea a few da] ■ ago. Harry llerrfcasey has purchased of John Butler, of New Jersey, the bay mare Mint Blossom, foaled 1998, by Wild Mint Pleasure Bay. by Bon P.iush. She was bred this year to Aeronaut. Trainer Jack IfeComick BBM after Devil Pish won the opening race at Saratoga Pii.lay that he had discovered how to train Kuglisli liois.s. He had only given Devil Fish jogging and walking exeivi-o since his previous race. Sam Louis will ship Miiami.hi. the sprinter lie recently purchased from Albert Simons, aad Rual ling Press t. Maryland to he turned out for a pi rlod. He will also take up the platen Crfasca and Kim r King for winter racing. John Powers is assoag the recent arrivals at SaTS toga. It is probable that the man who played such an Important part in the racing successes . f Paine;. gchreibera -real horse, Jack Atkin. will have another string of horses to train before long. Sisier I.ucretia. lav mare, foaled 1910, by Peep oDay — Preference dam of John Furlong. John Me-Gark, Henry Zltt, etc.. by Paaae, was killed by lightning at . F. Troutmsns farm Sunday night. , Augast 1. She was owaed by J. C. Kogers and mated this year to Piuiuii.c 1. Joseph Letter of Washington, formerly of Chicago. is on. e more shoartag an interest iu racing. After an absence of many reara be was noted am am the visitors in the Saratoga clubhouse Cri.lav. Mr. Leiter was a racing entbuslasl in the days when 1 Washington Park played so proatlneat a part in the ■port. t a meeting held at Reno August !. between the Reno fail ami Pacing Association and the Business I Mens Association, Thnrsday, August 19. was ii.-ii eated as uooil roads dav. The entire gate receipts , will be given by the association to assist in build hag a new 10a, I bei ween Beae and Lake Tahoe. That day is the last day of the Bene meeting. At the Lexkagtea fair fast Saturday the throo-veai old ally B First, by Canard Minnie Adams. formerly owned by K. It. Bradley and now the piopcrtv of Ldwaid TlBCher, won two races. In the tiist she ran three-quarters in 1:13% with KC nonnda up, and then, alter resting while Ellen M. was winning the second running race of the lay. .. siirted in a mile dash with 109 pounds oil her back and won from Spriabl and Allan Gold 111 „ 1:39%, both races being worth remembering when „ .he Kentucky fall racing season arrives. Sixtv Keatachy yearllaga will be sold at public auction by the Powers-llunler Compaay at the Hag-gin stables. Neck Bead. Slieopshcad Bay. N. i .. on Tuesday, Augast 31. These yearlings are tnun [ 0 H Chenaults Spendthrift Stud. Williams ft ■ Radfords Adelbert Stub Charles W. Moons Mere * Hill Stud. John S. Barbeea Glen-Helen Stud. S. C. 1 Mie-s Larchmont Stud. J. II. Morris Bosque Bonita " Siu.l ». D. Randolphs ami J. II. Whites farms. In this sab will be offered yearlings by McHee. Ben II Trovato. Maria Santa. Pc.-p oDay, Cell. Ggden, • Ballot, Peter Qaince, Cycladea, Helmet. Jack Atkin. • Trap Rock Chactaaanda, Knight of the Thistle, Stalwart, Transvaal, Nasturtium. Pick Finneil. etc., and include near rela.ives to many famous pet formers.
