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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. archie ITIaimri has added to his string Belle of tlie Kitchen and the erratic Carbureter. Andrew Miller is reported to have paid ,000 tor Ittstnrber, which he purchased tram loha W. Schorr at Sarati ea Wednesday. loefcey .1. lb. ward has been suspended tor the remainder of the King Bdward Park meeting at Montreal for rough riding. Leialolia. owned by Gene Lots, was badly cnl in the running f a recent race at King Bdward Park ami w ill have t.. be given ■ rest D. s. Fountain has bought Beacaa and Miss Jemvieve as I Starter in the acquirement of a string ni aaccn I ■ ase at San Itaadaco. ••Little Pete" Christ, nseii, who bu had his ups and dowas as a follower of racing tor many years, is among the patrons ol the sport at Saratoga. B. II. Short claimed Miss rtrash from V. C. Cspps at King Bdward Park Wednesday for 25. It was the lii-l transa. lieu of the kind on the half-mile tracks in Canada this season. I. T. Chinu. it i- said, will make another trip to England in quest of thoroughbreds for importation 1 into this country. He will represent several wealthy breeders and earners ol racing stables. The rtahlcn of the late Charles Reed were s..ld at public auction at Saratoga Wednesday and bid m 1 by Willard J. Miner for 61,680. The property e I •-isieii of roar stables of ten -tails each on a plot of groaad 4 m» by I2.~i feet Mrs. Beed, wklow of the man who purchased St. Blaise by one bid of 1100,-«mh . has been forced i" dianeee of mueii of the es tat.-. Three parses woa by the horses ridden by Jockey Whymark al King Bdward Park, Montreal, Saturday, Aagaat 7. have been pretested. Ii has ,i v,-l oped thai Whymarks ■pprentice allowance expired Augn i i. ,! .i as be rode with the allowance on the .1 ij m question the Kin:: Edward Park oSeiala have ust slued the protest and awarded the purse* in the races won bj Bertha V.. Urimar Lad and Dixie t the second horses, Port Most e, Luke Van Eandt and Mis- Brash. The plan of displaying approximate o.i.is during the course of the betting on each race at Fori Erie during the meeting just closed proved ■ popular in ■ovation and doubtless will be adopted at other tracks where the mntuels are employed. It removes one ..r the objections which gome have had to patronizing the mutuels namely, inability to determine in advaace what odds may be expected. In France, when the mutuels have grown t. be a big thing in connection with racing, similar in fornutk n is provided. Little P. -ludv. ike midget who rides for John W. Schorr, is a source of much fun to the spectators at" Saratoga. He had the mount on Eddie DeRing in the tilth re.- Wednesday and brought hare the . only winning favorite of the day. lie was so Imsj Eetttna 1. 1 the front and grabbing the path that he Mel ids whip in the earl part of the six-furlong race, lb- had ■ g 1 lead "ii San Vega iii the stretch, but Judj took nances, and his little . hand worked overtime slapping bis mount ti:-t on the neck and then swinging behind bim for another waHoa Tin wd reared wiih laughter, but tody was there to bring the horse home, and be did so bj three lengths.
