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i l . : 1 : CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Wilhite is re|H rted to have done fast work at Churchill Downs of late and. with only lor, pounds to carry, is held to have a good chance in the Douglas Iark Inaugural Handicap next Monday. The Suburban of 1P18, which will embellish the spring program of the Westchester Racing AsaUeia- tion in accordance with arrangements recently an- niuinced. will he closed for entries early in March. The Futurity of BUS will be closed by the same association in January. Secretary aavJaefcet and the Westchester Racine Association officials are highly gratified over the . i huge success that attended the meeting at Belmont Park, just closed. "Both the meetings at Saratoga and that at Belmont were signally successful." declared Secretary Bariocker, "from the financial standpoint and from the viewpoint of sport." Mrs. 1.. A. Livingston iiad good luck in Kentucky raciag in winning the Kentucky Endurance Stakes witli Soteinia and Pandorina, ami now she will try for further saccesa in long-distance racing with her atomising three-year old Cuts and Calls in the St. Leger Handicap. W. II. Baker has a yearling chestnut colt by Marathon Aiiiino-ity. by Star Buby. which he purchased privately last summer from J. B. Kespess. which is a real runner and a few days ago worked a quarter for him in 22%. The sire of this prom laing youngster is one of the most richly-bred horse-now in the stud. Baker believes that he now has in this chestnut colt a youngster that is su:e t.ยป turn out to lie a stake winner. The sacs noted jockey. ".Monk" Overton, has a good-1. inking maideii twoyear-old named .*dair in araiaiag at Daaglai Iark Overton is one of the ; famous old-time colored rider-, who in his riding day- made a fortune, but later on spent it. as is the case with so many other successful riders. July lo, 1881, Overton rode six winners in the same afternoon at Washington Iark. Chicago. He won the first race that afteraooa. had no mount in the serosal, and then took the last five, one of the races he scored in that afternoon was the Maiden Stakes, which lie won on Eastin and Lariihies great horse Poet Scout. Overton thinks well of the maiden two year-old he now has in charge.
