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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. X. Macfarlane. owner of The Spirit, which won tin Rothschild Cup at Woodbine Monday, is a Montreal shoe manufacturer. Ma.i. J. K. L. Boss, owner of Copper King, a winner at Woodbine Mi ndav. is at the front with the Canadian troops in Praam. Henry W. Warner has leased the racing qualities of Northligbt. Rhne Maiden. Golden Gate, CagUoa-tro and laminou from B. i. Whitney. n the last day of the San Francisco meeting Celesta, with 12.". pounds jip. won the San Francisco Handicap at a mile in 1 :•".! -... being the record mile ..! the meeting. Hag a liar Mad Itiver and Samson have been pur chased as the nudeas of the Kentucky State Racing Commissions breeding bureau, which is to be con dinted under the supervision of Prof J. J. Hooper, animal husbandman at the Kentucky Kxperimental Station. The four year old Joe Hooker, by Key del Sierras — Sainperia belongs to a daughter of the late Theodore Winters, who races her horses under the name of The Nevada Stable. The colt belongs to the family of Bmperor of Norfolk and Yo Tainbion. Claude Bogfra stated that he bought the chestnut colt dam of Backhorn, by Ballot — Thirty -third which was knocked down to him at the Lexington sale last week at ,000, for his friend. J. W. Par risk. "I picked out P.tilse for Mr. Parrish." said he. "and he commissioned me to select him another colt." 11. !. Whitney has received lieriiiissinn from the Jockey Club to register five yearlings imported from England without foreign stud book certificates, as follows: Brown colt by WlBonyx — Petticoat, cheat-rat colt by John oGaunt — Leisure, chestnut filly by Lemberg nine Girl, chestnut filly by Cybrad Mitieola. and bay filly by St. Ainant— Greenvafc. Thai the pari-inutuels have taken well with the local racing nublic is shown by the amount handled at Banal. There was over tOOO.UOO handled during the meeting, which makes the daily average close to 1915.sh0,000. The same stall that worked at Blue Kon-net- had Charge of tin- mutuels at Dorval. and they went through both meetings without a single error. — Montr.-ai Ganette. Mr-. P.. McClintock. OWMT of the horses Darkey and Mis- Clark, and W. M. .McClintock. trainer. were ruled off at San Iraticiso last Saturday by I he Stewards of H" association for violation of the rules of racing. Darkey was claimed Friday out of the fifth race bv W. P. Ford, owner of Tor dillo. ami the McClintocks. according t.. the officials, refused to turn the five-year-old over to the claimant.
