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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The Canadian Lacing Associations have revoked the license of steeplechase jockey II. Caddy. Jockey W. Mclierinotl has left Mount Loyal for Havre an Grace, where he plana to ride as a free lance. It is reported at Baltimore that the owners of the Laurel race track are after the Havre de Grace track. It is said that I good offer has already 1 n made for the plant and that if it is secured the pari mutiiels will be installed at Havre de Grace. W. J. Young, who trains Itulso. Water Witch. Crovilh. and The Grader, has announced that he will race no horses during the coming winter. He will turn out all of his horses at the conclusion of the Laloiiia meeting. He had marked success with ltulse ami his other bones also have had a bard seas, .|| of it. although they won plenty of races f.r him. "it has been suppose!." says Rapier in The London Illustrate*] Sporting and Dramatic News, "that the Duke of Portland has declined to run any of his horses while the war was in progress. If this had been his determination be lias changed his mind, and his AJaccbi followed Sentiment and Galtee Caul home in the Coventry Maiden Plate at the New market fourth extra meeting last week." At Churchill Downs this full jockeys having engagements to ride must be in the scales room at 12:30 p. 11 . mi any afternoon that they bare mounts. Jockeys are positively forbidden to visit the betting ground, and loose who violate this rule may be tilled, suspended or ruled off. Owners or trainers will be required to depoalt Jockey fees except for those under contract 1 with the Clerk of the scales by 1 p. in. hi the day of the race, ami apoa failure to do so may be lined or suspended and the home declared out of the lace. At a r. cent meeting of the CaiiteLury Jockey Club. Cbrlsteharch, N. /... it was unanimously decided to devote the whale of tin- profits derived from race meetings during tin- current racing season to patriotic funds. It was pointed -.lit that during the past eight years the Canterbury Jockey Club had approximately made 0,000 a year, and it was decided that the minimum amount of the clubs contribution ahoald Ik- 0,000, and all profits above thar. A proposal to reduce the takes tor the next racing by 5 per cent with a view to laereaa in- tin pr in-, was negatived. Several of the yearlings purchased in the recent Lexington tale were secured by Joseph K. Redinon. who retired from the turf as an active owner and trainer a number of years ago. lb- raced a number of high class hors. s of his .wn and later on for a long time had charge of the leg racing stable of the late Cant. Sam Brown of Pittsburgh. Mr. Redman is a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky, and when lie quit the turf he purchased a farm there, and he operated it for several years. He sold the place finally, hut the money he areared for the farm was swallowed up in a bank failure. He is now coming back to the turf to recoup his losses.
