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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Kay Silences horses are re|iorted by the work watchers at Juarez to be in fine fettle. Byron McXutt. formerly a well-known western bookmaker, has embarked in business at San Francisco. The 1. W. J. Bisscll string of racers which left Lexington Sunday night for Havana numbered seventeen. lien Mask worked tbrce-eigbtbs in :3U at Juarez is said to lie iu extra ■ day or two ago and go-Hl condition. The deaths of Ash Cake-. Boiirlion Maid. Cousin Puss Edmund James. Iceman. K island. Nell Kuth. Nightly. Nola F. and Rod Star have been officially reported to the jockey Club. V contingent agreement lias been lodged with the Joi-kcv Club liciween John Sanford and Edward McBride over the- recent transfer of the good colt tleorge Smith to Mr. Sanford. Virginia W.. the property of J. R. Thornby. which was supiiosed to have- perished iu the Benniug tire. Las been located. She bad run away and was caught tome fifteen miles from the track. Tommv McTaggart has completed his riding for this seawm. Early next spring he will report to James Rowe at Brookdale Farm in New Jersey to carry out his contract with the Whitney stable. F P Hitchcock, a steward of the Jockey Club, bis* i.roiMised an amendment to the rule of racing desiinied to deprive geldings of the three-pouud al luwance to which tuey are now entitled under the rules. Hatrv F Breivogel. assistant manager of the Juarez "track, who recently returned there from a llv?i« trip to California, visited the proposed Tta Juana track and expresses the opinion that it will be impossible to complete it before January 1. From London vesterday a dispatch says: Tod Sloan the former jockey, was arrested here today . deportation order from the Home Secretary, under « Yldefnse of the Realm act. He will be sent back to tSe Cited States immediately. s, -en looks will lie iu line at Juarez Thanksgiving ifuJnooti five will handle the betting in the ctth L insure, while two will I- provided for th." "be lawn. A majority of the clerks Work-hirin e on th" various In-.ks .luring the winter are Louisville boys. The friends of E.l Kane manager of August Bellmen •« Nurserv Stud at lxington. Ky.. who re , cent!* n? ,. nuclei ..mlerwent went • a i seri-us operation at the Lakeside ,.id |o . f b|g sins,ac!orV1Cr:-very. He expect, to be able to return home in a few weeks. W-ased the racing qualities of the riirfc has f 4 • -V "Liinirs by I ltnuus r i for l»l«: Bay c-olt. — !lo«,ng year iiis bav rmmns-Ethelberta : *bT Claudia. He has also leased fillv Has ngs Ti; Reef for "iJl.i and Black Vote. Pastora and liella for 191« and 1917. Bowie meeting is by far the most sue-4 t The urgent James 1. i Manager course. »sful nl held beld i ai at that •" k llu. Rowie meetings *■ .2? •ore .£.11 attractive than than e ever in the future and will ?TwESU? +SZL p,ace iu tlH ■*■ calendar Bowie is now filling. meeting of the .Jockey Club stewards A. recent a granted te Mi-s Anita XL was permission special llaiUwiu "f l s Angel.-s to register and name the yearling brown colt by Jake Argent— Ardenes and the yearling bav tillv by Rey el Santa Anita— Betas ele Hampton. John B. McColl of Cobourg. hit., was allowed to register the yearling brown colt bv Stanhope II.— The Globe aud the yearling bay colt by Bowling BrookBardiue. The rciMirtc.l defeat of Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee, for the Democratic nomination for Senator, excited interest at Washington among those who follow horses jiiid the tracks. The elimination of Senator Lea means the death of a bill introduced by him last winter practically forbidding the transmission bv anv mechanical means of information " on races. Although the bill made no progress. Sen ator Lea at various times last winter said that he intended to press it vigorously. A San Piego. CaL. dispatch of Monday says: With i» i men working day aud night officials of the Southern California Jockey Club promise completion of the Tia Juan.-t Mexico race course? by Pecember 15 and the first racing card on Christmas Dav. F.igbty stables have been constructed, with more soon to lie completed and ready for the thoroughbreds which, advices say, will ho shipped here from various parts of the country lietvveen now and the opening day. Stockholders will hold their first meetinff tomorrow and elect a board of directors, which proliably will be headed by A. B. Spreekels. San Francisco millionaire and breeder, on whose land the course and clubhouse is being constructed.
