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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Jockey F. Murphv has arrived at New Orleans. He will ride for the Elkin I Hodge stable. The Graditz Stud is to have a new first jockey next year l says Deutsche!- Sport. Rastenl ergor having lteen engaged to succeed Olejnik. In New Zealand Mr. A. B. Williams has first • all on the services of P.. Il.-cley. who is easily that Dominions most prominent jockey. The latest racing tax iu New /.-aland is that on totalizator dividends. The new tax provisi .n is that "from every dividend payable on any horse race at anv race meeting at which a totalizator is used, there ahal be deducted a duty called th- dividend duty, at tin- rate of eta pence for every p uud or fraction of a pound iu the dividend." Howard Oots. the well known trainer, has recovered from a serious operation which he underwent recently in Cincinnati at the Jewish Hospital, lots has just returned to Cincinnati from a trip to Lexington, where he saw tie- English thoroughbreds which he imported into thai country, lie reaacta them as doing finely and iu good condition. W. J. Adams, well-known New Zealand crosscountry rider, died recently as the result of injuries he received whan iladful fell with him in the Tomoan.i Hack Hurdles al the Hawkes Bay IsrsWJT Clubs Spring Meeting on the previous Saturday, lie was a callable rider over fences, and was at the head of this seasms list of winning horsemen in New Zealand over fences, with a total of seven wins, while he had also ridden one winner on the flat. It is claimed that Phoenix Park ! Dublin! has not • nly the most lieantiful race course paddock in Ireland, but probably in the world. Mrs. J. H. Peard. wife of the controller of the Phoenix Park races, is responsible for the magnificent enclosure. Mrs. Peard has a garden of her own. and. arguing that what she could do on a si.uill scale could be accomplished en a large one. brought Phoenix Park up to its present standard ef beauty. Mellw iirnites. with justification, wouid feel inclined la nominate aha paddock at Flemington in a worlds beauty competition. — Sydney Referee. Charging that the Creator New Vork Fair v.as only a subterfuge to enabl" the promoters to •••!!-duct running races at the Elinire City track, tlie Empire City Racing Associate n has resumed its fight to regain eaesesshm f the araeerty at White Plains hlfaia Supreme Court Justice MorsWiau-er and a jury. The complainants asserted that the National Fair and Expisiton Company, the defendants, had violated their five-year leas", which they obtained ou the track in l!il.".. by herding thousands of war horses upon the course, and by advertising certain events for the Oreater New York Fair, which they later failed t live up to.
