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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Grant Hugh Browne will import a shipment of tiicroughbreds from England in a lew weeks. Frank Regan has gone into winter quarters at Gruvesend with the horses of the Cleveland Stable. In ludir.g Whimsy. Sam Slick, Benjamin. Friar Nought, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Keiah, Dorcas and Silent Pilot. Vc.se Goldhlatl has passed the crisis in his struggle with pneumonia at El Paso and the attending physicians expect him to recover rapidly unless un-forseen complications arise, which is considered unlikely. The four-year-old chestnut colt Heather Moon, by White Eagle — Virginia Earl, and the three-year-old colt Square Deal, by Simon Square — No Trumps, have arrived at New York from Eugland. consigned to V. Sehwcd. The colors of Thomas Monahan. who raced the good borne Textile in 1010 and 1011, may not be I seen next reason, but he anticipates starting out igHln in 1917 with a dozen or more two-year-olds, U e get of Textile. r John Whalen, who trained for August Belmont for some years, has oiiened a public training stable at Gravesend this winter. He now has seven horses in bis care, and several more will come from Maryland within the next few days. George M. Odoai has returned from Maryland to , Gravesend, where he has some twenty horses. Max Hirsch is another of the Gravesend colony to return. He already has a likely string of yearlings in charge and may develop several others for J. E. Madden. "Matt" Dooley. for many years an owner and trainer of thoroughbreds, is now iu the horse trucking business. He ree-ently ordered four auto trucks ; built on the English principle. Each oue will carry four horses with a separate compartment for every horse. W. G. Wilson, who is schooling Hearts of Oak as i a steeplechaser iu Canada, reports the big horse as doing well at his new business. Harry Bassett II. is also jumping, but d-.ies not give the dashing show of the other. Tlie prosiiect is for plenty of Canadian-owned material for cross-country racing next year. Kev W. W. Davis, head of the Lords Day Alliance, "was at the Bowie track Monday looking matters over and taking notes for future reference. The , management gave him every facility to look into , the operation of the uiutuels. After mastering the , details of the system. Mr. Davis said that if man | must bet. the inntuels was probably the fairest system to adopt.— 1a role iu Baltimore News.
