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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. K. J. Ma. kon/ie and J. D. A.lkins have left New York for Winnipeg, from which point the latter will 1 journey oat to San Francis.... J. H. Madisiu, president of the Niajara Racing ; I I I i I ! I ; i : : 1 * I 1 r 1 . 1 ; Association, has gone to his winter home at Houston. Texas, for a few months. Thomas Welsh, who has been abroad making purchases for George D. Widener. Jr.. has written that he expects to be back with the thoroughbreds he has purchased about December 2ti. John J. McGraw and party will leave for Havana about Deecasaa* IS. Mr. McGraw is enthusiastic over the beauties ..f Oriental Park. He spent last winter there and predicts a most successful meet- ing. George Strate. Wingtiehls trainer, who is at New Orleans, is negotiating for the services of lackey Ted Rice to do the stables riding in the east. Strate also hopes to get the apprentice Brazel. A Sydney paper repots a days racing at Ascot Park, one of the "pony" tracks in Australia, at which nineteen races were run. Beginning at 12 no mi. the I. all was kept rolling til 0:05 p. in.. when the field lined up for the closing race. Frank Clark, who was responsible for the laying out of the old. Sheepshead Bay race course and was Miperintetideiii of that track until it was turned late an ant mobile couivc is showing prize ilou-s at sh evs. It la more than probable he will h.ild an official position on the New York tracks next year. T i.mias Francis, a Euffalonian who made books at Havana last winter, departed from Buffalo last i:ii:ht for Cuba. He gees via Chicago, and will be numbered among the layers •• odds at Oriental Park again this season. Mr. Francis owns several horses that James Arthur is training and has al- ready shipped to Havana. The important two vear-old stakes of the Saratoga Asaaeiatlea have all filled splendidly. The United States Motel Stakes received 132 nominations; the • ■rind Union. i::i; the Spinawav. for fillies, lu.v the Hopeful. 12S; and the Grab Bag. 5:.. The Grab Bag is an imitate n handicap and thirti seven siil.sciibeis made up the toial of fitt-hve noiiiiiLtioiis. A eireiiit of n.Ked meetings fat Hollers and I miners in California next year is proposed, aud Geo. W. Wiimti.-ld and .1. C. Nealon are sail to taking an interot in the matter. A start could be made at Reno in the spring, and then work throngli the ten to IMaafj district fairs iu California and on to Tia Juana in .he winter mouths. The i 1 a seems t be a good one. In days gone by the plan worked out well.
