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CUBBENT NOTES OF THE TUBE. As a result of the sale of Uock Aliliey to A. J. A. Dcveroux, that horse has been returned to good standing. Capt. E. R. Cassatt has lieen granted a gentleman ruler s certificate by the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. Tlie latest newspaper assignment kindly provided for Jack Joyncr in the position of trainer for w. it. Con. It would be g good thing for Mr. Coe. Belamour. eh. h. 0. by Rock Sand — Beldame, has lieen purchased by A. N. llayden of Tulsa. Okla., _.vho will use liim for breeding purposes in Oklahoma. p Tlie three French-bred yearlings that arrived at New York last week for Harry layne Whitney have ! lieen transferred to Mr. Whitneys Brookdale farm iu New Jersey. John Walters. John G. Cavanaugh aud Edward i ltyiin have been spending a few days at Mount Clemens. Mich., and are ex|»ected to return to New York within a day or two. There is a report that August Belmont is planning to return his noted stallion. Tracery, to this country . in the near future from England to head his stud at the Nursery Kami in Kentucky. . J. Connors has written from Montreal that the • grandstand at Blue Bonnets that was destroyed by lire last fall will be replaced by a big structure. Tlie temporary stand has lieen razed and work on i the new « no will liegiu as early iu the spring as is practicable. Transportation arrangements from San Diego to the new ran- course at Tia J nana have been completed and ■there will lie two railroads to carry the Matrons wiicn tlie meeting opens. The running time will lie twenty-live minutes, with a fare of fifty cents for tlie round trip. Dr. Itoliert Hanley of Kingston. *nt.. who has s lii-eti appointed attending surgeon at the Kingston i penitentiary, has a liking for the turf, as-have so . many of his profession. His tartan jacket is carried I u the race course by Ajax. Iimbs Tail, Otero, , Enteric and other well-known performers. It has lieen announced on excellent authority that ■ Joseph E. Widener will lease his strong cross-country " stable to Howard Lewis for the season of Ml • Mr. Learla has met with a full measure of success training the horse f«;r Mr. Widener for several 1 seasons and he has figured as an owner on some " occasions. It is re|M-rted that already some 12.". horses are I quartered at Tia J nana in preparation for the opeu-ing of tlie Lower California Jockey Clubs inaugural 1 meeting January 1. Jake Holtman, who is conducting a campaign to induce owners to ship to the C track, predicts that it will lie necessary to build 1 more stables to take care of all who want to take I part in the racing. lie rgp Van ■ rd.-n. the veteran California turfman, who has had such success with his General . i ltolx-rts two-year-olds, left Plcasantiii on Monday f-r Tia Juaua. He look eight head and a nunilier of them are yearlings that will l e eligible for the ■ two year-old races on the first of the year. It is IHMm that there are three ..r four others vin-tcrng at Pleasant m who shipped on the same day. Sir Loiuer Gouin. Premier of Queliec. lias given 11 ji flat denial to the Montreal fake factorys story 1 that his government contemplated a race-course tax 1 of twcnlr 1 er cent of the gross receipts. Sir Lomer J now knows what Dicky Boon of the Wanderers box-key team meant wlicn he suggested that a more stringent enforcement of the anti-drng laws would reduce the output of •news" in certain quarters. — Francis Nelson in Toronto Globe. At the next meeting of the National Steeple-da" - and Hunt Association Joseph E. Davis will 1 offer an amendment to the rules that will prohibit t the racing of three-year olds over jumps before ■ August 1. This is an amendment that will restore I the" rules to just what they were a couple of f H-iisons hack, and it is an admission that the amend nieiit i ermitting the starting of three-year-olds as carlv as May 1 was n«t a good one.
