view raw text
CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. John MoTaggart will ride for the Shoshone Stable Ip next year. Orlando Jones, one of the old guard of racing f men. is now in the imjiorted rug business on Fifth u avenue. George Russell of Lexington. Ky.. has registered •d the name Flashlight for tlie coining two-year-old filly y by Goldorest — Fax. John F. Ryan, head of the Canadian National .1 Bureau of Breeding, is expected at Montreal from „■ Irnm-e ill a few days. The five horses being trained by John Miller, two r° of which are im|iorted yearlings, are owned by Mr. r Swade, a newcomer n the turf. Extraordinary influence is lieing brought to bear !r to have former jockey C. H. Shilling reinstated. He " has been under sus|iension f. r several years. A Montreal syndicate is reported to Ik- negotiating iff with William M. Murray, who holds the majority of f the stock, for the purchase of the Maisonueuve •e track. W. Hundley Baker, well-known Kentucky owner ,.r and trailer, was married at Cincinnati last Friday tv to Miss Margaret Rvan of 2320 Kenton strict. t Walnut Hill. Jockey f. Turner is spending the holidays at Cincinnati and will go to 11a J nana to ride. It is : «piite likely that he will Ik- seen astride Jefferson ,,, Livingstons horses next year. H. C. HallenlK-ck has not yet renewed his contract et with his trainer. E. W. Ileffner. for next year, but J* probably will do so before the new year. The present agreement expires Deeember 31. Andrew Miller, one of the stewards of the Jockey ■*.. flub and owner of Roainer. has lieen indisposed for "., the past few days suffering from neuralgia and a :. cold. He is recovering and will he about again in a few days. Orant Hugh Browne, vice-president of the Mount Royal Jockey flub, is spending a few days at Montreal. n- Charles T. Heiishall. general manager of 2 the dub. is tx| eete l at Montreal from the Pacific coast in a few days. Jockey D. Whatlcy. who rode with success on the Ij Canadian half-mile tracks a few seasons back, was ;iS married recciilly to Miss Josie Young of Montreal. i. They are spending their honeymoon in New York. k. the home of the gr.xun. Ji -k-y A. Hulle.,at has departed from Montreal al for Havana, where lie will seek to lie restored » to good standing by Martin Nathaiisou. who suspended * 1 1 i in for an unsatisfactory ride on Edmoiid Adams lls at Maisonnneuve last fall. Ma; tie foHietfs Beet filly. Coquette, has escaped •d tlie influenza, though stabled at Cravesend where re the disease is prevalent. Mr. Corbet! has lieen in ■ •ffer.-d a high price for tlie filly by a well-known •II breed* r after her racing ear.-er is over. Judging from the great crowd at the Maekay sale , ■ mid the interest displayed, all yearling and other * horse sales slwoilil he held at night. The exterior of ot Duriands resembled the opening of the grand oiiera s.-:ioii, hundreds of automobiles blocking the neigh-iMiring 1, "" streets. William II. Rowe. who has charge of the registration a department of the Jockey Club, lielieves that I the «■•. -optional prices obtained for the Maekay !v yearlings were due to inability of the bidders to i.uy the blood strains they desired in England and i,I France that were distinguishable in the Maekay tv Stork. Col. L. P. Tarlton of the Fleetwood Stud. Frankfort. k Ky.. has registered tlie following names for ,,r lor some of his eoming two-year-olds: Goldfeather, r ch. f. by OaUracat— Ethel McCaffrey: outfit, b. f f. by Goldcrest — Outwit: Tup|ience, hr. f, by Cold-crest ,ll -Pennyworth; Tinlilla, ch. f, by Goldcrest — _ Mnrgaux. If Starter Harry Morrissey should lie unable any S „. day to attend to his duties at Tia Jiiaua it would . not lie neeessary to go far for a substitute. C. II. Pettingill. Jake lloltnian and Dick Dwyer. all past - masters "f the business, are engaged in other « f-tiei.il f. duties at the same meeting. — Frank Nelson Ml in Toronto Globe. Henry M. Zeigler is anxious to get a few good id horses since his return from France. Just prior to to the war he sold his entire racing interests in France. e. niuulieriiig thirty-two horses. They were bought by • a lieutenant in the French army, who paid 325.0410 M for the lot. ""I dont know what became of them." " said Mr. Zoiglor. "as tlie lieutenant was called • to the front shortly after the purchase." Oscar Ijewisolm recently lost a promising young horse, which «-oiitraotcd influenza at Cravesend. ,f There is an epidemic of tlie malady going the rounds , of i he stables, but it is subsiding and under control. 1 Dr. Hurd. the veterinary w Ik. lias lieen attending iK several of the horse afflicted, says that no serious us results are anticipated. The champion of two seasons. a- Roainer. has practically recovered, as have the lie others in the Colds!, .rough stable. Mose Goldblatt arrived in Cincinnati Saturday „ night to he at the bedside of Mrs. Goldblatt. who lio was ojierated on at the food Samaritan hospital in " that city Thursday. Coldblatt himself has iust recovered *e "from an attack of pneumonia at El Paso. "• Mrs. Goldblatt went there t. nurse him and was *h taken ill. IDs horses were shipiiod to Havana, and ,!J when he arrived at New Orleans. Mrs. Goldblatt had ,! improved so much that she was sent to Cincinnati in eare of a nurse. Shortly after her arrival there Z tlie loet..rs ordered an operation i:n l Goldblatt was sent for. Mrs. Goldblatt is baid to be in a precarious e. condition.
