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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Former lackey lit rn.an MoeaeJ lias returned to his home ai Brooklyn. N. v.. rraaa New Orleans an n* eaaat Of serious sickness. The first foal of the Canadian season is reported from Robert Dairies Thorncliire Farm, a brown lillv by Nealon Wish, by Order. ill,, names of all foekeya in England applying for renewal of tte licenses under National Hunt rule* . were submitted to Lord Derby in the course Of his recruiting scheme. Daaegaa, ■ tca-y«ar-oM tkoraagbbred by St. 81- liioniau II. — Thistletinch. has been dOWStod by a Montreal sportsman to the Montreal Gazettes fund for tobacco for the Canadian s ildiers at the front. John McOee, of Oorlngtoa, Ky.. father of Jockey Mat McGee, has received a letter from his son from England saying that be is sale sad sound. McGee had been on a banting trip, which prevented him from communicating with his parents. Announcement has been made by the British government that Captain Greer, who is senior steward of the Jockev Club, has been appointed sole director of tte national stmt which is to be founded on the basis of Col. Hall Walkers recent magnificent gift. Rstabaa Oanta, tte military governor of Lower California, was ■ gaesi at tte opening of the Tia .luaua meeting and assured tte officials of tte Lower California Jockey Club that he was heaitilv in favor ..f the racing enterprise which has just been launched there. The Knglish Racing Calendar announces that if it is not possible to bold the York meeting as usual next season, tte York Race Committee will give a race at Newmarket for horses named in the Gim-crack Stakes. It is desired to prevent any break in the continuity of this ancient fixture.
