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a t j i , ; . . . i . CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Warsteps New Zealand winnings now total 109,599, which is a record for that country. The schooling list at Juarez includes Zolzo, Pan-aa chant, Kitty Stanfield. Odd Cross and Great Friar. ! Racing men wintering at New Orleans will stage minstrel show for the benefit of charity. Harry Shaw will he manager and George Reardon will act as stage director and interlocutor. Totalizator investments continue on the up grade at most New Zealand meetings. At the Takapuna Jockey Clubs recent meeting the 72,025 invested was 18.970 more than last year, and the sum of 95,095 was put through on the two days of the Forbury Park Trotting Clubs fixture at Dunedin. The war tax on dividends at Forbury came to ,400. In discussing the effect racing has on mares when they go to the stud, an Engflish authority says it may be taken for granted that training to a reasonable extent tends to the improvement of the breed, and mares which have been trained have a better chance to produce good stock than those which, through lack of training, have never attained to their full development. In New South Wales one of the conditions on which registration of any race course will be granted by the chief secretary in future is that a cement flooring is to lie provided in the weighing room. If this condition is not carried out the license may lie withdrawn. This is the outcome of the recent scales-ttimiiering discoveries at country courses in that Australian state. James Butler has in his stable of this year several two year-old colts from which much is expected. One is a brother to George Smith, but a brown instead of a black. Another is a chestnut son of Ballot — Livonia and so a half brother to The Finn, the latter, like George Smith, being Mack in color. Another is a half-brother to Obi Koscbud. lieing a black colt by Star Shoot — Ivory Bells. Old Rosebud is a bay. In these variations there is mental food for coat-color theorists. In a letter to a horseman at New Orleans, Albert Simons, who is wintering a division of the Harry Payne Whitney stable at Churchill Downs. Louisville. Ky.. writes that Mr. Whitneys represent.! -tive in the Kentucky Derby next spring will in all probability be Slipshod, which won three races as a two-year-old last year. Simons stated in his communication that this colt was not regarded as within many pounds of Mr. Whitneys crack two-year-olds last year, but that unless Slipshod goes amiss in his training for the Kentucky Derby, he feels certain that the blue jacket and brown cap will be carried by a fast and game candidate. That Governor Hall could be developed into a turf enthusiast in short order, was evidenced Saturday when he visited the Fair Grounds track and took such a keen interest in the proceedings. He witnessed the first few races from his private box and then went to the judges stand to greet the officials. As a guest of the stewards he watched the fourth race run from their abode and then he paid the newspapermen a compliment by witnessing the fifth race from the press box. When asked as to how he was enjoying himself and as to what he thinks of the game the way it is conducted here, he said that he was delighted to see the people of New Orleans enjoying themselves, and judging from the crowd that was out he announced that he is of the opinion that racing is a mighty popular sport here. — New Orleans Times-Picayune.
