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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. John Mayborry. who has in charge the horses belonging to George Johnson, has two cases of sickness in his stable, but thus far uo unfavorable symptoms have developed. Trainer Fitzsimmons. who has a public training stable at Gravesend. is said to have one rather serious ease of illness among his horses, hut the latest rennet indicate that the animal will pull through all right. George Odom says that his whole string of twenty-two are now iii perfect health and that they are taking to their slow work, which consists of jogging around the covered walk around their stables, as kindly as if they were experienced race horses. Jockey Taplin. who can ride at 105 pounds, has been engaged by George Odom for the season of 1910. Taplin has the name of being a thoroughly capable and efficient boy who has had six or eight years experience, which is rather unusual tor a jockey who can ride as light as 105 pounds. George Odom reports that the two valuable imported colts which he 1m. ught for Theodore Smith at the Mackay sale are both doing splendidly. They are l he two year-old chestnut colt Sargon by Uncle Seas trends, and the two-year-old chestnut colt Flotsam by Meddler — Floearline. which cost Mr. Smith .s i0 and ,100 res|»ect:vely. Three frame structures which housed the employes of Green tree, the estate of Payne Whitney at llanhaseet, L. I., and in which thoroughbred race hones and neto ponies were stabled, were burned to the ground about noon Wednesday, entailing a damage of nearly 00,000. The buildings were need as a garage, carriage house and stables. All of the horses and eighteen automobiles were saved.
