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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. K. J. Mackenzie announces that his good Broomstick bane BBtCkhem has been retired to the stud. Andrew Miller is planning to send Hoainer to Kentucky this spring to make a bid for the valuable Kentucky Handicap. J. Loftus is t do the heavy weight riding for the K, It. Bradley stable this yeM- and expects to ride as low as 110 pounds. An experienced onlooker at New Orleans says the two-year obi illy Savilla is extra promising and extremely last and true running. The tirst foal reported from the Brookdale farm of Messrs. Dement at Barrio is a colt by Heresv — Depends, a lighting little fellow, with all the fere of his sire. Charley Ellison is said to have a •corner" on m .st of the New Orleans "good things" and to !«■ a long way ahead on the good side of his operations there. Several of the heavy layers at New Orleans have retired because of extensive losses. James Jackson, who operates for George C. Bennett, is now one. of those laying heavily. A special race has been arranged at Juarez for next Saturday afternoon wilh Bank. Ltelus. Joe Blair and Seneca as the probable starters at the real sprinting distance of three and a half furlongs. It is doubtful if the stable of James Butler will open its campaign of 1916 in Kentucky. This stable invaded tlie blue grass state last spring with a wealth of first lass racing material, but the purses won were few and far between. There is no Derby material in the Butler barn this year. The sale of the thoroughbred stallion Ballot, by the estate of the late J. B. Haggiu. was not ratified by the executors, and the horse is still the property of tlie heirs. Ballot was a rare bargain at 915,800, at whieli price he was bid off bv Thomas C. McDowell, acting for Charles II. Berryman. M. J. Winn said on his return to Juarez that nearly every eastern owner of prominence will be represented at Churchill Downs and the meeting will be the greatest in the history of the New I/misville Jockey Club. It is going to be a difficult matter to tind stable room for all the owners who desire to race at the Downs. The extent to which the cattlemens convention benefited the Juarez racing is shewn by tlie attend-anc... Starting off Tuo-day of last week. 5.251 persons paid at the gate to witness the sjxirt. On Wednesday 4,642 were on hand. Thursday was a special day for the cowmen, as a race for cowboy riders bad been arranged, and 6.148 persons passed through the gates. There was a falling off in attendance n Friday, as only 4.sc 5 came out to wit liess the s|Mirt. Saturday and Sunday were banner daya, the attendance being well oer the 5,000 mark.
