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A ■ M al In p w tl ii crn is is v L-. . sl to " " of " ol of fi ;l a !, ]_ a ■ ■ k ■ c tl „ s | „ „ „ i -1 * I 8 v v ■ 1 = CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. _ __ j The recent annual two year-old sales in Buenos Aires did not give nearly as good a result as in " nian years previous. Still, seven colts by Orange y averaged 63,586, and eight fillies by Old Man ,000. - The track at Tijuana is still under water and is -all but swept away. The grandstand, stables and i buildings all remain intact and require little repairing to put them in condition, but the course will -have to be reconstructed. With the wind-up of the Tijuana meeting there J will be an exodus of horses to Juarez as *x n as * they are able to leave the flooded district of south- J California. All traffic to and from that section * at a standstill, according to late reports, and it ; will he some time before the flood-bound racers j can depart. ■ In France it has been decided that owners of broodmares who have taken subscription to foreign 1 sires in friendly ownership for 1815 and being able renew their subscription for 1010 shall be permitted to leave that country on depositing the sum |266 as guarantee that the mares shall not be sold, and that they return to France before the end 1910. Sim Beimel, whose deatli has just been reported from Havana, was a well-known figure on the lurf. and during the habyon days of racing campaigned goad stable in partnership with Charles Bwyer. c Later he was a partner in the Hampton Stable. , Among the good performers raced by Messrs. Beimel and Bwyer was Africander, winner of many import- ! ant stakes on eastern tracks. In New- Zealand many racing clubs have hitherto j been liberal with complimentary tickets, hut those ; Which are giving their profits to patriotic funds ■ have decided thai the time to discontinue doing so ; has arrived. In this section it was recently an j noanced by the Manawnta Racing club thai no complimentary tickets would be issued for either j the mamnex or autumn meetings. The famous Kingsclero training establishment. presided over for so many years by John Porter, has i twenty-nine horses in preparation for the coming season. [ mrteen are the property of the Dene t Fort land, eleven are owned by the Buke of Westminster and four by Viscount Falmouth. All Bey. one if the best of last years tw o year-olds, is among them. He is a Bayardo colt belonging to the i Buke of Portland. Most racing men will remember that the ISM Australian Jockey Club Derby winner Cranberry Crnnhrook — Ttwooaa was sold at a high price to go to BharJnnd subsequent to winning the Wycombe Stakes at the same meeting. In the old country, where his name was changed to Stoeeado. he ran well in some important races, though without winning, and at the stud he failed to make a name for himself, his opportunities being limited. All this leads up to the fact that on being offered at auction in Kngland recently he was sold for a halt sovereign. — Sydney Heferee.
