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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. W. G. Yanke has returned to Juarez from California. English Maid and Carrie Orme are the only two horses on the schooling list at Juarez. J. W. Hedriek passed through New Orleans a day or two ago on his way from Juarez to Havana, where his horses are racing. The Wickiiffe Stud reports the following foal: Chestnut colt by Hippodroim — Dreaming sister to Trance, bv Ben Brush. The mare will be mated to , Colin. J. D. Adkins says he is iu the market for five good racan f r R. J. Mackenzie. He is taking up ; only Lea Skolny and San Vega. Helen Barbee and Adelaide T. are to be mated with Buckhorn. Mrs. Jessie Shilling, wife of . H. Shilling, former rifling star, who i- seeking a license from the Jockey Club intends to campaign a few horses in 1 Kentucky this spring even if her husband is success! nl in his efforts to secure a riding license. John Whalen reports that all of his horses at Gravesend are in excellent condition. Buskin is en.j lying robust health, and all signs are that he will come back t.. the races this year well able to I give a good account of himself in the handicaps. James Coffey, formerly well known as a jockey, died of consumption in a sanitarium in Saratoga las! Saturday. Of recent years he had been valet for .he McTaggart brothers. lie was about forty years old and left no near relatives, but was wen known from New York to California. Jockeys Dickens and Hunt are having a merrv race for the leadership of the riders at Juarez. Hunt secures the most mounts because he is light ■ and is also entitled to the apprentice allowance, but Pickens finds plenty of opportunity to exhibit ; his skill whenever he can make the weight. These ban ire about on equal terms at the present time, bill Dickens is liable to carry off the honors by i the close of the meeting, licing the more experienced 1 rider.
