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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. John w. Schorrs Vandergrifl has been retired to J. O. Keenes Keeneiand Slud. I eph M. Hubbard has sold to L. I. Cassidv Of Oklahoma the five-year-okl chestnut horse Buck Kceiion. by Stalwart, out of Indolent, by Hanover. The top division of the Mitnertoa Handicap, one mile, was won by The siren by Broomstick— Belle • I Troy, on January 8, at Cape Town. Africa. The Siren was bred hy H. |*. Whilney. There are a lew good American-bred thorough- I i"ds in this country, including Condolier. Camel-lord. Alluvial. Flitwick. Tie Siren. Brilla Mac. The Jay. Hat tie Wehton aad other winners.-— Band Daily Mail. Johannesburg, Africa. Raring has ■ great hold oa the Australian sport-loving public, on the opening day of the Adelaide S. A.l Cup meeting a year ago there were eight races, and tbe sum invested was 1,296, whereas al the recent meeting, for a race less, the total-buttor carried 7,205. The Cells give a ■- Kid account of themselves wherever tbej happen to be. Word comes from I niguay thai Sodamenta, a chestnut daughter • I Cell Soda Water i-i-nt to the Argentine in 1010, iiy Voter out of Prohibition II. has won four race- worth ,345 in our icy. Grant Hugh Browne, proprietor of the Browa-leigh Park Farm at Gosbeu, N. V.. met with a painlul accident last Friday, when he slipped on the ice near his home and. falling, broke an arm. Mr. Browne has a farm of about 500 seres at Ma lioshen place and he will come back to racing seriously this year. It is the evident intention of John Sanford that Ceorge Smith, i he colt he purchased from Rdward MeBride .ii Laurel la-r October, shall nor want for racing opportunity this season. He is being pointed loi- the Kentucky campaign, with the Kentucky Derby as the main abject, but lie has also been nominated in the Lexington Stakes that begin the racing in that state.
