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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. llauovii i- credited with having Improved stare eei- Cornier trainer, l. T. Cotton, has taken ber in hand. Breoamsedge i- an admittedly Improved horse lace hi- recent transfer to the Phillips stable at New Orleans. Luke McLukes beak Far 1010 is full. J. o. Keeae says that a number of mares had to 1m- re fused, as only fifteen ottt.-ide mares were wanted for the aaa of Vltimus. Samuel Ne-bitt reports the foaling of a eheet-nnl tiliv by Donate -Marys Aunt at hi- Roaemout stnd Bear Montreal. Mr. Ne-biit owns the -in- of the lilly as well as the dam. w. .1. Webers Wareaaare, on the strength .r his recent good shoarlag, i- now being bailed as the probable champion of the Juarez two-year-olds. Hi- has yet la meet F. D. Weirs unbeaten filly. May W.. however. Believing that a recent decision of the State Supreme Court on the anti-gambling laws of Oklahoma make it possible for horse racing to lie revived. Tulsa horsemen are planning a combination running and harne-s meeting this spring which may run for three or four weeks. There is much philosophy in this paragraph from the Svdnev Referee: "The other day a prominent bookmaker delivered himself to the effect that the remarkable run of successful favorites at Sydney meeting- undeniably proved there was something doiti". at suburban meetings in other words, that results so unfavorable to the members of the ring were due to the machinations • a few punter-. Jockeys and traiaers. This i about as reasonable, as the Boajgestimi of some hackers that the i ..* k-uiakers are responsible every time hot favorites are beaten and ut-idcrs win a I B sad will However, tin-re is no doubt that, eonseqneat on being snare accustomed to them, backer- as a whole accept a succe-sion of reverses with much greater equanimity than bookmakers."
