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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The Disguise mare. Sal Volatile, now owned by D. Raymond of Montreal, has been booked for service to the kings horse. Anmer. D. Malier motored over to Hawthorn Hill yesterday for an afternoons steeplechasing. The "famous jockey is hardly likely to ride again, though ves-t.rd.iy he appeared to be enjoying the sisirt. Malier now has a house near Maidenhead. — London Sportsman. Harry G hidings. Sr.. has returned to Toronto from Havre de Once, where he witnessed Hearts of Oak se| 1 ■ turn ami a half of the field in faultless style. .Jumping has improved the big horse a lot in his manners. He is likely to make his first attempt over the "sticks" in a race at Pimlico. King Georges Bayardo colt. Sir Dighton. made a dead be«t with Major MeCnlmonts Boi dEcosse in the Craven Stakes at the Newmarket Craven meeting April 13. with Lord Derbys Phalaris. the eveu-money favorite, third, a length and a half away. The Craven is a three-year-old race over the Rowley mile ami is looked on as a sort of trial for the Two Thousand Guineas, in which all three of the obi-el horses are engaged. The kings colt was rec.-i iim twelve pounds each from Koi dKcosse and Phalaris. and the impression is that he will not lie able to beat either of them on even terms. In a maiden two -year -old race on the same day the king was represented by a colt called Lucknow. by Minoru -Amphora. He finished second in a field of twelve starters.
