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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. There are about 9H horses at Latonia. John W. Schorr is reported to have paid S2.500 for the yearling brother to Iidy Lightning. Admis-ioii for men to the Hamilton races, including the war tax. is .00 and for ladies slur,. Charles W. Moore has sold to A. L. Austin the yearling brother to Horron. by MeGee- Joasa L. E. It. Hradlcv purchased Black Coffee from Frank E. Brown for ,000. Last fall Mr. Rradley sold Hclgian Trooper and Black Coffee to Rrown. The management of the Mausonneuve track is CBasM ring the abandonment of its second meeting scheduled for next month, in view of the demand of the horsemen for 00 purses. There is sonic talk of conducting a meeting lor trotters, instead. Trainer Jerry Carroll reports that W. R. Coes pood colt Mustard recently picked up what is believed to be a splinter of glass, yvliieli has given a lot of trouble. It was found necessary to cut away a large portion of his quarter to eliminate the troublesome sliver. Twenty yearlings yvere shipped from Hamburg Place Thursday to Saratoga. They all arc by Plaudit, and will be offered at amotion at the Spa early in August. Mr. Madden said that none of the Star Shoots or Ogdens yyouhl lie offered at auction, but that any that are not sold by private sale will lie trained and sold next year as two-year-olds. Mr. F. R. Hitchcock has introduced an amendment to the rules of the Jockey Club providing that in estimating the winnings of imported horses the equivalent values in dollars shall be as follows: Pound. ; franc. 20 cents; lire. 20 cents; mark. 25 cents; rouble. .",0 cents; Austrian crown. 21 cents, and a la peseta, 17 cents. This grows out of the recent importation of so many thoroughbreds from abroad. Sol Joels famous Pommern ran his last race in the June Stakes in England recently and has Ix-en retired to the Maiden Erlegh Stud. With such Lors -s as Polymelus and Sunder. Mr. Joel can now boast of some of the best blood in England. Pommern carried everything before him last year when he won three of the big English classics — the Tyvo Thousand Guineas, the substituted Derby and the St. Leger. An apprentice named AVheatley was responsible for an exceptional riding feat at the Durban South Africa Turf lulls meeting on April 1. He rode in seven races, of yvhich In- won six, and though in his first race, which he yvon on a 10 to 1 chance, there were only five starters, the runners for the other five ranged from 10 to 17. The smallest amount of prize money for any of the races was 75. The lad named is ssjtta light, seeing that in one race he rode at 84 pounds. The Warren Hill Handicap, yvhich is a substitute for the famous Ascot Stakes, was run at Newmarket. England. Thursday, and resulted in a win for Sir Abe Raileys Son-in-Layv. with Bullock in the saddle, by a neck over Captain Homfrays Chelsho, ridden by Smyth. W. Raphaels Aboukir, with S. Donogliue up. yvas two lengths behind at third place. Twelve horses went to the post, with Sir Abe Raileys entry the favorite. The betting was: Son-in-Law, 5 to 2; Chelsho, 100 to 8, and Aboukir, 20 to 1. Hefore leaving Montreal Saturday morning William Walker issued a statement denying that there yvas any dissatisfaction on the part of the horsemen with the parses given at Rhie Runnels. It had been stated in a published report of tiie conference of liorst men and half-mile track oyvners, that Blue Ronuets yyouhl be asked by the horsemen to increase its purses, but Mr. Walker declared that no such statement had been made by l.im. and that no one connected with the horsemens association had authority to make any such statement. "We are perfectly satisfied with the liberal purses given at Rlue I.oiaiets. and with the manner in which the meeting was conducted there in every detail." said Mr. Walker.
