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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Emil Herz has bought Chieftain, which J. W. Iledtiek claimed at Saratoga Saturday. The wife of jockey J. Loftus is confined to the Saratoga Hospital undergoing a slight operation. Fred Hurler. will leave for France within a short time to resume his duties at the Mackay Farm in Normandy. The Irish Derby has been raised to the value of 7,500, the Irish Oaks and Irish St. Leger are each of the value of ,500, and the breeders of the winners in eacli instance receive 00, and of the second 25. J. T. Smith, ownur of Relle of the Kitchen, received a telegram at Ilillcrest Park, Toronto, Saturday, that his twin brother had died, and immediately disposed of his horse to C. W. Hall for 50 prior to his departure for his home. The thirteen yearlings bought in France from M. Edmond Rhine by J. E. Widener, will be turned over to Jerry Welsh, who will break them, after which they will be brought to this country and turned over to Thomas Welsh in the fall. Lieut. Stanley Wootton and trooper Frank Woot-ton, the two ex-jockeys, were at Windsor July 2S. The former was wounded in the recent "push" in Flanders, where his gallant conduct under fire with a bombing party has earned for him the Military Cross. He was congratulated on all sides wliile at the track. The seventeen yearlings purchased by A. K. Mncomber from J. R. Joel in England have been shipped on the Minnehaha from Liverpool and should arrive in New York next week. Although not successful with his costly purchases abroad last year. Mr. Macomber is on the right track in sticking to the Joel bred stock. His reward is bound to come in time. The American trainer, McCreery. saddled three winners at Rerlin-Gruenewald on July 10 for Frei-herr S. A. von Oppenheim. Archibald, the American jockey, rode two of them, the four-year-old Masher by William the Third Mnsha and his two-year-old half-sister. Maja by Cains Masha. The third winner, Invicta by Hannibal, which won the chief race of the day. the Kincsem Rennen one and one-half miles, for ,250, was ridden by Wodke. Archibald being on her stable companion, Ariel, which was second. The Meddler Rallantrae filly that George D. Widener bought out of the Clarence Mackay sale Saturday for ,000 may prove one of the bargains of the sale. She was sold at that figure for the reason that she has a bad knee as the result of an injury while she was being led from one farm to another in France. It is entirely possible she will be brought to the races, but in any event should prove a sterling broodmare. She was named Randana in France and is a sister to Mediant. Night Rider II., Melody, Ralancoire and a half-sister to Carrolton. Lieut. A. G. Spalding, Royal Inniskilliug Fusiliers, who fell in action on July 1, was the adopted son of tlte late A. G. Spalding, head of the well-known firm of sporting goods outfitters. At the outbreak of the war he was representing the firm in Europe, and in August. 191-1, enlisted in the Coldstream Guards as a private. He was promoted to a lieutenancy in December. 1915, for conspicuous bravery and attached to the Fusiliers. He was twenty-five years old, was a graduate of Raja Yoga College, Point Lcma, California. London Sportsman. That foreign-bred horses are not the equal of our home-bred racers has been shown this year. There are scores of foreign horses in this country, but they have cut little figure on the turf in so far as winning rich stakes are concerned. Many of them have won overnight handicaps or selling races, but only one horse, the Irish-bred Short Grass, has displayed either speed or stamina to warrant the belief that they are in the class with our first-class thoroughbreds. At the beginning of the season their poor form was excused on the ground that they were not acclimated, but now they hare had plenty of time in which to become used to our climate and conditions, but still they are far from being world-beaters. New York Sun.
