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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The three-year-old filly Sprint has been sent to A. It. Hancocks Kentucky farm, where she will be retired to stud life. Jockey W. J. OBrien had a big day at Tijuana Thursday, riding three winners, one second, and one third ont of five mouius. Jockey D. Stirling wired owner II. Webb that he is on his way to El Paso from the far eastern tracks. Stirling will be the Webb Stable contract rider. TJie California-bred two-year-old colt, Set Square, is one of the fastest youngsters at Tijuana. He has raptured two races in as many starts. His dam, Dora I., was a popular western favorite some years back. The crack steeplechase jockey F. Williams, took in the one day meeting of the Warrenton Hunt Club at Warrenton, Va., Saturday, November 18 and incidentally rode two winners with the only mounts he had. In Australia, a couple of years ago, Mr. E. D. Clarke chose One Two, and Three as names for two-year-olds. This year he has got among the higher number. Billion and Trillion being among the youngsters carrying his colors. The fire at Bowie Tuesday was a case of real hard luck for all concerned. General manager J. Ollara will not let the affair stand in the way of the success of the meeting and will rebuild as soon as possible. In the meantime the horsemen who were burned out will be taken care of. Jockey Win, Wiley, just returned from Roumania, says that "Boots" Darnell, who was training the stable of the Roumanian ruler, is still in the war-stricken country, and did not know whether he would return here or not. The boy looks small enough to ride with ease at the American scale of weights. Peter Itratton, formerly a well-known colored trainer, died recently at his home in Jersey City. In his time Itratton owned horses which he raced on most of the tracks in America and Canada, among them being Lady Itratton, Monty Fox, OReilly and others. Last year he was foreman of Sandy McNaughtons stable, and had been in poor health for some months prior to his death. In discussing the development of the thoroughbred in England as the result of racing a London writer remarks: "During the last one hundred years our ra.cehorscs have greatly increased in size and power compared with their predecessors, many of which were only from 13 hands 2 inches to 14 hands 2 inches. Even the Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Barb, two of the three great progenitors of our present-day horses, only stood about 15 hands." Strange as it may seem "Shed Row" among the barns on Coifroth Bluff is being credited with being particularly lucky. Of the thirty-sis horses stationed there Vignola, Little Jake, Sweetdale, De-laney, Frank G. Hogan, Lady St. Patrick, Geo. Roesch, Blancliita, Important and Prince S. have already won races. The others that have gone to the post have all run in the money. Watch them fight for "Shed Row" before the opening of the next meeting. San Diego Union.
