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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Charley Jordan, an -old-time owner of thoroughbred horses, died in San Diego, last week. Charles T. Ilenshall, associated with Grant Hugh Browne in the new racing plant now under construction at Havana. Cuba, is on his way to Los Angeles, where his wifa is reported to be near death. Viscount Torrington, a lieutenant in the English Royal Naval Reserve, is reported missing in the official dispatches from the front. Viscount Torrington was well-known as a owner of thoroughbred race horses and visited this country in 1909. Godfrey Preece, who races a stable of jumpers, while his wife maintains a modest string of flat racers, is going to Havana, with the intention of interesting some wealthy and influential Cubans in the development of polo on the island. When the new barns have been completed at Belmont Park, the stabling capacity of the Westchester Racing Associations palatial course will have been increased by two hundred stalls and they will be ready long before the opening of the 1917 racing season. Track Superintendent John Brennan of the Grave-send track is careful that the trainers, who are settled at that course for the winter are being adequately taken care of, and the horsemen appear to heartily appreciate the efforts which he Is making in their behalf. The track proper is being well worked and kept in the best possible condition, while the big oval of the infield, which is well grassed this season, is affording excellent picking for the thoroughbreds, which, like Roamer and some others in the matured .division, as well as several yearlings, spend the greater part of erery pleasant day in the open.
