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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. "The new scales for the judges stand arrived Tuesday." says the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "and will be installed the coming week. They have a dial like the scales last year In the paddock and the weights will be made public at the stand." Glendenning Ryan, for whom it is said J. L. McGinnis bought two yearlings at the Brownleigh Park sale at Durlands Thursday night, paying the top price of ,500 for one, is a son of Thomas Fortune Ryan. Rumor has it that young Ryan will have a stable of his own next year. The new racing rules established by Judge Murphy at New Orleans will require that a horse be two pounds short of weight to disqualify, instead of one as in vogue at other tracks. At Windsor last summer a horse was disqualified for being a pound and a half short of weight and Judge Murphy believes the margin of one pound too narrow. The string of horses owned by Billie Stormont has been divided. Four of them have been sent to New Orleans, where they will be raced, while the others are now being wintered at Bowie. The horses to be campaigned at New Orleans are The Masquerader, Repton, El Key and Obolus. El Key is a two-year-cld that has shown some good trials. Mr. Stormont will leave for New Orleans after visiting his home in Toronto over the holidays. W. B. Miller has a splendid band of broodmares, of which several will lie mated with Uncle. The list is as follows: Winifred A., Lady Alicia, Last Cherry and Dike, all by Sir Dixon; Cherryola, by Tanzmeister; Fair Catherine, by Yankee; La Pucelle, by Eslier; Unseen, by Yankee; Saratoga Belle, by Henry of Navarre; Hurakan, by Uncle; Lady Hubbard, Continental, Our Lassie, Yankee Sister, Busy Edith, all by Yankee, and Laughing Elsie, by Voter. Steeplechase races will start at Pinehurst, X. C, cn Christmas Day. One of those already at the resort with a band which will make lively contests at the hurdles is Rodman Wanamaker, with six horses. In a hunters flat race at Pinehurst a few days ago, at three-eighths of a mile, Chase, ridden by Nat Hard, of Pittsburgh, won by a length from the mount of George H. Crocker, who will be remembered as one of those injured when the Sussex was torpedoed. In a duel between Hurds Tavelor, ridden by Shorty Whitlock. and Leonard Tufts Rex, ridden by Coleman, the former won by a nose. One of the executives of the Canadian branch of the Horsemens Association, who is now in Montreal, stated Thursday that in his opinion the owners would not ship to Thorncliffe, the proposed new track at Toronto, owing to the resolution passed by them at a meeting held in Toronto last autumn. At that meeting, when racing at Devonshire Park was discussed, the horsemen decided to race at Devonshire, but in the future not to race over any course that was not constructed during last season. The executive officer stated that in racing at any other track than those built last season the association would be backing down on its own resolution, which would not be a good thing for the association, as it would show marked weakness in organization. The matter will likely come before some of the meetings to be held during this winter, at which the Canadian representatives will be present. Montreal Gazette.
