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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The first foal of the year at H. P. Whitneys Brookdale Stud arrived Saturday. January 0, and is a bay filly by Hroomstick — Sylvan by Disguise. A. L. Ante has engaged F. M. Bray to train his horses for the season of 1917. Hray will take the place made vacant by the death of trainer Hanks. C. Hrabazon. the steeplechase rider, is in Ireland at present and expects to bring back with him about eight thoroughbreds to be raced through the field. Omar Khayyam. Johnson and Hillings prospective candidate for Kentucky Derby honors next spring, is working daily at the Fair Grounds and looks to be in ex -client condition. Will be ready for a race soon. A. J. .Toyner reports the arrival of the first foal oi tin- pear at George Widener*s Erdenheim Farm in Pennsylvania in a chestnut filly by Garry Herrmann ambrosia which made bar appearance on Sunday, January 7. Trainer Thomas Murphy, who was training for H. B. Duryea in France for several years prior to the death of that eminent turfman, and who brought i ver a large and valuable collection of thoroughbreds for Mrs. Duryea. Which were sold satisfactorily last summer, has returned from France and will probably train a stable in this country during the 1917 season. The system of individual betting in vogue in the palm garden at the New Orleans track requires the money to be actually posted on every wager, and ii books can be ki pt. While the men who accept Wagen, the layers, as they are called, are experts at mental calculation, as a rule, the heat of them frequently get loaded up en u horse that goes over at a good price, and at one blow lose the bulk of their bank roll. And it is rare luck that the wagers taken by any layer balanct — in other words, that he has actually succeeded in making "hook" as the term used to be understood.
