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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. Jockey B. Hoffman, under contract with R. 0. Miller, is back at Gr.ivcsond from New Orleans. It is expected tlat about BB$ horses xvill go from New Orleans to Hot Springs, beginning tomorrow. Good judges of a horse, who ar ■• at New Orleans, think that Spear Lance xvill be more than a useful horse this spring. W. W. Percival. one of the best known horsemen in Oregon, died at his home in Independence on December 23 of cancer of the stomach. There xvill be- no two-year-old race* at Dot Springs this season. They can be side-tracked because so many older horses are going there. Francis Nelson of Toronto xvill not lie iu the stand at Essex Park. Hot Springs. He xvill return to annda after the Oaklawa meeting, over which he will preside. The Texan-bred filly Marie Miller, by Aln Prank — Burnie Biiiiton — herself a speed marvel — is much improved and xvill be worth watching in the immediate future. lacker Jack Hanover and oxvner B. J. Branium. to xvhoni lie was under contract have about reached a parting of the ways, due chiefly to the performance of Stout Heart, which Hanover rode last Tuesday. Pan Zaveta s-e ins to have lost her remarkable speed. The Newasaa mare cannot respond with the burst of speed she displayed last year, ami her most ardent supporters are beginning to leave her. Bock View is bring xvcll patronized and among his latent beeklaga are the good mar«s Orei n. Wing Ting and Kuhla. No sou of Bock Sand in Ibis lountry has better credentials for success as a sire of the future than Bock View. Morning work at the Fair Granada iliuin the past few days shewed some fast trials, the best of which were: Fair Mac. five eighths in Lti:,,-, ; J. Bnfns, same distance in 1:03-.: Ella By an, three eighth* in 1917.sh, and Gainer half mile in •! ■.. At Junes Batter* East View Stud. YYedncsd I] . inoining. Februaix 11. the chestnut mare. School-marm, a stake winner at two ami three ream, by Isllngtaa — Mary Stuart, foaled a bay colt sired by Out of Beach. Schooluiarui i» also the dam of the winner Schoolboy.
