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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. N. Macfarlane of Montreal is sending his Yankee mare The Spirit to the Thorncliffe stud to be bred to Calgary, an Ogden horse. At Juarez. February 14. Van Horn scored at long odds over the well fancied Myrtle A. Van Horns backers received 4.60 for every dollar invested. Trainer Powers says that Leochares leg has filled since it was injured in his last race. However. Powers expects to have the speedy sprinter ready for Hot Springs racing. After being twice delayed by inclement weather, the horses belonging to Andrew Miller, which will race at Churchill Downs, have been skipped to Louisville. Ticket, a Kentucky Derby candidate, and Roaaicr were in the band. In Daily Racing forms table of winning percentage of favorites, published last Friday. Piping Rocks percentage was given as .31. As a matter of fact thirteen favorites won in the twenty-four races of Piping Rocks two meetings, a percentage of 54.17. The feature of the racing at Juarez Sunday. February 11, was the dazzling performance of the Oklahoma speed marv.1 Iteius. which ran five-eighths of a mile in 68%, the fastest at that distance this winter. A fast band of sprinters, including Call Shot. Ada lid. Zim. Joe Blair, Sybil and Bingen. finished behind Utesaa. Mr. John Sanford has three horses in training in England in charge of Joseph Butters. They being Esplandian. b. h. 5. by Amadis — Ronna : Nas-oiaii. b. c, 4. by William the Third — Veneration II., and Homage, b. f. 2. by Spearmint — Veneration II. Homage is the filly for which Mr. Sanford gave 0,800 at auction last year and much is expected from her. Johnny Mellinger. the bookmaker, is back in Buffalo, from a trip to the smith, during which In-visited New OrieaaM and Cuba. "New Orleans," said he. "is enjoying one of the greatest race m-et ings in Us history, and at Havana the Cubans rally t" the sport in astonishing iiinmi. Baring has siii.lj -.von the native--. If lure i- any Weak uess 111 th- meetings now in ci i.-n. e. ii lies in the scarcity of horses, a situation which continually taxes tin- ingenuity of the racing secretary. Iuih books and the machines are in operation in Havana, but the public appears to favor the Looks."
