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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The final time of the fourth race last Saturday should read 55% instead of BBH as printed. Sam Ilildreth says lie will start some horses at Jamaica, but owing to the long winter, he is afraid some of his stock is not quite keyed up to perfection. Vincent Towers showed his ability as a steeplechase rider in every race he rode in last Saturday at the United Hunts meeting. Tom Welch declares him to be a vastly improved rider, having learned to wait in races. M. DeWitt Bamberger has announced that he would probably dispose of Conqueror, Flotsam II. and Silent Pilot. It is his intention to sell his racing stable and go abroad, where he will join the French aviation corps. He has had some experience in flying. William Karrick. trainer of the Parsons and Knapp horses that warn destroyed by fire at Bel- i mo.it Park recently, says there is no doubt the fire was of incendiary origin, and that the stables quick destruction was caused by the distribution of either j wood or grain alcohol over the hay, the odor of , the liquid being perceptible. j
