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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The veteran jockey W. Knapp is winning high praise for his brilliant saddle work during the Aqueduct meeting. A "carload of horses left Toronto Saturday night for Dclorlmier Park. The shipment included the strings of C. Deering and George Foley. Archie Zimmcr will send six thoroughbreds out of his stable to Staten Island to race at the Dougan Hlll3mecting, which will open August 1. Charles Campcau, who was associate judge at the Kin,Edward Park meeting, will act as racing secretary and presiding judge at Delorimier Park. Nev York turfmen and racegoers have contributed 1917.sh65.50 to the New York Suns fund to keep Uncle Sams force in France supplied with "smokes." Mo.se Goldblatt has twenty-eight thoroughbreds in the Jefferson Livingston stable at Empire City, including the fast four-year-old colt Col. Vcnnie. Capt. E. B. Cassatts string of horses will be . shipped from Empire City to Saratoga Wednesday, m Buckboard has been added to the list of geldings. Kmil Hcrz has sold the three-year-old bay colt Nashville, by Cycladcs My Bessie, to Albert Simons, whonwas acting for the Greentree Stable. Nashville will be trained for races through the field and wilH for the present, race in the colors of L. S. Thompson. W- II. Baker of Kentucky, is one of the recent arrivals at Empire City, antj he has a string of nineteen horses in his charge. He has seventeen of "his. own and two belonging to his brother R. L. Baker. Among others, King Gorin, winner of the Kentucky Handicap and James Foster, the fast twqytar-old by Marathon Bessie Spakr, arc in tlier aiuL. "
