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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Alter each rain Jefferson Parks track comes back iu better condition and all indications are that good horses will bo running a mile in 1:30 Jwfore the eud of the present -nwoing. Horsemen are reiuiudd that January 1 I the date for several important declarations. Notable among them are the Belmont, Withers and the Coaching Club Handicap for 191S, as well as the Coaching Club American Oaks for 101V. Frank Regan is spending the winter in New York and he has his string at the old Gravesend track. He reports that all of the horses are enjoying the best of health. It is probable that he will begin his 1918 campaign at the Maryland tracks early in the spring. I Jockey Jack OBrien, under contract to E. B. McLan, wealthy publisher and turfman, has left for Benulng, where he will give the McLean year-1 lings trials before they are put into winter quarters. Trainer Johnny Schorr sent for him, but he will return to New Orleans nlxMit. the first of the year i ready to ride a4 the Fair Grounds. i
