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w CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF A. A. Reillys horses are being prepared for the Jamaica meeting and will lie ready soon after the opening of the metropolitan season. Samuel C. Hildreth has donated the good cam paigncr Roly to the Breeding Bureau of the Jockey Club. Roly is a six-year old son of Golden Maxim liota wanna and considered an ideal type for breeding puri»oses. W. S. Ki.mer has a long string of two-year-olds at Grave-end iu charge of William McDaniel. Little can lie said of them as fast work has lieeu avoided. There is a chance that one or two of them may develop into good horses. Baffouilleur. a son of Meddler — Ballantrae, which was brought to this country from France with a consignment of Clarence II. Mackays horses, is now a New York Breeding Bureau stallion and is standing I. B. Sharpes farm at Berwyn, Pa. Old Koenig. belonging to Frank Nolan, of the Beverwyck Stable, is iu fine condition. There is no horse at Jamaica better looking. He has turned three-quarters several times in 1:1S. and Ima Frank worked seven-eighths handily iu 1:30. Both these horses are ready. Tom Shaw is in New York awaiting the opening of the Jamaica meeting next week. "I wintered in New Orleans." said he. "and they didnt treat me at all nice there, but I recovered somewhat at Hot Springs." In commenting uihiii the racing pros-liects this year Shaw thought it would be a great season, on account of the large number of good horses in training and the increased interest in turf affairs. The HallenlKvU stable of about fifteen, headed by the three-year-olds Kashmir and Salvestra, are lieing trained by Frank Taylor at Gravesend. Since the death of the late H. C. Hallenheck, the horses have been under the direction of John Hallenbeck. who may continue the establishment built up by his father. There are several foreign-bred three-year-olds that have improved considerably over last years form, including Gueland, which might turn out to lie a high-class horse.
