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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF udges consider that Klfin Queen is tlie Itest of the fillies of the year Slit may be and is certainly a remarkably fine young racer But Sanitoga is coining and upon its eclipse the question will be settled Something from Kentucky may shake tlie eastern queens illadem from her head Tlie New York Sun opines that Elfin Queen is the best twoyearold filly shown in America since Artful ArtfulThe The filly Conduit showed herself to be a stayer when she made a new Aqueduct track record at a mile and fivesixteenths July 5 In England her sin The White Knight was one of the most notable stayers of modern times and was one of the few horses crowned with the rare distinction of having won the Ascot Gold Cup twice he taking that trying nice in 1907 and 1908 in both cases from formidable opponents So Conduit conies honestly by her ability to stay over a long dis ¬ tance tanceEastern Eastern turfmen weave a rather pretty and pa ¬ triotic story about the victory of Star Spangled at Aqueduct July 4 The strands of the story run along the frame of Jim Fitzsimmons of the Quincy Stable wh is ktenly patriotic having especially prepared tin appropriately named brown son of Su ¬ perman and Notasulga for the nice he won sn easily en the national holiday Notasulga her dam by the way was one of the best of her year Before tin race Fitzsimmons is said to have issued a notice that Star Spangled would certainly win uu lussleft at tlie i ost He wou all Uie way
