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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Compadre apparently has inherited some of the wonderful sp d of his daddy the invincible Colin Compadre has won eight races this year yearMany Many of the owners racing in Kentucky are eagrrly awaiting advices concerning plans of the New Orleans racing as most of them contemplate i winter campaign in the Crescent City CityPromoter Promoter Peters has relired from the improbable racing project at Lil ertyville 111 Horse owners will ilo well to keep away from this point as trouble is brewing around it Horses too which gather there are likely to Ix forced to spend the winter in northern Illinois on account of car shortage shortageAmong Among tho visitors at Lexington is Norman Mac Farlane the Montreal shoe manufacturer who is chairman of the Thoroughbred Horse Associations Canadian committee He briugs the news that in Canada an association for reorganization after the war of all sports and for all businesses and in ¬ dustries is being formed and he is hopeful that six months after the war will find the turf in flourishing condition in the Dominion DominionSuperintendent Superintendent James P Ross of the Kentucky Association track who has beeu engaged as racing secretary for tie four days running at the Virginia State Fair Richmond Va October 8 9 10 and 11 lias distributed the program book among the horse ¬ men at Lexington The program calls for five races each day one of which is a steeplechase and purses aggregating 1500 daily The stewards for tho meeting are Messrs A B Hancock presi ¬ dent of the Thoroughbred Ilorse Association and owner of Ellerslit and Claiborne Studs and Cap ¬ tain P M Walker the widely known Virginia tiitfoiaa
