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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF TURFA A strenuous campaign at Laurel and Pimlico is being planned for Billy Kelly the acknowledged champion twoyearold of the year yearSpeaking Speaking about laying lung odds Lloyds of Lon ¬ don several years ago placed the chances of a man playing a golf hole in one stroke at about 20000 to 1 1Between Between the close of the Churchill Downs meeting October 5 and the opening at Latonia October 10 there will be three days on which there will be no racing in Kentucky KentuckyThe The purses of the overnight races on the opening day of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica Monday September 30 will include surplus bids of 214067 which the club received on the last day of the June meeting Divided into five equal amounts this makes 428 for each race raceGainsboroughs Gainsboroughs owner Lady James Douglas it is Raid would probably have sold the son of Bayardo after he had as a yearling failed to reach his re ¬ serve price Gainsboroughs trainer Alec Taylor had an idea of the colts great quality and advised against his sale He is by Buyardo Derby winner dam Bosedrop an Oaks winner winnerThe The English story about an American speculator having offered Mr Fairie Cox 500000 for Gay Crusader was purely a fable Mr BoltuonVfi price of 200000 for the great English colt which was genuine but not offered was the only measure of value quoted about Gay Crusader The colt may not race again He fell lame last June aud was retired at once
