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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF TURFHartford Hartford Insurance John A Payne General Agent Cincinnati O Advt AdvtGifford Gifford A roehnin has decided not to race any more horses until the end of the war and will offer for sale a collection of yearlings by His Majesty the same night the Butler horses are sold soldThe The twoyearolds Hindoostan and Roi Craig which A J Toyner has Iwen training for Lieutenant George D Widener have IMMMI added to the sale at Durlaiids m Thursday night when a consignment of horses owned by James Butler will be auctioned auctionedLord Lord Wilton who bought most liberally at the recent sales of yearlings at Newmarket England is keen about the snort and contemplates a breeding stud under the direction of F Potts a noted Eng ¬ lish veterinarian The establishment will not be at Newmarket NewmarketStar Star Spangled is a fast and courageous colt but his knees are so bad that he is not likely to race much more Notasulga Star Spaugleds dam is now at H T Oxnards Virginia farm She was one of the best twoyearold fillies of 1907 and in A Hamels stable She is by The Commoner Touch Not NotVigilant Vigilant in the London Spprtsman considers that the English Jockey Club is twenty years in ad ¬ vance of that in the United States in the matter of encouraging the production of stayers It has not been often many as the importations have been during the last quarter of a century from tlie United States of America that they have shown us horses that were good stayers One of the best Sir Martin was a highclass winner over a mile and a half and David Garrick won a Chester Cup Perhaps a better horse than either at all events over a long course was King s Courier for he won the Doneastcr Cup at three years beating Merry Gal winner of the Princess of Wales Stakes of 50000 La Roche winner of the Oaks and Chevening a good stayer while the next year he defeated Saiitoi at level weights for the Doncaster Cup Apart from this trio stayers from the States are hard to recall in more or less recent years
