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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Hartford Insurance John A Payne General Agent Cincinnati O Advt AdvtJames James Boden lias done exceptionally well witli the Triple Springs Farm liorses this year having saddled twentyfive winners seven of them at Laurel LaurelThere There are considerably over 1000 horses quartered at the various tracks in Maryland and trainers are working their charges daily in anticipation of an early resumption of the sport at Laurel LaurelThe The veteran arid talented English trainer II Leader has been engaged to care for the horses of Lord Wilton from January 1 1919 The stable threatens to be a most formidable one in future English racing racingDirectors Directors of the National Horse Show have voted to make army uniforms acceptable as well as regu ¬ lation hunting costumes in the Corinthian hunter classes which will enable such wellknown turfmen as Major Thomas Hitchcock Major Henry L Bell aud Ciipt Joseph E Davis to ride at the show showH H P Whitneys bay colt Cirrus is the result of the mating of Morningside which tlie late Wil ¬ liam C Whitney regarded as an ideal broodmare to August Belmonts great stallion Tracery Tlie mating took place in England and Morningside was shipped to this country where she foaled the colt now known as Cirrus CirrusHere Here is an Australian idea about horse greatness in the thoroughbred world past and present As to which were the six greatest race horses of all time is impossible to satisfactorily answer for the greatest judges differ after they have chosen Eclipse Fisherman St Simon and Ormonde as about tlie best four fourThe The dam of African Arrow African Slave was sold as a cavalry remount after tlie birth of African Arrow her second foal by Mr Holiday Hartley an English breeder African Arrow is by Javelin African Slave by Kano son of Trenton which keeps on illustrating the efficacy of the Carbine and Trenton combination combinationRichard Richard Croker is still racing In a mild way in Ireland In Tlie Curragh of Kildare events Sep ¬ tember 17 Mr Croker started two horses Gilded Vanity and Wetbnali The former was second choice in the betting and ran second to Grand Parade iti the Anglesea Stakes and is hlghy regarded by Irish racing judges Wetoriah in tlie Loughbrown Plate race was fourth and an outsider in tlie betting
