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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF The Brook has been assigned 173 pounds for the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Handicap to be run at Belmont Park Saturday SaturdayW W Sheas Rock Sand stallion Tea Caddy now standing at the Glen Helen Stud has been mated with a dozen or more highclass mares maresThe The condition of the veteran trainer James John ¬ ston who suffered a stroke Monday night is re ¬ ported slightly improved It is believed an opera ¬ tion will be necessary to complete bis recovery recoveryIt It turns out that it was not Mrs H B Duryea brood mare Frizette the dam of Banshee Frizzle Mary Maud and Frizeur that died with her foal by Prince Palatine but Census the dam of Shannon ShannonA A stout fight is being made in England for the abolition of the rule voiding the engagements of horses through the death of owners The chief argument against the rule is outofdateism nnd reduction of values of the horses thus losing en ¬ gagements gagementsIt It is said that Emil Herz will go to England next fall for the purpose of buying another stallion and a number of brood mares for the Short Grass Stud of Kentucky None of the produce of that corporn tion will be sold privately all to be offered to the general public at the annual Saratoga sales salesAmong Among the spectators at last Saturdays Wood ¬ bine Park Toronto race for the Kings Plate was A J Lucas of Pittsburgh now a prosperous merch ¬ ant seventyeight years old In 1800 he was the exercise lad for Don Juan which won the Kings Plate that year the first race for the historic trophy trophyPropaganda Propaganda Gene Lutz threeyearold Sundrldgc filly was injured in a peculiar manner Sunday Sevcpil boys were practicing with air guns in close proximity to the Lutz stable and two of the bullets Ntruek Propaganda in the near thigh The injury though not serious will throw her out of training for a week or ten days
