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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF It seems that A K Macombers Star Master an extra good horse nowadays was operated on last fall for anatfectlon of the wind windWildalri Wildalri the Whitney Broomstick Verdure two yearold colt which won so impressively at Belmont Park last Thursday is only fifteen hands one and onehalf inches tall rilid blocky but is of extra fine substance He is expected to do great things this season seasonR R T Wilsons trainer Tom Ilealey says of Corn Tassel He js the most honest horse I ever trained He always docs his best I wish I had a few more in my barn like him and Straight Forward They are not champions but they are honest horses and never disappoint you youA A touching triUuf e has been paid to Alec Carter Carterone one of Frances best steeplechase jockeys who was waskilled killed iti action on October 11 1914 a commwiora commwiorative1 tive1 tablet having been placed on a wall in the theweig1riirgrHooihjit weig1riirgrHooihjit ATireniU which now bears the thename name of Salle Alec Carter CarterThe The American military police maintained order at the MaisbnsLafitte Paris course during the spring race meeting in May All records for attendance were beaten there Monday May 5 when the gate receipts wre 10000 at low prices of admission and the mutuel take amounted to 321 8 o The minor meetings in and about Baltimore at the Gentlemens Driving Park and Hagerstown Md have been most successful with good racing and betting The latter meeting closed yesterday and is to be followed by five racing days at Clarks ¬ burg West Virginia under the same management and with about the same horses horsesIn In the two racing days May 8 and 9 at the Bois d Boulonge Course of Paris Mr W K Vander bilt started five horses with Frank ONeill riding all Three of the five won Forearm 3 by Main tenon Foresight 117 pounds won the Prix de la Grotte one mile at 10 to 1 on McKinley 3 by iMacdonald II Mrs Dcspard 128 pounds won the Prix de Guicli v jme and onequarter miles at 10 to 1 on and Sammy Sands 5 by Sea Sick Bats Delight 137 pounds won the Prix Perplexitc one and onequarter Ijpcs at G to 1 against
