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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF The speedy Elfin Queen is fast earning the reputation of being a quitter and losing the large following of admirers she had last year. Walter Ridenour, a Lexington boy, is A. L. Kirbys apprentice rider. He can make weight as low as ninety-seven pounds and is a good boy. The newly-formed Spanish Jockey Club is expected to assume its functions in connection with the turf in Spain in October next. The filly Beck and Call has won three races in a row and appears to be -above the ordinary. Some critics say she is a stake horse masquerading as a plater. Fairy Wand is not a weight carrier. Her best races have been under light imposts and she generally fails when asked to carry more than 115 pounds. Jockey Lucien Lyne is riding with great success in Spain. In the course of the first week of August he had fourteen winning mounts out of seventeen starts. In connection witii the contretemps at the start for the King George Stakes July 30, in which Diadem and Suud Or were left at the post, the stewards the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Lord Lonsdale and Mr. Leonard Brassey interviewed the starter and the jockeys, and were satisfied that the difficulty was caused by Sund 0r jumping round when. the gate was released and forcing Diadem with him,
