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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a keen spiritualist, states c, that a few days ago he received a letter from a l; man who had attended a seance and then backed y four winners as a result of w:iat the medium told ; him! London Sportsman. I Emil Herz will leave New York today for Lex- ington Kv., for a weeks visit at Glen Helen Stud, J where his stallion Short Grass is standing. Mr. Herz has thirteen foals at the farm, twelve by I Short Grass and one by Spanish Prince. It is said that T. P. Thome will not race in this 0 country next year, as it is his intention to return to France, where he still maintains a breeding establishment, with the stallions Magellan and Le Melior f, at its head. The 0,000 colt Gilroy, recently sold to Captain Dewhurst, was bought for Lord Lascelles, who is c going in for racing on a fairly large scale. His J father. Lord Harewood, is a standby of the Eng- J lish turf. Galrov cost 425 as a yearling and was i sold afterward to W. Clark for 4,000. i Ilelford, a five-year-old English horse, by Loiia-wand Aunt Hetty, sold a year ago to an Indian turfman by Sir Edward Hulton, the English newspaper owner, has had much success in India and has been matched against Dark Legend to run in a Calcutta race for 50,000 rupees about 10,oOO a side. , , , After Major W. W. Astors fine three-year-old Buchan had won the Champion Stakes t Newmarket. England, October 14, an offer of j,000 was refused for him." It was in the Champion Stakes that Tlie Panther disgraced himself. He was equal favorite with Buchan at 2 to 1 and refused i to run, finishing fourth. The Panther is now set i down as a coward by- English critics. 1 Sundav, October 12, at the Parisian course of 1 Loiigchainps an American officer is said to have won 2G,5U0 through a sentimental bet. He backed s a horse named American for 100 each way. I he horse won and the paris mutuels on the race declared j a dividend of 133and over him. "The officer," says the Indon Dailv Mail, "knew nothing about the 1 horse and backed it on its name alone." The yearlings purchased from the Quincy Stable s by C. F Evans, a newcomer on the turf, and for which" he is said to have paid 75,000, are as follows: Bnv colt, by Fair Play Felicity ; brown colt, bv Friar Bock Okitau; brown colt, by Trap ; Kock iiceadillo; chestnut colt, by Ormonduli Blue Girl; bav colt, by Wrack Single Shot; brown colt, ; by Wrack Lady Elite; brown colt, by Wrack Treeless. : The Premo Jockey Club -Argentine Derby was i decided last month at the Palermo course of Buenos Aires. Tinv. a colt by Jardy, came in first, but : was disqualified for boring, and the race awarded to Buen Ojo, by Chili II. or Craganour View, which i was ridden bv G. Torterolo. Tiny, which appears to be the best three-year-old of the season in the . Argentine, was purchased last year for 20,000, and . an offer of 100,000 has been refused for him.
