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:j . S I 1 I i l ., t t t J 1 Jl i is 11 1 11 CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF C. P. Winfrey lias sold the two-year-old Free State to The Beach Stable. Jockey J. Kederis plans to ride at Oriental Park next winter. He lias been spending the winters at his home in Seattle, Wash., for a few years past. He will leave for Havana next week. While the average of the recent Newmarket, Eng-lang, sales were not as high as at Doncaster in September, because a lot of culls wore soli, the :total sum realized at ,Newmarkqt was 1919.sh00,000. W. Lane, the once famous English jockey, who was associated with- the great Pretty Polly in nearly all her triumphs, and whose career was untimely curtailed by- a serious accident, is now in successful poultry farmer. A French thoroughbred which went all through the .war with a cavalry regiment has, after being Memobilized," won- seven races in succession in the space of -five weeks. He is called Le Petit Mossieu and belongs to Capt. Felix Petit. English backers had an unpleasant experience at Goodwood. Thly scnt Diadem out favorite at 5 to 2 on for the King- George Stakes, of 1919.sh,000, but when the barrier rose Suud Or whipped round and took Diadem- withhim, both being left at the post. The Panther had his last chance in the Newmarket Champion. Stakes, but he curled up after going the first half of the journey. He has, however, finished his racing career and goes at once to the stud, where, despite his peculiarities, lie is expected to be u success. . Subsequent to Ids defeat in England and Ireland j the much-boomed colt, The Panther, changed stables : and is now beiiig trained by-C. Marsh, who is a son : of King Georges trainer, R. Marsh. The Panthers ; : owner, Sir Alee Black, has not been racing long. . but he has already changed Ids trainer five times. Frank woottoh, the once champion jockey, who has been hi Mesopotamia- for the last three years, has at length received his demobilization papers and now on his way back to England. Ho is too heavy to ride, but will stick to the turf as a trainer, at firstiuuder hia father, and later for himself.
