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j ♦ CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Trainer Sandy McNaughton and joe key Clarence Kummer. after spending quite a vacation at Dot Springs. Ark., have returned to New York. Herbert Jones, the King of Knglands jockey, is now pronoiini-t-d by his doctor to be- recovered from his rei-ent illness. He is to go to Switzerland to heal his affected lungs. Englands leading owner. Lord Glanely, it instated, is in-gotiating. in conjunction with a promi-nent North of F.ngland firm, for purchase of the national shipyards at Chepstow. Allau-a -Dale, winner of the Kentucky Derby, and sin- of several paad bones, is to be sole! in Ne-w York January 29, when J. Watsoa Webhs hunters and thoroughbre-ds go under the hammer. Max Hirseh. trainer of George W. Loft horses, in in Texas visiting his old home-. From there he will go to California to look over the Booocter yearlings with a view to some jiossible purchases. The- twenty four-year-old brood man- Lizzie Oilman eertatalj was a lucky investment for I -c- smith, her owner, who paid 9 for her. Her produce brought over !S40. MM . The mare is now ill foal to Patau 1. The leading New Zealand owner. O. D. Oroon-wc ocl. owner of detaining, is to go to ITagleed to race. R. J. Mason, his trainer, gc os with him. Two other leading Antipodean racing men. T. II. LOWry, owner of Desert Cold, and .1. C.-ring Johnson, an- also going to England to live for some rears . Walter J. Salmon has selected the name Fred Rtibien for the two-year-old brown colt by Pete-r Qui ace lie lb- of Ashland, which he purchased of Major Thomas C. McDowell at Saratoga list sum -m r Mr Bsjhica. lor Wheel the colt has been nanie-d. is president of the- Metropolitan As-oiiatiOn of the A. A. V. Steeplechasers keep going for many years after other racehorses have- ended their turf usefulness. Lntteur III., which area tin- Liverpool Gnad National ten years ago. was in October reported to bn going well in his special preparation for the Yalen-: tine- Stakes at Liverpool in November. Luiteur 111. is now fifteen jars old, and jumping as will as ever. A loan for a somewhat unusual purpose- was re-eently granted in New Zealand by the- repatriation cle-paitnii-nts Daniu-viike committee. It was JC3."i for a Jockeys outfit in order to permit of a returned soldie-r resuming his aid oi-cupation. The Outfit consisted of two saddles. two pairs of riding bftttbfcs, a pair of riding boots, and spurs. — Sydney Referee.
