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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF The formerly gooo inc mare iioiiscmam oy Proomstick Kthel Pace died recently on the Simnis farm near Lexington LexingtonJames James 11 Smith the lug California coal man and a friend of 1 II Kosseters is going into breeding gradually in the Golden State lint in general the interest there is far from broad broadFred Fred Taral who has been a sufferer with the fin for nearly six weeks is convalescing He is about again today and may accept a mount in the old timers race to be run during the PimUeo meeting Mortimer Murphys Chief and C A Applegates Arnold two of the best performers at New Orleans this winter are at the Howie Maryland course Itoth are to take part in the early races of that track trackThe The Kentucky Derby lists by Kentucky judges are making Damask Destruction High Command Doniiacona and On Watch at li to 1 in their cal ¬ culations Prince Pal is next with 10 to t against him himGodfrey Godfrey Preece of Westbury L L is at home from Pineliurst N C with about thirty polo ponies that he and his sons Qnentin and Stewart have been wintering and using t here Qiicnl in is going to Fngland to rido races this year yearKxjockey Kxjockey Hopkins who in 115 rode for Mr John Sanford in France and was third in the list of American riders for 1911 is now a Chicago veterinary surgeon having recently graduated Hopkins is going to Maryland to practice and will be on duty at Havre do Grace GraceKelly Kelly Phillips former jockey and now i trainer who took i stable of liorses to Tijuana from New Orleans recently was found dead in his home at San Diego Cal Monday night with sev ¬ eral bullet wounds in his head The manner of liis death could not be determined determinedIn In a personal letter from Kentucky and referring to the Kentucky Derby lot Exile writes Donna cona is the best bred horse in the race and if Max Ilirsch gets tho hang of the St Simon breed think he can be made out a winner I thought him second best to Man o War last season and the St Simon liorses almost always improve a lot from two o three years Another of Whitneys Damask will have the advantage of conditions though and lie is a real good colt
