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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF TURFAs As usual the Kentucky Derby will be run on the first day of the Churchill Downs spring meeting Saturday May S SItaymontl Itaymontl Belmonr sou of Major August Belmont has been elected viceprcuident and director of the AVcstchester Itaciug Association AssociationJohn John Oshornc formerly one of the leading Eng ¬ lish jockeys and latterly a trainer at Middleham has seen all St Leger contests since 1849 1849Phoenix Phoenix Iark Dublin famous in racing and poli ¬ tics derives its name from the Gaelic FionnAisge pronounced FicnIshk meaning clear water and applied no doubt to a spring springGrand Grand Iarade Is the third consecutive winner of the Epsom Derby that has gone from the turf to the stud at a fee of 2000 when wholly untried as a sire His predecessors were Gay Crusader and Gainsborough GainsboroughThe The new sire Frizzle has a promising son that is in training and expected to start at the spring meeting at I xington This is Itapo o tli Lock a bay colt dam the Hastings mare Blue Ball and bred by Graceland Farm FarmFrom From 1914 to 1919 with one year in which the Sledgemere yearlings were sold to Mr W It Coe as a lot the English stud sold GS yearlings for 441175 an average of 4SS Of course the r 7r 00 Swynford lUue Tit yearling brought the highest price That sale is the record for yearlings
