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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF There is thought to be a chance that the Canadian racing reform bill will not be received or acted iipnn this spring and that racing in Canada will go on in the same old way for a season at least leastFrancis Francis Nelson vill officiate as a steward in the stand at Howie Md and leaves for Haltimore to ¬ morrow to take M his duties As usual lie will ollieiate on the better Canadian courses this year yearThe The report of old Holsters death from Howie was evidently incorrect as the wellbred old gelding was at work at the Howie track yesterday morning and is likely to be ashiri cpnttjndijr inUij early races there Duke tf Devonshire iiil C K Anderson are bears at Tijuana Anderson ha been nicknamed Hrains for some reason probably activity and the Duke lias won six of his last nine races in lower California and is locally referred to as a regal horse and one that led Jolircn home homeDaily Daily Uacing Forms Canadian representative W V Hewitt of Toronto lias been appointed in charge of the Canadian hockey team to play at Antwerp Helgiuni April MIW lie and Mrs Hew ¬ itt sail from St Johns X H April They ex ¬ pect to return before the spring meeting at Toronto begins beginsThe The Colin colt Compadre in the Jniney Stable is an eiiiiue character lie is intelligent and oms of the quickest of breakers Hut Compadre will not work though in races he does his best At the bar ¬ rier he is as ijtiick as a cat and while he seldom goes to a false start he is usually first away and hard to catch Jim Fitzsimmons his trainer de ¬ clares that he outguesses the starter and the colt certainly likes racing A