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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF John Msiddons string of twentythree twoyear olds have arrived safely at Hclmont Park from Kentucky KentuckyKing King George has an even dozen twoyearolds to carry the royal colors in this years racing All are well engaged in the important juvenile stake races racesUrney Urney the sevenyearold son of Ardoon and St Itrenda won at Sydney N S W on January 1 the 5 000 Anniversary Handicap by a head from eight others othersTracery Tracery recently sold to the Argentine has t good performer in Abbots Trace dam Abbots Annie which captured the 0000 Union Jack Stakes at Liverpool on March 25 25Matt Matt Uyrnos one of the old school if trainers has four horses in training two promising two yearolds ami Election and Dorothys Pet They aru at his Eiitontovn Farm New Jersey JerseyThe The sprinter Arnold which raced well at New Orleans and came to Maryland siek with fever is so far recovered that arrangements are being made to have him shipped to Aqueduct AqueductThe The lottery if buying yearlings is strikingly illus ¬ trated in the case of Iayodee a sevenyearold horse by 1aysirdo Cheshire Cat which brought 7SUO as u yearling and was ivccntly sold in I on dun for the insignificiont sum of 105 105Among Among the Itoss twoyearolds the iolt Pamirs by Short Crass Ellangowan is the most favored by the horsemen Hassintt the Pallot Passeting filly in the same stable while not large is a model of the highest conformation and can run fast fastOf Of two famous jumps of the Aintree Liverpool course Heehers Hicok is fcetjy inches wide with a footwide natural brook oirthc far side Valen ¬ tines Hrook is feet f inches wide with a natural brook on the far side which is 5 feet G inches wide wideThe The Irish horses Troytown and Jerry M have the distinction of winning the two great steeple chasing classics the Crand Steeplechase at Autenil and the Liverpool Crand National Troytown is more than 17 hands high lie is considered one of the safest horses through the field that has been Mrs Annie Peterson Cole seventy widow of 15 M Cole for many years identified with racing and horse Infoiling as manager of the Nursery Stud and later as the owner of a number i f thoroughbred mares died Saturday at Graocland Farm her home near Lexington Ky She is sur ¬ vived by one son Ceorge C Wood of Cincinnati and one daughter Mrs John Wilson Townsend of Lexington Ky KyWhat What is termed an American accent or stain worries some English critics in commenting on tin inality of the second winter favorite for the Derby Prince Galahad His third dam High Feather was by Henry of Navarre High Feather was from High Tea by the St Loger winner ISayon dOr by Flageolet which came to this country High Feather the dam of China Cock by Santoi was a most useful handicap mare in England EnglandThe The twoyearolds at Lexington are being schooled by Jim Osbonic the efficient assistant starter anil the horsemen and observers have been quite complimentary of his work The impress is general that the youngsters are uniformly better schooled than has been the case in previous years Joe K Hawkins his at his stable a stretch of web ¬ bing under which he walks his horses to make them unafraid of the barrier It was iito windy Friday afternoon and rub rags hung on the webbing to dry were fluttering mightily but the Hawkins horses did not seem to notice them at all
