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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Jockey C. Thomas has left Montreal for "Kansas City and jockeys Dunkinson and E. Smith departed from the same place for Timonium, Mil.", to ride at the fair meeting there next week. At Bcrnay. France, August 0, the Critcrium de Bernay, five-eighths mile, ,000 added, was won in 57 seconds by M. Rutgers Le Roys Aander-bllt heirs Halpine, ch. f, 2, by Maintcnon Halloween, by Ayrshire. The American turfman A. K. Macomber is doing well in France, occupying fourth place on the winning owners list up to July 31 witli 6,871 to his credit. The stable of the late A K. Validerbilt is third on the list with winnings of 03,154. T. Carriiody, the American jockey who arrived in England last week, has soon commenced work. He was out riding on Sunday, August 15, and the following morning at Newmarket, where lie intends staying to the end of the season. London Sportsman. " " Sire fees average low in Australia. At the head of the list is Buckwheat at ,000. There are but two. Magpie and Demosthenes, at 00. All these three are English-bred horses. The other public sires advertised have fees running from 30 to 5 each. Funeral services for the late William Kissam Vanderbilt were held last Thursday iifternoon at the family residence, Fiftli avenue and Fifty-second street. New York. After the services. th boiy was tr.ken to the final resting place i;i the Moravian Cemcteiy, in Staien Island. John .Sanford plans bringing. Nassovian and fourteen yearlings now quartered in France to this country in October. Nassovian, by William III. Veneration IL, will be sent to the Sanford Hurri-caha Stud at Amsterdam, N. Y. The yearlings will be brbken and arc intended for racing in America next year. James M. Monty Wnterbury, for several years one of the most prominent international poh stars and brother of Larry Wnterbury, who played with him oil the team that engaged in the internatiouril matches witli Great Britain in 101l! died Friday in French Lick Springs, iiid., where he had gone for his health. "
