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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF The English coarse at Enseal Downs i- to be narrowed at the finishing point — it is now extremely wide— to make room f r the increasing crowds which patronize the important racing there. Turfmen afford many peculiar studies. They seem for the SMS pari a conglomeration of incom-paUbiUUes, actaatad b.v strange mixtures of strict honor and de-ires to wink at misdeeds. The honor is port of daily bos|aeaa transactions and the misdeed wmks old human aatare assertiag itself. The Western Racing Association, which operates the DeTOBShire race track at Windsor, was the de-fondant la SB action for 84,083, instituted by the Walter T. Figgett Dumber Company. The action arose from a dispute over the amount of money due the plaintiff for lumber supplied to the defendant. J. K. M.iddon. it is naid, is counting on Surf Rider, the good son of Superman — Sea Spray, by Star Shoot, v.hich won six races out of eight starts and 8111.130 as a two-year-old last year. to be a formidable contender lor Kentucky Derby boapra Ibis ..ear. The geld.ng is wintering well at Louisville. William II. Henry, former steeplechase jockey, employed as a trainer at Foxhail P. Keencs 1 Monktoa estate near Baltimore. Md.. killed his wife and then committed aajcide hist Thursday, according ; to finding; of a coroners jury Friday. Henry j.nd his wife eats red a aalehle pact because of despondency, according to the coroner.
