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JAMAICA TURF NOTES JAMAICA L L X Y May 20 20Harry Harry Rites arrived at Belmont Park from Pimlico with eight horses belonging to J E Griffith of Baltimore BaltimoreThe The steeplechase field was thrown open to trainers for the first time this spring yesterday morning and several trials were noted notedAlex Alex Covington an old time trainer and brother to Butch Covington trainer of the Parkview Stable was a visitor today It was his first visit to the East in more than thirty years yearsJockey Jockey F Hastings left for Toronto to ride C Millers Heretrix in the Kings Plate to SaturdaySandy be run at AVoodbine on Saturday Sandy McNaughton is dickering for the services of jockey S Hebcrt that T J Car ¬ roll has under call The latter will ship to Collinsville 111 to campaign at that point pointAVord AVord was received here that a smoke house the property of AVilliam Garth was destroyed by fire on his farm at Charlottes ville Ara Three thousand pounds of ham and bacon were destroyed much to tho chagrin of Uncle Billys host of friends who each year enjoyed his hospitality at Saratoga
