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WOODBINE TURF NOTES TORONTO Ont May 26 26N N Joseph McLennin arrived from Tulsa Okla Asked regarding the horse Sopron he said Sopron is an imported horse out of a half breed mare Although he holds a certifi ¬ cate from the English Jockey Club he is ineligible for registration in the States Sopron is a horse of extreme speed at sprint ¬ ing distance He was at New Orleans last winter but of course not being registered with The Jockey Club could not start He is matched against a famous quarter horse at 5000 a side the race to be run at Tulsa some day next week weekClaims Claims were deposited for Leatherwood in the fifth race by Day T Quinlan and A G Weitz and in the draAving Quinlan secured him for 2500 2500Tommy Tommy Gorman the hustling secretary of the Connaught Park Jockey Club was a Aisitor He came down from Ottawa to con ¬ sult Avith the horsemen regarding the allot ¬ ment of stalls The W Ziegler stable is sending up sixteen from IJelmont Park Gene Beury Avill act as racing secretary and Her ¬ man Conklin Avill be one of the stewards The other officials Avill be passed on at the meeting of the C R A at the Woodbine to ¬ morrow Mr Gorman Avas accompanied to Toronto by Col George Murphy one of the directors of the Connaught Park Club ClubEdward Edward Aival for many years associated with A Orpen as manager of the betting rings and mutuel departments on tracks op ¬ erated by the latter was an arriAal from Porto Rico RicoThomas Thomas J Healey reports that jockey J Maiben is rapidly recovering from the in ¬ juries he sustained as a result of a fall at the Pimlico meeting Maiben plans to go to St Ix uis and ride the W J Salmon entry Black Panther in the Fairmount Derby DerbyWalter Walter Mara one of starter Cassidys as ¬ sistants is down with a slight attack of the flup During his illness Charles Maclnnis is acting as a substitute substituteW W E Burke announced that he would dis ¬ tribute the entry blanks for the Devonshire Derby among the horsemen some day this week weekJack Jack Odam Avas an arrival from Belmont Park Avith the good racer Premier The lat ¬ ter was shipped to the Woodbine to fill his engagement in the Toronto Cup to be run on Saturday Jockey McAtee is coming up to ride the colt Premier was unloaded in good condition and housed in one of the barns at the upper end of the course
