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THORNCLIFFE TURF NOTES TORONTO OnL May 31 31A A G Weston who has been appointed one of the stewards at Thorncliffe will fill a like position at Hamilton HamiltonHappy Happy Gordon has taken over the book of jockeys T Wilson and R Fisher for the Thorncliffe meeting meetingTrainer Trainer W Livingston announces he has seveied connection with the O P Burkart stable and is contemplating opening a public stable stableJudge Judge W E Burke expressed himself as highly satisfied with the response received from the New York stables racing at Wood ¬ bine Park for the Devonshire Derby to be run at Devonshire track Windsor on July 6 Word received from Judge M N Mac Farlane also stated that Chicago horsemen are evincing keen interest in the race raceG G W Foreman took the threeyearold The Maple out of the fifth race at Woodbine Park Saturday via the claiming route from J K L Ross for 1500 1500George George Palmer who did the starting at the Mount Royal meeting in Montreal was a visitor He will remain here until the open ¬ ing c f the Long Branch meeting where he will officiate as starter starterWalter Walter Mara one of starter Cassidys as ¬ sistants who was laid up with an attack of the flu during the Woodbine meeting has recovered sufficiently to resume his duties and he was again in harness this afternoon afternoonKosciusko Kosciusko raced in the colors of Charles Ferraro in the seventh race Monday the New York sportsman having acquired him this morning from D A Cohen by private pur ¬ chase chaseThe The twoyearold Thuron in the W J Sal ¬ mon stable is reported to have been unloaded at Fairmount Park in bad shape Thuron is a very sick colt and it is doubtful if he will be seen in action until next fall if then thenJoseph Joseph McLennan who will act as racing secretary at the first Hamilton meeting an ¬ nounced that the Hamilton Jockey Club has decided to renew the Dominion Handicap this year This stake which calls for Canadianbreds carries with it a prize of 3000 It is a dash of a mile and an eighth and entries close June 4 4George George Hendrie was a guest of the stewards during the running of the third race Mr Hendrie is quite enthusiastic over the outlook of the summer meetings at Wind ¬ sor and indications are that many of the best stables at the Chicago tracks will ship to the old Windsor Jockey Club course to participate in that meeting meetingA A C Bostwick came up from New York to attend the sale of the Ross horses He bid on several of them but was unsuccess ¬ ful in his effort to secure any of those offered offeredMrs Mrs James Bean wife of the wellknown Washington sportsman who purchased the Canadianbred Innkeeper at the Ross sale turned the latter over to G W Foreman who will train the colt for his new owner Innkeepers sire Boniface is out of a Meddler mare and the dam Pennsylvania is by Med ¬ dler He is from the family of Prince Pala ¬ tine Chacolet Wrack and Chelandry ChelandryAngus Angus McKechnie the diminutive jockey under contract to J P Smith had his first mount when he rode Graylings Lady in the sixth race Angus is a native of Windsor Ont and his mother and sister made the trip to Toronto to see him ride
