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Tfair grounds turf notes"! r-rrrrr The exact amount realized from the one-day charity meeting held at the Fair Grounds Sunday last was 0,939.52, accord- , ing to a statement by E. R. Burch, secretary and treasurer of the Louisiana Jockey Club. John J. Greely, Jr., left this morning for Lexington, where he shipped the horses he is training for Thomas Nash, of Chicago. Glen Lad, maiden four-year-old, cut down at the Fair Grounds Friday, was destroyed. After spending a few days here Edward F. Prichard returned to his Ashburne Farm, near Paris, Ky. A division of the Lone Star Stable, comprising about. six head, will be campaigned at Bowie, while twelve others will campaign through the spring meeting at Exposition Park, Aurora. O. Baigley, W. T. Trover and H. Cooper plan to ship their stables from here to St. Johns Park, getting, away for the Jacksonville track about March 15. After a short suspension for rough riding, apprentice J. Neel resumed riding Monday. Trainer John J. Greely arrived here last night from Chicago, his home, whither he had gone from New Orleans and today received his racing string at the Kentucky Association track, they having been shipped up from, the Fair Grounds. John H. Morris, master of Bosque Bonita Farm, will leave for Martinsville, Ind., tomorrow to accompany home his sister, Mrs. Charles Saff le, who has been taking the cure there for several weeks and who is reported-to be considerably improved. Major Louis A. Beard, manager of the thoroughbreds for the Whitney families, returned to Lexington today from the East.. He had been at New York and Red Bank, N. J. C. W. Hay reports that the first of the get of the stallion, Judge Hay, has arrived at his Scotland Farm, Frankfort, Ky. It is a chestnut filly from Cousin Emma, by Tre-visco. Other foals there are: Chestnut filly by Paicines Princess Eugenia, and brown filly by Sir Peter All in Black. The big stables of J. J. Robinson and Robert A. Fairbairn will remain here in charge of their respective trainers, H. C. Riddle and J. McPherson, until April 1, when they will be shipped to New York. McPherson will take the Fairbairn racers along with his own to Belmont Park, while the Robinson string goes direct to Jamaica. Jockey James Burke suffered a bruised foot while riding Pietro in his race Friday. James T. Looney of Lexington and owner of several horses racing here in charge of J. Shea, was" an arrival. He reported much interest in the coming spring season in Kentucky. Copies of the condition books for the Bowie spring meeting made their appearance here this afternoon. "Marty" Schwartz, " ruled off the turf for assaulting jockey James McCoy here Thursday, is a former race rider and was in difficulties with eastern racing officials several years back, according to Chris. Fitz-Gerald, Fair Grounds steward. J. McCoy has been engaged to ride the Rainbow Stock Farms Epona in the Liam T. MacCosgair Sweepstakes here March 17. Jockey W. Magner left for his home in Chicago, where he will rest for about two weeks before reporting to the W. L. Brodie stable at Bowie. Alton N., owned by Mrs. L. Money, has been turned over to S. C. Hunt.
