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I SARATOGA TURF NOTES T Barney Schlam, one of the oldest clerks actively associated with racing, is seriously ill at a New York hospital, according to word received here. C. J. Casey, with the Le Mar Stable, arrived from Hawthorne and will remain for the balance of the season, later shipping to Belmont Park. George and Mrs. Odom left for New York to attend the funeral services of James E. Gaffney. Wyatt Jones arrived here from Pough-keepsie, N. Y., with several horses. A. J. Joyner received word from Erden-heim Farm, near Philadelphia, that a handsome colt foal stepped in a hole, breaking a leg. The colt was by John P. Grier, from Startle, and was one of the prizes of the crop. A cablegram was received from J. E. Widener that his Confidence, a four-year-old, had won the Prix Astarte, her first start of this year. Jockey Mack Garner has complained to the Pinkerton authorities that unidentified persons are using his name in a touting scheme. The second annual dinner dance of the New York Turf Writers Association was held at Piping Rock Wednesday evening. Five hundred guests were on hand for the evenings entertainment, and the proverbial good time was had by all. Souvenirs were presented to the guests, traveling clocks for the ladies, and scarfs for the men. Entertainment was brought on from New York, and this added to by impromptu talent recruited from the ranks of the racing followers headed by Maurice "Dancer" Hyams.
