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BLUE BONNETS TURF NOTES $ M. C. OConner, custodian of the jockeys room, reports that forty riders have filed applications for badges. and that there are more expected by Monday. Trainer C. Ferretti arrived at Montreal from Havana, Cuba, with the horses of Dr. E. Durand, prominent Cuban physician, and will remain in Canada for the summer. They are Long Count and Susan Miller. Ferretti also reports that L. Serri, with Hope Loring and Hero Olga, and F. Castro, with Kuvito and Golden Beam, are en route from the Cuban capital. Sierra and Castro raced in Canada last season. , Apprentice M. Contino, a Cuban youngster under contract to C. Ferretti, arrived from Cuba and was seen in action on opening day. Contino has had experience in Cuba and is expected to lead the apprentices in Quebec. Former jockey H. Gibson, who has entered the training ranks in charge of a public stable this season, has in his employ two local boys who he is starting as riders. They are E. Tobin and L. Burgess and were seen in action on opening day, and both showed that they have been thoroughly trained in the art of piloting horses. E. Tobin is under contract to L. Tessier of Montreal and Burgess to Gibson. Gibson rode for more than twenty-five years on the tracks of Canada and the United States, and the boys should benefit from Gibsons long experience. Mr. H. Fishman of the Annex Drug Store of Montreal, has donated a silver trophy for the trainer saddling the most winners during the Quebec racing season. The jockey fee for the Montreal season will vary in the different race values. For purses of 00 value the fees will be 5 for winning rider, second and third and unplaced; of 00 value, winning rider 0, second and third; of 00 value and upward will be 5 and 0. All steeplecehase events will be 5 and 0 fees. Lester Snow, who was severely injured in a motor car accident last fall and who was confined to the hospital during the winter months, has completely recovered and was able to resume1 his duties as valet, in which he has been employed for the past five years. , The deepest rgret was expressed by offi- cials of the Montreal Jockey Club and track employes of Blue Bonnets upon receiving the announcement of the death of Dr. Russell E. Stone of New Orleans, La. Dr. Stone passed away after undergoing an appendectomy. He was president of the Louisiana Jockey Club and has been the leading surgeon in the lower state for many years and rated by many the best in America. General manager L. Dandurand announced the minimum purse for the steeplechase events will be 00 and a race will be run each day if sufficient entries are available.
