Evening star., 1908-01-11
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TURF AND TRACK NOTES.

Roy A. Rainey has retired Sir Wilfred,
with which he achieved his greatest sue
cess on the turf, to- the stud. and sta
toned the horse at tire Shrewsbury farm,
shrewsbury, N. j., under the care OF Matt
Byrnes.
W.. H. Mosby, who trained the horses
OF the wealthy Canadian turfman. w. NJ.
Hendrie. last season. has registered with
the Jockey Club partnership with the
breeder. John d. Meet. in eight two-year-
olds that will race in the MOsby cOlors in
1908. - -
Trainer Max Hirsch has the Jamaica
race course all to himself as a winter
training ground. The Jamaica track Is
favorite training place in the early
spring because of the light sandy soil,
claire is the best-kn6wn horse, is the
only establishment winte.ing there.
The entries for the Standard stakes. the
chief weight-for-age event Of the Graves
as follows: Colin, Celt, Ballot, Superman,
Montgomery, Uncle. Meelick Nealon.
Charles Edward Running Account, Royal
Tourist. Firestone. DR.. Gardner Har-
court, Tourenne, Jim Gaffney. Hessian,
old Honesty, Marothen. Running Water.
p. Daley. w. II. Carey and w. H. Daniel.
The entries received for the Spring
stakes Of the Brooklyn and Coney Island
Jockey clubs and the Brighton Beach
Racing Association throughout. the lists
fell short. of the records. OF last season in
number. but in every instance the num-
ber os nominators was larger than for
1907 =
Following Immediately on the nomina-
tion of the mare Frances H.. for her foal
by Yankee in the Brighton Produce stakes
of 1910. the death of the mare was an
nounced yesterday by her owner. F. r.
Hitchcock. A similar but greater loss
was encountered by II. X. Knapp In the
brother 10 the great Highbail. earlier In
the week promptly following the making
of engagements for him In a great num-
ber Of the important stakes that closed
January >.
Foreign mails received at the Offices OF
New York racing associations yesterday
brought nominations for steepiechase
stakes from three prominent American
patrons OF. crOsS-countPy racing. all OF
whom are abroad for the winter. The
nominators were Thomas Hitchcock jr.,
at Manchester Hall, Oakham. England,
and +. Ambrose Clarke at Rugby, Eng
land. both of whom went abroad for the
English fox hunting season. and George
Saportas. owner of the Bonnie Brook
stable. who is at Monte Carlo.
The great sprinter Roseben. which was
said to be dying from blood poisoning last
fall. and for which there then seemed
SmaI nope Of his ever racing again,
has perfectly recovered and is at work
again on the Grayesend track. in such
fine condition that trainers pronounce him
the best looking horse wintering on the
course.
The Coney Island Jockey Clubs $4,000
Century stakes, one mile and a half, for
three-year-olds and upward, which had
it's first closing under the new conditions,
for the race to be run in the same year
as the closing. at the fall meeting COM
ing. has received fo-ty-fOur nominations,
as follows: Ellisdale. Fountainblue Ac-
countant. w. III. Daniel. w. H. Carey,
Rifeman. Blue Blood, Lawrence p. Daley,
Colin. Ballot. Superman. Celt. Running
Water. Chaseaway. Jim Gaffney. Do
rante. Lane Allen. Alfred Noble, Mont.
gomery. Uncle. Meelick. Salvidere, King
James. Hessian. Sir Huron. Arctic. Frank
Gill. Masaue. Cohort. Ben Fleet. Nealon.
| Charles Edward. Bedouin. Walls. Fort
Johnson. Home Again. Fathe. Kefree.
Royal Tourist. Timber, Stamina Bar
| None, Firestone. Falcada and Beaucoup: