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NOTES OF THE TURF There are still some unpaid tickets over the Palmerston race at San Francisco They are from Tom Walshs St Louis room and their holders allege that Walsh gives as his excuse for not paying them the general law against gambling an ungraceful plea from such an experienced operator as Walsh A better one may well bo found or else the tickets should be paid If for such a reason the bets are vitiated the reasoner is also in bad standing under the Criminal Code CodeFor For the four months ending with May last there are no fewer than 102 different steeple ¬ chase meetings advertised in England consist ¬ ing of 145 days With an average of six races a day this means that close to 800 jumping races take place inside f four winter months monthsIn In P Dunne the brother to Red Banner Hugh McCarren evidently has a really good colt One cf his hind legs is said to be tunder suspicion The colt favors the mud Ho is named after the man whom McCarren with a host of other turf men reasonably love Pat Dunne DunneTenny Tenny has been returned to the Haggin ranche in California and will do duty as a hire at the Beaumont stud in Kentucky this year yearThe The Brooklyn Jockey Club announces the Broadway stakes of 5000 for 3yearolds to close March 1 for the spring meeting
