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RACING IN AM LANDS That racing is now practically worldwid and the gallant thoroughbred a favorite in every land under the sun is illustrated by the following letter printed in last weeks Spirit of The Timas from faraway Burmah BurmahThat That there is no dearth of new blood to be infnstd into tha thoroughbred now in India is shown by the 8 8 Euryalus now on her way with Mr D D Mackinnon who has a batch of 150 horses among them tha stallion Courage by Trenton Margaret for tha Mysore Govern ¬ ment Mr Mackinnon has also a dark horse that he says is Viceroys Cup form but the name is not given givenThe The Australian trainer T Ferguson is on his way to India and has for some years been training at Flemington and associated with many good horses amongst them Ocean win ¬ ner of the Grand National Hurdle Race Pro pounder Spokesman Eurus Chillagoe Promon ¬ tory Reaper He comes by tha steamer Ful tala with Loch Clieroden and Malacca on behalf of Mr 8 F Reynolds and Yukon a chestnut filly by Goldreef Ronnie on behalf of Mr J Glove He will probably settle in India and as a Victorian trainer of proved capability he is vary likely to do well in the east With polo ponies tha Fultala brings about 200 horaai to India IndiaThe The schedules for the Rangoon Autumn Meeting 1901 are out having 19 races with a value of 4325 including a hurdle rasa two steeplechases and two flat races for old Griffins Tha new Griffins are provided with three races one each day The IndoBurmans 12 2 have a race each day and so have the IndoBnrmans 130 hands and under There are two races each for the 132 and 140 open class the Ran ¬ goon St Legor is confined to IndoBnrmans 130 and the LieutenantGovernors Cup to 132 hands and under The distances are increased and the weights in many races have been raised Thus the nativebrad horses have been well looked after and it seems that Burma rac ¬ ing is entering a new lease of life lifeThe The steady demand for good useful racing stock should attract tha attention of travelled Americans There is a big field hera for them and any man bringing over three or four good average performers simply as an experiment would have a most enjoyable time and at a comparatively small cost have a great chance to establish a remarkably good paying connec ¬ tion This has been done by English gentlemen in various parts of the world and there is no reason on earth why it should not be done here To any man of moans fond of horses it should prove an interesting experiment
