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BITS OF GOSSIP ABOUT FOREIGN RACING. Horses Are Drugged in Russia Second Sight a Good Filly Death of Joe Day. It Is an extraordinary story which comes from St. Petersburg by way of Vienna with regard to the race for the Kaiser Preis recently won by Galtee Boy, a son of the English Derby winner, Galtee fMore., ,-Au examination and analysis of the Saliva of all the competitors was .taken after the, race, and with the exception of three of the unplaced competitors, all were found to have been "doped." The three not doped were Count Ribeanpierres Rendezvous," Messrs. Sherebkows Mascagnl and P. J. Lazarews Padischach Sade. The results of the analysis were publicly posted on the stands a week after the race. Meanwhile stakes had been paid over and so had all bets. The question now avisos, will the race be . declared void and the money be refunded; will it be awarded to the three horses which had not been tampered with; or will the result be allowed to stand? "If I mistake not, Mr. Vahderbilt has a remarkably good filly in Second Sight, " the winner of the Prix de la Touques at Deaiivlllei and what will increase the owners satisfaction is the fact that he bred her himself," says a noted French turf critic. "Second Sight is by Fiorizel II., otit of First Sight, a mare by Isinglass, out of Nandine, by Wisdom, so that her pedigree is good enough for anything. She made her debut in the two-year-old Omnium at Maisons Laffite, being unplaced, and she ran second to Peroraison for the Prix de Honfleur at Deauville. These two races evidently did her a lot of good, for she won her last race in decisive fashion, beating Musette, the winner of the Prix dEssai at Maisons, Interlaken, He de France III., and a good field. Second Sight is heavily engaged, and I shall be greatly surprised if she does not distinguish herself." Joe Day, one of the famous family of trainers, died in England September 1, after a long and painful Illness. Day was born in I860. He left a widow and seven children totally unprovided for. His brother trainers have been very good, and have seen to their wants, but it is suggested that something else will now have to be done for their support. The Gaming and Betting Bill, which recently passed the Legislative Assembly of Nsw South Wales, prohibits street, shop and club betting, and, while not rendering betting on racecourses and sports grounds illegal, empowers proprietors to remove persons betting thcron. The bill also restricts the number of race meetings, and provides for a minimum circumference of six furlongs and the licensing of all race courses. Newspapers are prohibited from publishing betting quotations before the events. Danny Maher lias. met with extraordinary success in big events during this season in England, included amongst them, the Great Ebor Handicap Golden Measure, the Woodcote Stakes Traquair, the Derby Spearmint, the Oaks Keystone II., the Castle Irwell Handicap Velocity, Manchester and Ascot Gold Cups Bachelors Button, Eclipse Stakes Llangibby, National Produce Stakes Traquair, and Liverpool Summer Cup Chaucer. In the English jockey list from the beginning of the season to September 1, W. Higgs still holds an unassailable position, his nearest opponent E. Wheatley, being thirty behind, Higgs having ridden ninety-eight winners to Wheatleys sixty-eight. Danny Maher is third with sixty-six and O. Madden 13 fourth with sixty-two.
