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FOREIGN RACING NOTES. The London police S;iliir l:iy, May LV», raided the Slopes, at Alexandria Park, where belliiii; was going M in connection with tbe races. Fifteen men were invested, MBtM considerable excitement on the part of the crowd of racing men. The arrests took place under Clause 1. of the new Slreet Belling Ail. which slates that: •Any person MfMtkl or loitering in street* or public places. 011 behalf either of himself, or of any other person, lor the purpose of liookiiiakiug. or betting, or waiving, or agreeing to bet or wager, or paying or receiving or settling bets, shall in tin case of a first •Cease, be liable, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a line not cm ceding £10." andc. It ought, perhaps, to be explained t ha t the offense took place outside the HMCWtH aMIsmca, racecourses being, of course, immune front the Act. It is a rare occurrence in England to find a grey thoroughbred nowadays, yet two hors. s of that color i;tn and won at liiimiiiidiam a few days n-Co. Thin:; Cheat, which Mrprfcwi Piatt, bis trainer, by credit ing Mr. James de Rolh-.-hild wilh the hoddington Selling Plate," ■■?■ :1 1-oteh.n critic. ay be a I title nairow across tbe hips, bnl his other good racing points make up lor this defect The s T the delimit Ilying Lemur, the bullion which, he il remembered, died soon after being sold for a goad sum to fa abroad, defeated Nap pointless, and wa-cheaply sold to Mr. Kt id WaJhCT. Singularly Waller UrhJSa rode both the greys." Ehc whiji flourishing ladies pursued by the Australian fSCkey, L. Hewitt, do not altogether appeal to those lovers of an artistic finish in England, and yet there is no gainsaying that his methods are effective, as shown by his record of eight mounts and four wins since he rode first at Liverpool. lie scored his third success on Karer Sort, hitherto a maiden on the flat. Famous out siders in the Eimiish Derby were Tcddlh 1«K to 1, Hermit, tit; io 1. honcasler, IS to 1. and Sir lingo 40 to 1. Eddie Jones, the American jockey, who rode in England a few years ago, lias, it is reported, been aehwd wilh paralysis. Recently at Melbourne, A— trait*. V. R- Rob orison, owner of Ioseidom, winner of last years Sydney Derby. Victoria Derby and Caullield and M. llHiurne Cups, purchased a yearling brother to his famous coll. lor ?,W, This constitutes a record price for a yearling in Australia.
