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" e. 0. 7. il REDUCTION OF PROMINENT GERMAN STABLES There Is a teiidencv in Germany, save with one or two exceptions, to relinquish large stables. Breeders who showed their colors and found their plcasare in following the foals from the home pa.l docks into the Iraining stable and 011 to the rare toaise, have bud all the savor taken out of the former pastime by the suppression of betting. The famous •totalizator" has us many facilities tor finessing as were offered formerly and gives no tangible prool of in and out running by accident or design. I cannot understand how stewards can bring th ir consciences to warn off a jockey or proceed ag.iinst owner or trainer when it has lieen laid down that the system of betting actually in vogue is said to be the quintessence of honesty: a strong buckler and defense against every species of maneuver. Important stables have disappeared and with them a certain quantity of important races. The proof is found in the sum received each year by the I of li t I ■ J — 1 Inion Clnb as entries and forfeits. The records the clnb show that the £33.545 r.-ceived in 19i l bus steudily declined, and that the amount received in 1907 only reached £19.136. The decrease shown in six years of n arly one-half should demand the attention of the government in a country with an open frontier where so much will dei end on an adequate supply of horses In those troublous timn that prophets foretell. — London Sportsman.
