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NOTES OF THE TURF Racing in South Africa has for some years been under a cloud for it gained unenviable notoriety for shady running but matters in this respect have of late improved improvedC C F Clay nephew of Colonel E F Clay owner of Runnymede Stud and member of the State Rac ¬ ing Commission now in New York was accidentally shot and Instantly killed near Paris Ky last Tues ¬ day afternoon afternoonThe The starting gate was first regularly introduced in England at the Lincoln spring meeting in 1900 being then confined to twoyearold races only In 1901 it was extended to threeyearolds and in the following year to horses of all ages agesHermit Hermit which won the English Derby of 1SC7 will always be regarded as the most sensational winner of the classic event mainly by reason of the fact that the late Marquis of Hastings lost over 500000 through the defeat of Vauban in the race raceAV AV H DuBois Patchogue Stable which is to go out of existence by the auction route is only a shadow nowadays Nealon and Charles Edward have been worthless this Vear Running Account cannot stand training and Rossfentou turns out to lie but a selling plater platerIn In charging Governor Hughes special grand jury Judge Rogers urged the jurors to be careful to see that every charge made is well defined He told them that they must ho sure of the facts before bringing in an indictment and that they must take no hearsay evidence but made no especial charge on the belting cases casesElder Elder the Brooklyn political lawyer who has had charge of the eastern antibetting crusade thor ¬ oughly enjoys the warmth of the light In which he stands The man courts notoriety it is said talks loudly about what he is doing pases as man of mark in public places and Is generally and personally unpleasant at all times timesIsinglass Isinglass won the richest prize ever run on the English turf the Jockey Club Stakes of 1S94 which with a surplus was worth 50510 Next in value comes Ayrshires Sandown Eclipse Stakes In 1889 worth 55825 Then comes the Prince of Wales Stakes at Leicester in 1SS9 Donovan the winner took 55000 the second 3750 and the third 1250 and Surefoots 55377 in the Sandown Eclipse of 1891
