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NOTES OF THE TURF. . Jenkinstown. winner of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase of 1010. was sold at auction at Tattersall s m London recently for 0,500. He is now eleven yean old and la set to carry 101 pounds in tin- year - Liverpool. If a man promises t a pay a betting debt iu Eng land 111 order to avoid being reported as a defaulter the debt thereby becomes recoverable at law and it is oi DO avail to plead the Gaming Act. Two deci-ions to this effect are reported iu the latest English mail. At Auteuti. iu Frame, yesterday, Eugene Fis,-h-01 1 Aug. blond , n the Prix de Vaucressoa. a steeplechase of ,000, distance two miles and one one half furlongs. In the Irix DOvertare Selling feteeplechase ol *«;:». . distance one mile and seven and one-half furlongs. Thomas P. Thomes Coppee finislied second. The retirement of Dr. Rutherford from the post or veterinary Director-General f..r Canada, is ■ dis Unct loss to the public service and it will be difficult to nil the plaee with a man of equal ability and capacity. Dr. Rutherford is 1 staunch supporter of the inri because he fully and correctly appreciates the value of thoroughbred blood and knows that without the stimulus of racing it would practically disappear. The opinion of a practical and clearheaded mail is ..f incalculable value in arriving at a correct estimate on any subject.— Toronto Globe.
