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GOSSIP OF THE TURF ABROAD Tho German Derby winner Gulliver II pulled up lame recently after a gallop with some stable com ¬ panions and it is considered unlikely that he will le able to run again this season seasonJohn John Livock who attained the ago of eightytwo eightytwoyears years last Noveml er has carried out the duties of ofclerk clerk of the course at every race meeting held on onthe the Casterton Australia race course during the thei i past fifty years yearsI I J B Joel has named bis twoyearolds as follows Filly by Sundrldge Absurdity Jest filly by Sini dridgt Marian Hood Wilful Maid filly by Sun dridge Walerllower Sweet Maiden and colt by Sundridge Little Primrose Sunplant SunplantTho Tho Australian jockey B Carslake now holds a commanding lead In the list of winning jockeys in AustriaHungary having ridden thirtyeight win ¬ ners M Gulyas stands second with twentytwo successes Baluska third with twenty G Janck fourth with eighteen and Schuster and Korb next with seventeen rvins apiece followed by Ferguson sixteen and L Varga fifteen fifteenThere There is hope that the famous German brood mare Festa own sister to Desmond and darn of Salute Festino Fels Fabula Faust and Fervor is once more in foal after being barren since 190i She was mated this spring with Gouvernant at Napagedl and the opinion of the studmaster there Is shared by the people at the Messrs von Woinbergs stud at Waldfried to which she re ¬ cently returned returnedHerbert Herbert Jones when at Alexandra Park recently was wearing a beautiful pin presented to him by his majesty at Newmarket the day after he won the Duke of Cambridge Handicap on Dorando It takes the shape of a crown iu diamonds with the monogram G R I underneath in the kings racing colors The pin given by lit majesty to his trainer R Marsh consists of a hoop of diamonds with the letter G also iu diamond in the center centerLong Long pending proposed amendments to English racing rules have been adopted by the Jockey Club The most radical is one doing away with halfmile races for twoyearolds Hereafter fiveeighths of il mile will be the shortest distance for youngsters Another new rule is that no horse three years old or over shall be allowed to start without having been named Twoyearolds may still race unnamed The new rule go into effect with the beginning of fiat racing next year yearHorses Horses by Americanbred stallions or out of Americanbred mares are doing well ou the turf In Germany A von Schmieders threeyearold Col leoui which won the Ard Patrick Rennen of 3250 at Hoppegarten is by Waterboy son of Water ¬ cress and Metastasio winner of the Galtee More Rennen of 3000 for twoyearolds for the Messrs von AVelnberg Is by Festino out of Meta II by Sensation Meta II won races in England for the late Lord W Beresford and Mr Lorillard LorillardThe The Bishop of Herefords bill to prohibit publi ¬ cation in newspapers and otherwise of betting ad ¬ vertisements came up for discussion in the House of Lords Thursday July 11 on a motion for its second reading In the course of the debate that followed so much opposition developed as to render it obvious the bill was doomed to rejection where ¬ upon leave was asked and granted for its with ¬ drawal This ended a bitter and dangerous assault on English racing that being the cqvert purpose of the bill
