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THE ENGLISH RACING OUTLOOK So far as can IK j of IteinjThere the Hat racing season Iteinj There are as many horses in t un i ally are and at present there would appear to be no dearth of owners though In this direction a dis cordant note lias lieen struck by the intimation that the Duke of Devonshire will sell off not only his horses in training but his breeding stock either before or after the racing year is at an end This announcement should it prove to be true is a matter for deep regret for tho turf Is all the better for tlie supiKjrt of groat territorial magnates such as ilie Duke of Devonshire is and In these days there aiv not too many of them At one time the nobility and tlie unfilled landowning class were Ihe chief supporters of tlie turf but other times other owners and now It is the successful financier the commercial magnate or the South African mil ¬ lionaire who pays the high prices at the sales or who breeds largely and enters his horses freely We have also a fair number of American owners running horses in this country from time to time and though it is said that there is to IK a resump ¬ tion of racing in tin United States this year it is hardly likely that there will be at present any falling off in the number of American horses which are lo be found running In this country As usual at the beginning of the season there is a certain amount of grumbling and there would appear to be a party probably a very small one who would like lo see professional stipendiary slewards displace those who have done Ihe work gratuitously ever since the sport has been under the care of the Jockey Club In all probability the demand is not a serious one and has no force Itehind it but there are always people in every branch of sport who think things can be better managed than they are and who are inclined to object to the existing rules London Field
