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NOTES OF THE TURF Miss Gayle is a sway back With tho rest of the E W Moore string she Is at Fort Erie ErieLittle Little Nephew will be shipped to Saratoga to recuperate for the opening of racing at that track trackII II G Bedwell has several sick ones In bis string and shipped to Windsor only those that are ready to race raceGreen Green Seal a frequent winner In this country won the May Handicap at Broken Hill Australia recently recentlyThe The entries for this years Canlfield Cup one of the big events of Australian racing total 233 and for the Melbourne Cup 234 Last year the nomina ¬ tions for the Caulfleld Cup totaled 217 217Cyclamont Cyclamont and Cyclone two colts by Cyclades the only son of Cyllcue In America ran first and sec ¬ ond In the Selkirk Centennial Futurity at Winni ¬ peg for threeyearolds foaled in Canada west of the great lakes lakesSome Some little dissatisfaction appears to have arisen among owners of horses In Tasmania owing to the rigorous enforcement by tho island racing clubs of a new rule relating to the accompaniment of nomina ¬ tions by fees Recently the Tasmanian Turf Club rejected a score of entries on that account accountThe The West Australian Turf Club Perth experi ¬ enced a good year the balance sheet showing that after paying all working expenses in connection with the course a protit of 74710 resulted The club distributed 124450 in prize money over eighteen days and among its receipts wcre 108400 gross from tho totalizator 43380 from bookmakers 27110 from nominations 99250 from admissions 13570 from race books anil remarkable to re ¬ late 7470 from unclaimed dividends In the way of totalizator tax 23500 was paid to tho govern ¬ ment The fact of the totalizator alone benefiting the West Australian Turf Club 108400 naturally raises the query as to what revenue the Australian Jockey Club would derive from the use of the machine at Hundwlck At present our leading body does not receive onehalf as much from betting as the Western Australia Turf Club and there is no comparison in the volume of business transacted Sydney Referee
