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NOTES OF THE TURF. Christmas Eve has developed into a bleeder. Society Bird has been added to the schooling list it Juarez. Quick Trip, Binocular, Cu Bon and Chilton Trance irc the, latest additions to the schooling list at 1 " .-uirftz." "Uerugoon, a brown colt by Multiform Wigelmar, .s the champion three-yearddcih,Austrhlhltliis season. He has won both of the important Derbys. The totalizator turnover for the two days of the ecent Auckland Racing Clubs meeting iu New Zealand, was 32,010, 0,000 more than last year. The owner and rider of Posinatus, the winner, each received ,500 out of one of "Tattersalls" weeps, conducted in Australia, on the Melbourne Cup. The trainer of Ulvas Isle came in for some place money. More than 50,000 people saw last months running uf the .Melbourne Cup. Of these, 33,000 paid a shilling to view the running of the race from the infield, which previously had been free of charge on such occasions. A New Zealand owner has just been ruled off for life in Australia for running one of his horses in a race with heavy steel plates in front painted to resemble aluminum. The horse was favorite and anished third. The stewards were not satisfied with jis showing and made an investigation before the animal was unsaddled. Geza Janek is champion jockey iu Austria-Hungary this season, his successes totaling 80. He has several times been prominent in the list, and headed it four years ago with nineteen more wins than he has scored this year. Janek is having some difli-culty with his weight, aud can rarely get down below 124 pounds. The leading owner of this year in Austria-Hungary is Mr. V. von Mautner, who has secured 00 races worth 30,000,. second going to Baron Springer, wlio has taken 5S races, wortli 00,000.
