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NOTES OF THE TURF. The Woodbine sjnsrtiiri of the Than ml Me I are ready and trainer Henry McUaniel will move in ill Ollee. The revival of amateur racing signalized heres bout* by Hie successful Green Bush meetings will Iim a further fillip in the restoration of the Tborn-cllffe Plate to it- old place on Hie Woodbine pro-gram. -Toronto Globe. ■ oei nor General and Lady Deasaan, State Goreta-■ i and Lady Stanley and .i hotil of other notables participated in the reconl autumn meeting of the viet or fan Kacing Club al Melbourne Australia. The Kewmarket Handicap, the three-quarters of a mile feature oi the opening day, was contested by i m I of 35 starters and was won by the 20 to 1 Chan . Ion tit. m 1 13%. one of tin greatest races decided la the Argentine i- the GoM Con- Gran Premhi de Honor a valuable stake, worth 814.000 to the winner. In addition to a gold up worth ,000. Three years In succession Ihl r.iee. inn over two and one-quarter miles, has been won by Mouchette, by Pletermaritsburg -Rivera, and acknowledged the hesl mare the Argentine has erer bred Shortly alter completing her third trie tory |n tin Gold cup. Mouchette broke down and In Is to be anted with Cyllene. Several Kew SpsJnnd hurdle Joetoys who bare ii iteil Australia of recenl years rode rery short and perhaps thai was aae reason why on occasions ibey were not seen to advantage. There may bare lieen others. However bearing on sh..it leatb«*i it may he mentioned thai after aa Inquiry Into : in a hack hurdle race al the recent Taram I I lo«-kej Club meeting, the stewards mnmended his kiurtagh, to ride with longer Btlrrup leathet One thing certain i- that a jockey riding short it .. Jumping nice can do very little to save bis mount fr. m a rail If H bappens to bit at o hard.- Sydney Bi a i He- recent fall sale .t yearlings at Melbourne. Australia. 84 in ai were disposed of for a total id 000 Hi gainst 7. bead for 1,583 las. - i II, i- i- .in average uf 1914.sh40. an iucrcase of 25 over tin 1913 average. The star of the ■ half Iwothei h] Posltano to Uu g-»»! A strali-in hoi i . one dv K inp brought the ton prli tn.300 a baj filly 1 ■ Boh dil, iwt of Has ■ Ague . u a ae man t hat was token to Au to I. li. Wbeatcrofl wme two yeara sgi sold r«r ind inn Li Hi. saBM sire olll of Miss Sru anotl of the Wbeatcrofl exportation ft w Ul • sunt i v. brought 50. Notwithstanding the possibilities la the sat ol revanut in caanectlon with the lotalisator in New • i. Hi v.i|. -. |i i~ understood rernment a .1 not iimke say move for its legalization this ses ion, hut may possibly do so lal r. From this I take it that ma. nine betting is :, far off as ever in this state, though it the Wishes of country clubs and metropolitan supporters of racing, as ■ whole, were consulted, the totallsator would tiki lt place on o.ir race courses, even If the bookmakers were also retained. How-..:, as in the pant, it seems fairly certain that the arguments of the snti-totalisator .; proving much more convincing In i itlt il ■ . • than ih t the section ravoriug the adoption of machine betting. —Pilot, In Sydney ■• ■••ree
