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NOTES OF THE TURF TURFThe The linal time of race lOS lOSHorse Horse racing of all descriptions will be eliminated from the program of the Texas state fair a Dal ¬ las lasThe The Duke of Portland who has opposed the con ¬ tinuance of racing iu England during the war has withdrawn nine of bis liest known horses from all their engagements for 1915 while fourteen more have been scratched from the entry listl until July 31 31Preston Preston Burch who recently returned from France will be seen at the early meetings alxmt New York Young Bnrcii spent the past few years in France Italy and Belgium He trafied the horses of John Sanford the Chelsea Stale and others When the war broke out in Europe Bnrch took his stable from Maisons l illiite to u pbie of safely forty miles away In Normandy but the French Government so far has refused lo poniit any thoroughbreds to leave the lountry Mr Burch hopes that l efore long he will be able either to return to Fraca or have the Sanford horses shipped to America Thcro are nearly sixty horses in the string
