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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM OTHER LANDS Tlie total number of licenses granted for selling drink on Epsom Downs during the spring meeting this year was twentyseven Last year the number was seventyfive seventyfiveCaptain Captain Greer will continue to act as senior steward of tlie Jockey Club the other stewards being Viscount Villicrs and Sir John Tliursby the latter having accepted office In the ordinary course Lord Wolverton would have become this year the senior official but his lordship is engaged just now on military service serviceAt At a meeting April 29 of the Union Club tho controlling body for horse racing in Germany the vicepresident announced that permission had been received to reopen the race tracks for racing on a limited scale but without the operation of betting machines Tlie first meeting will begin at Hoppegarteii near Berlin May 24 and continue for ten days The money offered will amount to 92500 92500The The Scottish Grand National rim April 10 re ¬ sulted in a win for the Irish gelding Templu downey The horse made such a good show be ¬ hind Vermouth in the Lancashire Handicap Steeple ¬ chase at Manchester that his chance here was obvious a short price being taken about him and with Parfrement up the son of Bushey Park scored easily from Sir Peter Walkers Long Water and Matt McGratb McGratbThe The most successful owner during the recently concluded season in Calcutta was Mr M Gociildass whose horses accounted for 34500 in prize money the principal contributor to that total being Arthur B with 9500 Mr Gociildass is followed by Mr R R S with 12050 and then Mr W Bartlcct 9SOO Mr Goculdast also did so well in Bombay that in the two Indian cities men ¬ tioned his winnings probably aggregated over 55000 in December January and February FebruaryView View Law ami Lord Annandale first and second respectively in the Lincolnshire Handicap met again in the Doveridgo Handicap at Derbv April 10 also Outram and Courageous Mr Raphaels horse however only had to concede ten pounds instead of twenty pounds as at Lincoln for less than i length boating and the tallies were decisively turned the Lincolnshire winner failing to gain a place while Lord Annnndiile scored by n half length from Dutch Ladr with Moilnlniili best of the others Outrnm failed as did Donacloney Flippant won the race last vear from Cuthbert anil Mediator MediatorMountain Mountain Knight which recently won tho Aus ¬ tralian St Legcr is a brown colt by Mountain King out of La Veille Jwiitain King is a sou if Wallace by Carbine anftLa Veilles dam Vigil is a daughter of Trenton Titus there appears judicious inbreeding to Musket at the top and foot of the pedigree A curious feature is Hie absence of any Blacklock blocd in the last four removes and considering that tlie rae was run in tlie fast time of 3G3K Australian breeders have proved again tlmt unfashionable blood if judi ¬ ciously distributed is not of lesser efficiency than fashioiiiiblo blond injudiciously accumulated London Sporting Life
