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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM ABROAD ABROADTlic Tlic threeyearold brown colt Noceur liy Dcs nioml Aanossa has been purchased bv R Day for iibroad probably Australia AustraliaIt It is given out tbat the fast horse Cigar lias run bis last race and tbat Mr Percy Jleybourn intends disposing of the bandsonie son of Mor ¬ ganatic and Smoke for n stallion stallionSecret Secret dam of the steeplechasers Hidden Mystery Leinster and Uatlivale lias been destroyed She was twentyjive years of age and tlic property of It H Walker the Irish trainer trainerIt It Wootton who has been to Australia returned to Epsom last month Vtter a short stay in Kng land lie will journey to South Africa to clear tip sonu business there and after disposing of this lie contemplates retiring and making his home in Australia AustraliaThere There has been ti considerable falling off in the attendances at Chester races this year The total for the three days was r JS73 against 87 33 last year The gate receipts were 45313 against C 435 The county enclosure bookings alone fell from 12435 to 3035 3035The The Oaks AVoodmanstcrnc which was recently acquired by the Surrey Poor Law Joint Commit ¬ tee was once the residence of a former Karl of Derby after whom the premier classic was named while the ladies race acquired its title from the house aboveuientioued Karly in the nineteenth century the winner of the Chester Cup with the jockey on his back holding the trophy tilled with wine paraded the town The victorious horse was usually preceded by n band of music and there was great excite ¬ ment in the picturesque old city The race was instituted In 1824 and was at lirst known as The Tradesmens Plate PlateMr Mr C Bower Isuiay has for some months now been out at the front lie is an officer in the Twelfth Lancers and in a recent letter home he states that shells have lieen falling thick around him Another owner wth a horse running in the Chester Cup who is also doing his bit is Mr James de Rothschild and both like the good sports ¬ men that they are have instructed their respective trainers to keep the game going at home and to run their horses when and where they think ad ¬ visable London Sorting Life of May C
