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ENORMOUS FIELDS AT NEWMARKET English turf publications just received give do tails of the racing on the lirst day of the First Extra meeting at Newmarket Seven races were run with the enormous aggregate of 14 starters FMiteon ran in the first race thirtyseven in the second seventeen in the New Derby thirtyeight in the fourth fortythree in the fifth thirty Mveii in the sixth and twentyfour in the seventh The winners in that order were Mohacz Atom Pomniern Queen of the Seas AVist Vanitie and Polistcna At 10 to 1 Ix nis Winans American colt Vanitie defeated thirtysix op ¬ ponents in brilliant faction and somelx dy profiled by it as he was backed down from 100 to S Gcner nllv Newmarket racing does not attract great cniwds but on this occasion with the Pritish public hiiiiTv f r racing II was different Of the fea t lires London Sportsman said It is dillicult to crmiiiare the attendance on the July Course with one at the Rowley Mile but it seems to be the nerallyaccepled opinion that no such crowd has ever been seen at Newmarket Even the Jockey Club stand was densely crowded it was ditlicult to move about the principal ring and it is doubtful if mother fifty people could have been squeezed into the cheap ring The top of the Ditch the liner t natural stand in the world was crowded for quite a quarter of a mile and everywhere khaki war conspicuous indeed about onefourth of the rowd must have been composed of soldiers
