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1 1 1 FIRF. ON AUSTRIAN RACE COURSE. Then- ha I bei n a l.i-c hie on the Austrian rano course at Kottlngbrunn, attributed by "Deotacher Sport" to carclsstntrw on the part of workmen. lb- chief stand, ■ two toried wooden erectioa about 120 feet long, the weighing room, the re taarant, doak roi. in, totalizator office . and some stables wen completely destroyed. the bis stables containing the breeding stock of the state Minis at Badaata and Lipisza were Bared, thank;, to the efforts of tu. no 11. The loss la eslimited at 142,000. V Strong soillli Wind caused the flame* to spread to Kottlngbrunn, and an bote! and a row of bouses were biiiiii |.. ashes. The castle wa-. saved. Ther.» was no Intention of hoidiin; he BMethng ai Kotting- bruun this year, and the dates assigned tor it itiom July 18 to AugttSl 41 were to have b.-en ti a nsl . -rred to Vienna. There appear! bo be very little likeli bood, though, of there being any racing; at Vienim. at all . .-ni before September. In which month it i hoped to hoi the Austrian Derby. The Vleane a cla !•■ as a rule 1. ma in mid-Jane, but according to "Deutscher Sport" it will aMwl certainly be run, the government fully appreciating the importance ,.t" the test of the race ci arse as applied to thoroughbreds. The paper referred to contains a lengthy reference lo the meeting which is to be lu-i.l it Hamburg Gross Borate] oa Julj 25, a week after ihe i: nil an Derby, which i ran at Hamburg Horn v total sum of 6,825 will be given it Gross Borate! hi prisi money, the chief race being the Hamburg Grand Prize of . :■.. .ibhi. In addition to the varioua meetings at Berlin, Hoppegarten, and llainburg. there are t-1 be meetings at Manteh and alaa at Praakfort-oa-the-Maia. Iccordkag t.. the Aastro- Hungarian "Calendar" then are I., be forty-eight more days i icing In the daal aaonarchy Inclusive of 6v« daya in Jane and Jaly at Buds Peath and Alas;, twelve a! Buda Pe th in August, tea in Baa- tember, and eight In October. Senna is to liave nine days in September and I similar number in October. — London Sport-. man.
