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ENGLISH WINTER RACING RESTRICTED. Pinal arrangements have been made for the resumption . ot winter racing in Kngland at Gat wick on New Years Day. They disclose a new feature » in the abolition— for the lime being — of the Cheaper r enclosures. Members lawns and "Tattersalls" ring will v the only places open, savs The London I UaUy Mail. Mr. Cathcart. of the firm of Pratt and Co.. who i manages the- Gatwtck and other meetings, explained 1 i Ik- .le-tails. and they will also apply to I.ingtield 1 and Windsor, which venues have already l eeu i granted elates in January by the- X. II. Committee. There was no desire, he- said, to "sit on" the Cheap race-goer. It was purely a matter of expediency. Mid die executives recognized that suitable ar-iMiigeinents for the conveyance of large numbers were Impassible, for the present at any rate. Kirm-st appeala are addressed to the public not c to sse I lit- trains. Anyone found to have come by rail will be n-fused admittance to the course. 1 nless the public e-o-ope-rate with the management in this ie-pi-e t and DSC only the roads the future of I he scheme BSUSl he- endangered. The- price of tickets if bought before the day has lieen fixed at twenty-live shillings .25, but of this ten shillings is returnable towards the cost of road I traveling. Mi the- day the full twenty-tive shillings , will be charged. "Business only" is the motto of the various executives in attempting to carry r on in this manner. They want to keep the game v alive rather than to make profits for themselves. lnl tics for the races already closed at Cat nick : ,-u. in oeess ,i these for the corresponding day List year, and the tirst race will lie set for 12 ■•clock. I is hft to i labs and private- parties to . make llieir own arrangements with regard to motor omnibuses and motor chars a-bancs. I
