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NATIONAL HUNT RACING IN ENGLAND. That rating under National Hunt Bubs ran be Conducted WlUjout loss under such restrictions as • are it present in force, has now been amply demonstrated. The great success Bechieved by Messrs. . Pratt »t Co. at Gatwick oa New Years day. in i face ■! tbe ssosl uapropitioas weather conditions, afforded every Indication that this would be tbe case, but lor obvious reasons it would bare been i Imprudent to base any definite hopes for tbe future ■ merely iu consequence of what happened at one meeting. Nov, however, that there is tbe additional experience furnished by a two-day gathering 1 it l.ingticld to serve as a guide, it is possible to ■ to s just conclusj n. Fridays attendance was naturalh rather smaller than that at Gatwick. but the extra numbers anticipated, were duly forthcoming on ii;o second afternoon, when, in all probs bilit . . the returns wer sacs as to ensure s small i profit being mad on tbe meeting. Certainly the . srraj of motors v.. is a strong one. while beta len rots the paddock bore so animated aa appearance . anyone might M-il have been excused for fancy-las that Bat racing, instead of steeplechasing, was in progress. Everything In connection with ihe ; gathering passed off no t satisfactorily, and if a fea unsportsmanlike Individuals, having been detected in the set of travelling by rail, were refused sdmissfoa, thej have oaly themselves to blame. This Brmnese on the pari of the executive should have the salutary effect intended, and will be continued s,. long a the government consider there is an] fear of railwaj trade being hampered Lou • in Sporting Life Of January 10.
