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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. The South African Derby of 1917 lias ,280 added money and the Oaks ,750. Ike Striker, who races a considerable number of horses on the Canadian half-mile tracks, is seriously ill with kidney trouble in a Montreal hospital. The Duke of Portland has notified the Victorian i Racing Clubs committee that Carbines skeleton . will shortly be sent to Australia for presentation i to the Melbourne Museum. In Ireland some of the clubs go a little out of the way to make their meetings attractive to , owners. The recent Limerick program contained I the announcement that stabUug, with best of forage, was free, if application was made not latex than three days prior to the commencement of this - meeting. The idea of all broken money in connection with totalizator dividends being taken by the Government is naturally not relished by Tasmanlan racing clubs, and a deputation from the clubs intends 1 waiting upon the author of the totalizator bill now r before parliament, with the idea of having the clause to which they object eliminated. Bookmakers betting stands are to be erected in i the paddock at Flemlngton in time for the Melbourne . Cup meeting. They liave been used on the hill for several seasons. The Victorian Calendar r shows that for the 1910-17 season 129 bookmakers i have been licensed for the paddock, 120 for the hill I and 162 for the flat. The patrons of the Fleming-toa flat certainly cannot complain that their betting : seeds -are ia any way overlooked. Sydney; Beferee. .
