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ENGLISH WINTER RACING PROSPECTS. Now that the flat-racing season has come to its appointed, if unnecessarily early, end, one is naturally inclined to look ahead to the commencement, on December 1, of sport under National Hunt rules. In an ordinary pre-war year there would have been plenty of racing on the flat during November, and such events as the Great Tom Plate and Lincoln Autumn Handicap on the Carholme, the Lancashire Handicap, Stewards Handicap, and Liverpool Autumn Cup at Aintree would have evoked plenty of interest. With these out of the way, Leicester, Derby with its Derby Cup and other good races Hurst Park, Warwick, and Manchester would have had to be run through before the National Hunt season took up the running. As things are, the present month will be drawn entirely blank as regards racing in England, whereas there are a half dozen meetings in Ireland, inclusive of a Phoenix Park, the Curragh, and the Red Cross meeting at Limerick, apart from gatherings of minor importance. One must, however, be thankful that we shall be better off than last winter as rigards National Hunt sport, for then we had none at all before the beginning of January, whereas now the season will commence a month earlier. The opening meeting will be at Windsor on December 1 and 2 Friday and Saturday. For some inexplicable reason the great majority of the succeeding meetings have been fixed to be held on the Wednesdays and Thursdays. This will deprive many people, who are in a position to spare a few hours of relaxation on Saturdays only of any chance of attending a meeting during the winter meetings and one of those at Newbury. Capital entries have been received for the opening meeting at the Royal Borough a total of 154 on the Friday and 155 on the Saturday. Among the thirty-eight horses nominated for tho Maiden Hurdle race on the first afternoon are well-known flat-racers such as Hare Hill, AVhite Prophet, Race Rock, Pennant, Farimore, Staiuton, Sedberghian, Suuni, and Watergruel. Black Walnut, too, appears in the nomination of Mr. E. S. Tattcrsall, but was bought at the sales last Wednesday by J. Hallick. In the three-year-old hurdle race the following day there i3 plenty of useful material among the twenty-seven young uns engaged, and there is an excellent entry, going back to the first afternoon, for the Windsor Handicap Steeplechase, Templedowney, Carrigrue, Noah, Limerock, Wavylace, Copper Hill, Jacobus. Dringaug. Roy Barker, and Top Hole, comorising only about half of those engaged. London Sportsman of November G.
