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CORRECTING A FALSE IMPRESSION. Unfamiliarity with racing terms and conditions is responsible for the erroneous cable story of The New York Sun that the Fpsom Derby aad Oaks had been cancelled. There has been no racing at Bpaeea since the war began, the Downs course being used as a camp and the grandstand as a hospital. Each year the owners who have made iiomjiiations in the Epsom Derby and Oaks, which ■ lose t»o years before their running, are reUered of their obligations, as these races cannot be run over the course for which they v. re arraiged. New races are, however, provided under the name Of Derby and Oaks, to be run at Newmarket on lh- original dates, open only to the borsea catered in the Derby and Oaks, and under the same conditions of weight and distance. The New Derby will be run this year, just as it has been run in lit 111 and in IMS, when Fifinella and Pommern wore the respective winners. What was done by the Jockey Crab is tin- usual change, not a cancellation, and will Is- done every year during the war. The only reduction in Kaglleh racing is thai made necessary by the requirements of railroad service for the military authorities and by the ae cupation of certain racing properties for similar purposes. The British government has taken a positive stand on the advisability of keeping racing going, and its policy is supported by the active participation of the horses of the King and the War Minister, Lard Derby. — Toronto Globe.
