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TURF NOTES FROM LANDS ABROAD The wellknown Sydney N S W Australia bookmakers S Baker II Pilcher and II Marsden are ii this country and are going to Saratoga and the eastern courses for study of Americui racing and wagering methods methodsIn In referring to the fact that Carbines head had been secured for the Auckland Museum it is men ¬ tioned by a New Zealand writer that Soults hiad has been there for a couple of years also that El Gallo was to be added to tlie collection collectionAlthough Although Lord Derby is still a staunch upholder of English racing lie rarely visits a race course now ¬ adays and although in Seneschal he owns one of the best hurdlers in England he had not seen that horse1 run iii one of the various races lie had won over till jumps up to the beginning of the summer summerThe The suppression of racing has enormously pre ¬ judiced the thoroughbred and the trotter in France Without racing tlie market is annihilated selection is impossible it is the ruin of tlie industry We must not lose sight of the necessity of reopening our race courses as soon as the situation permits A Dariac in the French Chamber ChamberOne One wellknown Randwick trainer has a vein of humor above the ordinary Recently when a friend was looking over his charges the remark was made that one horse did not do much work No was the reply of the trainer he doesnt stand much I read the training notes in the papers to him thats about all he wants Sydney Referee RefereeAll All Black the fourteenyearold son of Gallinnle Vortex which was sent to New Zealand in 1909 has been transferred to Melbourne Victoria with a trio of choice broodmares Though a notable per ¬ former in many English races for Sir A Bailey All Black has not been a great success as a sire in New Zealand He may do better on tiie mainland mainlandA A recent jockey strike for a queer cause was sue cessful at the Australian meeting of the Macleay Jockey Club There were sixteen acceptors for the Maiden Novice race and as some of the horses were green the jockeys asked tliat the race should be run in two divisions The committee declined and as the jockeys then refused to ride the race was struck out
