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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM ABROAD The difficulty that is holding up the new betting bill in Belgium seems to be the taxation of bookmakers, as the legislature does not wish to ftdlow the load of France, Avhich confines betting to the machine. In races under- English Jockey Club rules in cast; of dead heats backers of the horse that, wins lie decider receive anil those of the horse defeated love their money. Uncos in Ireland governed by the Conyngham Club are treated differently, for bookmakers pay on the dead heat.
