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■ | CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Richard Weech. one of the Wootton Stable jo. keys at Epsom. England, afier an injury to his leg by a Leugfield hurdle ruoe fall, fainted in his bath and was drowned. He was a mere kid apprentice. nit promising. The senate committi it taxation at Albany ha* approved the Fitcher -Bett» measure which levies | I per cent tax on the gross receipts af the New-York race courses The house committee has ic-fuscd to approve the mea.-ure. . r.madian youngsters arc furnishing good modern aiding material. Mister Langs siiicss was a stim-alaal to their ambiti-m. Saaaaj Huggaii. who rata I he Canadian-bi cd Wedding Prince to win the Tijuana Derby, is from Toronto, began riding last ear and is under contract to Jeff Heard.
