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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF The stable of Niguet and H. Coppez finished the Hat racing season in Belgium at the head of the list of winning owners with a "record" total of 527,560 francs. SI. J. Wit-touck Avas second with 520,200 francs and M. A. Clavareau third with 462,790 francs. There is some likelihood that the Calcutta sweep on the Derby and other lotteries will be stopped. At a meeting of the Bengal Legislative Council IT. L. Stepheson, member in charge of the police department, in reply to questions, said no Calcutta clubs had government authority to run lotteries and were pun,-ihable under the Indian penal code. Whether I and when the government will take action is unknown.
