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Turf SEASON ENDS. OF NOTABLE EVENTS. chapter has to be added to Side. IStory °* British turf, and, con- Q the gigantic difficulties which overcome before racing p. got into full swing last 8, it must be admitted that the a season just concluded has 0 eminently successful taken all remenl bered for \ ? iiave patronised horn one end of the country c other. Indeed, if for no other taiSl season will cer, | e njoy noteworthy place in the do the turf, and there is no! kbatmost racing executives of the aye been able to appreciably; Sr. themselves for the financial! kCjJ inevitably .have sus-J durin trying years of the ' t upheaval. It is, of course, hope that abnormal ancps seen our racecourses: e months will con-j tiojj longer, and there is no ques-j ere another flat-race campaign! spring normal conditions in' «st Cs will have been re-i bod. The temporarily swollen, of the various racecourse com-;, have given rise to an agitation lion provision of increased stake rat ifyi g know whole matter of racecourse! is now being exhaustively j a Committee of the Club, whose report is eagerly Ni • d - v fc urfites. Me antime ai ti from the Racecourse Associa-j ■ abolition of the 10 per cent, dividends "in order Hot the war may paid" 0 entertained the stewards/ b r, have no objection to! f dividends, or bonus in lieu there-, id, providing the dividend! year not ex -| the limit allowed by the rule. Propos prize money,/I should like Se our turf authorities emulate thoj of the Australian Jockey Club,! os e recent balance-sheet disclosed; Phasing fact that with the help of Vlct °ria Racing Club and the Turf Club over quarte"! " sterling had Deen con- d Patriotic funds. will V r insular pride know, by the j more added money is disient increased the stake moneyi horses and reduced the ow one cent.. to the case of the November Th was less than one per cent. a ', at Ayr have also more generous policy to owners, they have not only re- entry fees to minimum, but e free stabling, forage, and for lads. is to be T similar enterprise will be \ n throughout the country. During a&011 one heard much of reat army regaiding flagrant cases of Peering" practised by the ring, tainly the betting returns have ' m to time disclosed absurdly ■ Prices. may that fielders uses offer for their action, the increased cost of "doing" eetings, but punters also have these enhanced chaiges. This 1 'toite restricting the odds has ' na, tarally gained many more V *° tbe Principle of the Rjj ' and certainly much has j c circumstances in favour! U V s P eulation. The Pari- s works splendidly all e^e where it is in operation. lj< Franc 10 per cent.,h hitherto 8 per cent., is be. d " takings the!, en, ' and this is rich source gj?e- I know that large number ' ti^bl-T would approve the \ shment of the Totalisator, „ Ur, try, while, have reason to while I have reason a percentage of'; % s of the Jockey Club are also in our is thus U the j b °Pti ' *° use vernacular, n^flui'f 8 a liberal policy the , 'V business, to see that lnt agitation favour of the \ . does not grow. Otherwise 'a,'H tably kill the goose thatU them many golden eggs. speaking, the season's!s !ICL3 J uite good, albeit it * admitted that disappointingly ka a been the three-year-olds, j * turned out a moderate! "] the commencement of the c Panther was regarded as Ormonde, but the colt gave an]? poor display in the Derby, \ * then has failed to win a']- won the Doncaster St. I mo6fc -ritorious style, but' " * ' on u her on subseauently turned Lord Derby s filly, and this! J fy has continued to «v f three-year-old form.U this direction, how-| extent been atoned) tjf^^p"riUiant achievements of Irish) c Tetratema, and By Jingo. j Earned has proved himself W orse the handicap class,; a | ° seldom the course a i experience witnessed any-L 1 tk than the facile manner e eon of Sir Archibald—Sweet the Borough !p Hunt Cup, and the Plate, Doncaster, under burdens. These sparkling i *if Cea reminiscent of the 0 Victor Wild, has now >?P-d jj^ to the atud, where transmit his own great ' .* S the famous r i l owns fair farther and }'. hit dazzling oire. In- youngster only retains his '- condition he may dc- * ." »e of the century." a n 3 engag»emontß in Sl «Hy oat day M that he cantered away by six lengths with the Middle Park Plate I noticed the colt had thickened and developed enormously since his sensational debut in the National Breede^s, Produce Stakes at Sandown Park last July. Tetratema is truly a magnificent type of thoroughbred, and it is to be hoped there is no foundation for the recent rumours that he has been troubled with diabetes, which has afflicted many horses this season. The Chattis Hih | colt has already been backed for next year's Derby at to 2, while bis stablemate, Prince Galahad (probably the second best juvenile of the season) has also been supported for the Epsom j classic at 6 to 1. The success of lady owners on the has been remarkable in recent times. Lady James Douglas won the Derby at Newmarket last year, which established a record in connexion with the t- Blue Riband," while during the: ! present term Mrs. Hugh Peel carried off ;the Grand National with Poethlyn, and' then tbe Marchioness of Queensberry! set up fresh record by winning the; double Lincolnshire Handicap and the City and Suburban with Royal Bucks, and for the first time in its history the Oaks has been annexed by' a lady owner. Lady James Douglas! taking the fillies' classic with Bayuda. Other members of the fair sex to win good races during the season were Lady Torrington, Lady Nelson, Mrs. Cunliffe-Owen, Mrs. Arthur James and! Mme. Varipati, and times have indeed: changed since the rulers of the turf offered so much opposition to lady; owners. Two of the most improved, animals of the season have been and Haki. It seemed extraordinary, that while the first-named could not win last year's Cambridgeshire under six stone" l2lbs, and ran unplaced in this season's under a featherweight, yet he proved capable winning the Kempton Park Jubilee '■ Handicap, the Newmarket Handicap, Newbury Summer Cup, and Liverpool Cup, carrying in the two! latter races 3tone. Haki refused to win a race for M. Caimann year after] year, but strangely enough t£is season the old of Rabelais declined to lose for Mrs who secured him for 820 guineas the last December Sales. Since earning the new silks this horse has wan the Ascot Stakes, Goodwood, Plate, Prince Edward Handicap, and; tho historic Doncaster Cup—surely fine record. There has been much legitimate grumbling throughout the season on the part of turfites the flagrant acts brigandage of every kind practised upon them by certain hotel keepers and others at various raciirg centres, and it seems a pity that this kind of profiteering should be permitted to continue. These practices should come into the net of the new Act dealing with excessive charges. The 1 hopelessly out-of-date condition of certain racecourses has also been the subject of much adverse criticism, notably Epsom and Brighton, and it is understood that the ruling turf body have this important matter under discussion at the present moment. Before sending | forth their mandate, however, it is to, be hoped the Jockey Club Stewards will put their own house order, for the general arrangements at the recent Cesarewitch celebration at headquarters certainly left very much to bo desired. With view nrobably to anticipate Jockey Club "Commands," the Doncaster Race Committee have already recommended that vast alterations and improvements should be carried out on Town Moor. While on this subject may say to be much regretted that so many racecourses are still without direct telegraphic facilities on the course, notably Newmarket, and it is to hoped these may be speedily restored pre-war basis. Both the Press and the public who do so much for racing, are surely entitled some consideration in this direction. A notable feature of the season has been the remarkably high prices paid! for bloodstock, despite the unfortunate experience of certain owners this, pear'e classics, and a new English resord was set up when 11,500 guineas were paid for yearling Swynford colt Doncaster. The Sledmere year- Lings alone realised the extraordinary | sum of G1,300 guineas, or an average of j 3,861 guineas, which is greater than thej previous best average of 3,60S guineas j rt-nen the late Duke of Westminster yearlings were disposed of. Splendid prices were also obtained at Newnarket for the yearlings bred at the) National Stud in Ireland, and there is question that we maintain our proudi position of being the greatest horse-j centre of the w r orld—a posi-j ' tion upon which our enthusiastic j itudmasters- are to heartily j elicitated. write I learn the ' orthcoming December Sales of blood-] stock at Newmarket will unusually leavy. Large biddings are expected! Rom American buyers, who will bej avoured just now the matter of the ates of exchange. That the British 1 rurf is sound as ever is amply de- nonstrated by the fact that during 1 eason just ended the money won in < takes alone has aggregated close upon 1 lalf a million sterling, making a grand J of over seventeen millions and a ' lalf during the past thirty-eight years— i, record of which we may well be iroud. King George has experienced . somewhat lean year, having won only l trifle over £4,000 in stakes, but it is j gratifying to know that his Majesty ontinues to take such an active and < interest the turf, as the patron- i ,ge of the Sovereign, it need scarcely ] said, does much to stimulate the sue- ess of the great national sport of horso aeing, and assures its continued pros- verity. A large number of entries ,ppear in the King's name in lead- ng weiight-for-age events of next, eason, and hear on the best -uthority that the Royally-bred earlings are full of promise. It is to learn the same time that lo changes are contemplated con- [.exion with the training and lanagerial arrangements of the Im- erial racing stud. has been notedi pleasure that the "Big Three," rho rule over the destinies the turf,; • .aye been very much on the gui vive, his season in the matter of unquestionable character, and osult of this viligancc two and two leading jockeys have: ad to "stand down." must oer-! , ainly_ say that the methods of some of, riders have been such invite and one would like see litt> loss the excuse which it advanced jockeys of shut in," "unable got through," i "lost start," etc., etc. Usually midgets, who cannot control big lusty horses,! \ are the worst offenders in this respect.! * Turning now to the main achieve-! ments during the season owners, j trainers, jockeys, and horses, the chief honours, so far as the are concerned, are carried off by Lord Glanely, a Devonshire man, who heads the list of winning owners with trifle . over £30,000. Others high in the scale : ' are Lord Derby, Major D. McCalmont, Mr. * Jimmy " White. Mr. Solly Joel, Sir Edward Hulton, Mr. Cazaiet, Lord Jersey, and Lord Astor. Lord Glanely will always cherish pleasant recollec- tions of Epsom and Ascot, 1919, for at the Royal meeting won races with! ' Dominion, He, Sky Rocket, Grand Parade Lady Juliet, Bright Folly, and Scatwell, and these extraordinary vie- torios were preceded by a Derby and a Coronation Cup at Epsom. And yet! ! Lord GLanely does not believe in luck ! j ! Regarding the work of the jockeys, Donoghue again claims the coveted, position of "champion," and he is im-| ' mediately followed in the table by Ca'rslake, Victor Smyth, Whajley, G. Colling, Fox, F. Templeman, G. Hulme, Slade, Elijah Wheatley, J. ! Guilds, Wing, F. Lane, W. Griggs, j Shatwell, A. Smith, and "Skeets" i Martin. I' regret that Fox has been placed temporarily hors de combat, he having to enter a nursing home for! appendicitis trouble. All will wish this courteous and capable horseman a speedy and complete restoration to good health. Among the chief races j won by Donoghue this year were the Queen's Prize, Great Surrey Handicap, City and Suburban, and the Goodwood Cup. Carslake has met with ! phenomenal success in the saddle in important races, he taking, among other events, the Newbury Spring Cup, National Breeders' Stakes (Sandown Park), Champagne Stakes (Doncaster), St. Leger, Portland Plate (Doncaster), 1 Imperial Produce Stakes (Kempten ' Park), Middle Park Plate, and the Dewhurst Plate. " Brownie " had the distinction of riding that brilliant ' youngster, Tetratema, in all his five races, while he also scored on Irish Elegance at Doncastcr and on Prince}: Galahad. Whalley's successes included the One Thousand Guineas, Duke of j York Stakes, and the Jockey Club Cup. I A number of notable races fell to the share of Joe Childs, these including the. 1 Oaks, Ascot Stakes, Princess of Wales' Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Goodwood Plate, Doncaster Cup, and Prince Edward Handicap. Fred Templeman, besides bringing off a great surprise in the Derby Grand Parade, won the Royal Hunt Cup on Irish Elegance, * with the record weight of 9st. lllb., and the Liverpool Summer Cup on Arion. G. Hulme scored the Lm- ■ coins-hire Handicap, the Manchester,] Cup, the Ascot Gold Cup, and the New-! bury Autumn Cup. A word of praise] \ must be accorded those capable light- L weights, Crickmere and Weston, whose! respective meritorious victories in the {.' Cambridgeshire and Derby Cup should!; (ensure them plenty patronage. i These are brainy lads. Among the most successful stables of the season have been those presided over by Alec Taylor, .Barling, the Hon. George Lambton, "Atty " Persse, Mr. Purccll Gilpin, Captain " Bob" Dewhurst, Reggie Day, Mr. H. L. Cottrill, Frank fiartigan, Henry Lines, the ex-jockey Sam Loates, and Major Bcatty, brother of the Jutland* hero.- Taylor's most successful horses were Buchan, Bayuda, Haki, Queen's Square, and My Dear, the latter' of whom put up a brilliant performance when winning the Liverpool Autumn Cup under 9st. sib. Barling's best performers were Grand Parade, Dominion, He, Scatwcll and Grand Fleet; while the Hon. G. Lambton won good races with Keysoe (who ran away with the St. Santa Cruz, Callander, and Trestle. Persse had the good fortune to train Tetratema ,as he did also this brilliant youngster's great sire, The Tetrarch, known as the "rocking horso " because of the peculiar spots on his grey coat. To Tetratema ber longs the honour of having won more money in stakes than any other horse, achievement which sets up, I believe, new record that of twoyear-old coming out on top. The five races won by the Chattis Hill grey have aggregated nearly 1,000, and, having regard fact that his, sore, The Tetrarch, cost only £1,365, the latter must rank as one the best bloodstock bargains ever secured in recent times. Grand Parade has won two races of the value of a trifle over £8,000, while Keysoe's four victories amount to a few pounds less. Other horses holding a prominent place in the table are Buchan, Arion, Sarchcdon, and The Panther, the latter winning one race (the Two Thousand Guineas) worth £4,850. The stallion championship has been easily won The j Tetrarch, whose progeny have secured; upwards of £-27,000 ,tho chief contri-j butors to this amount being Tetratema,: Sarchedon, and Viceroy, the latter of. whom won three races his Majesty's purple and gold silks. Orby is second on the list with £22,500, earned principally Grand Parade, Orpheus, and Diadem. A notable winner for Poly-! mclus, who figures third with £21,000 : odd, was Dominion, while Sunstar is. indebted his forward place mainly to and Southern, whose victory' in the Gimcrack Stakes will enable Sir Abe Bailey to discourse Turf matters at the forthcoming Gimcrack; Club dinner. Other successful sires of; the season have been Bachelor's Double, Valens, Lemberg, Marcovil, Spearmint, and Bayardo, the latter of whom held pride of place in, U»7 and 1913. The National Hunt season, which opens immediately distinctly full of promise ,as quite number good-class flat-race performers are being added to the rani;:: the jumpers, and still more recruit's; are likely be attracted the winter sport by the generously endowed prizes which are be offered for competi-! tion. this connexion it is pleasing to note that added money is be distributed with lavish hand throughout programme for the jumping meet- ings at Manchester, ami that the first Saturday in March the Executive at Cottonopolis are putting up a hurdle 1 race worth 2,ooo'sovereigns, whne the; entrance fee to run in this valuable event is only 1 per cent. is to be hoped a similarly generous policy will j bo adopted by other racing manage-1 as" hitherto the prizes offered for jumping events have, the main, been wretchedly poor. THE UNKNOWN.

_ ZINOVIA FOR THE DOUBLE. LORD GLANELY GIVES A LEAD. (By WHITE KNIGHT.) Will Lord Glan«ly win the Cambridgeshire to-day, and will it with. Scatwell Dominion.? There was a report yesterday that Scat well would not run. but there appears to doubt now that Scatwell is Lord Glanely’e chief hope. Lord Glanely has given the public a lead. The owoer and trainer appear quite satisfied that Scatwell better than Dominion at the weights. So many people have written his Lordship teiling him that they have ♦supported Dominion that Lord Glanely •has decided to run Dominion as well as fcscatweli. • There appeal's be no doubt that S at■well is Lord chief hope. course, it will not be forgotten that at first Dominion was said to be Lord best, and the public will not forget what happened in the Derby. It was the general impression that Lord Glanely had better chance winning the Derby with Dominion than with Grand Parade, but it is now well known- how Grand Parade won and Dominion was unplaced. The Probable Field. It* looks as if the field will stop short at about eighteen this afternoon, but there is not the slighte-t doubt that most the eightieen are well fancied. The following look like going the post:— 9 2 DEAR 8. Dourghue 8 12 DIADEM -..J. Childs 8 11 ZINOVIA V. Smyth 8 6 SCATWELL A. Smith 713 DOMINION -....A Whalley 7 12 Camlak* 7 11 7 10 ROYAL BUCKS G. Hulme 7 9 HOCKSAVAGE ......T, Spear 7 8 VICKBOY ...... A. Thorbura 7 CLABJOX F. Lac« 7 1 TLTaARCHIA J. H. Martin 6 11 SIB G. 6 „..Crlclrai«re 6 10 DROMIO - J- Uacb 6 8 LADY EARS ................0. Bingstead 6 5 W. Speck 6 0 ALASNAM - T. W«ton No Perplexity. There doe* not seem to any doubt that Lord Olanely perplexed over the chances of Dominion and Grand Parade in the Derby,, and so also were the trainer and jockey. The stable jockey is A. Smith, and it was said he had the choice of mounts in the Dert«y, and chose the wrong one. leaving Fred Templeman to score his first and a most unexpected victory in the greatest event of the year on Grand Pa rade. There appears to be perplexity now. Seat well is said be easily the better of the pair. Lord Glanely, however, has decided let both his candidates run their merits the stable jockey riding Scatwedl ana Albert Whalley piloting Dominion. It would, however, be no great surprise to see Dominion win. The Manton Representative. Alec Taylor has saddled several Cesare■witch winners, but has never provided a Cambridgeshire winner. The stable will be represented by My Dear today, and the filly will be carrying top weigat. She will be piloted by Stephen and it has to be noted that has already piloted three Cambridgeshire winners in Christmas Daisy (when she won for the second time in 1910) and Honeywood and Silver Tag in and respectively. Dear is a fine filly, but I not believe that she is 41b. better than Diadem, slb. better than Zinovia, Lady owners have been to the fore this year, and may seen a lady owner snceessfnl to-day. Lady Queensherry has great hopes winning with Royal Bucks, the hero if the Lincolnshire Handicap and the City and Suburban. Lady Nelson and all connected with the stable are extremely confident about the chance of Tetrarchia, and the lady who races under the assumed name of Mr. C. Burn is very hopeful about the chanco Dromio. Irish Candidate*. The Irish people fancy both Golden {Fleece and Lady Earn, and there are eome people who hop© that Viceroy will score for his Majesty. belief is that the winner will be ZINOVIA, •nd I feel very confident that ©he will prove successful for the second year in succession, and thus emulate tn© performances Hackler’s Pride and Christmas Daisy. For places, I would suggest Tetrarchia •nd Sir Berkeley. ANSWER TO INDENT. C. T. B. (Bradford).—ln the St. •won by Sceptre, in 1902, the starting prices were: —100 to 30 agst Sceptre, 1 Brendan. LATEST BETTING. London, Tueaday Night. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 2 a«t Zinovia, 4 8-IX—t aniadem, 5 8-12—t and o ....Bambton 100 to bun am, 3 6-0 and B. Day 100 Royal Docks, 6 7-o—t and w. .SieTier 100 7 Clarion, 3 7-4—t and o 18 to 1 Dominion, 3 7-13—t and 0....8er1in? 20 Dear, 4 9-2—t and ..-..Taylor 20 to 1 My Dear. 9-2—t and Taylor 25 to 1 Golden Fleeoo, 7-11—t and Ireland 33 1 Earn, 4 6-B—t and ... .Ireland 33 Drondo, 3 6-10—t and 0.... Persse 33 Olanmerin, 3 7-B—t and o.. Pickering 33 to 1— Boidensr, 4 7-12—t and o Penwe 40 Brigand, 5 6-10—t and Pratt to 1 Viceroy, 3 7-B—t and .....R. Marsh * When yon are tired keeping bookmakers, aend stamped and addressed envelope tor particulars of