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Our Van."
Winter Racing.— The question
whether it is discreet in us to
race throughout the winter seems
to be settling itself in a way that'
should be entirely satisfactory to
those who, being well-wishers to
the Turf, would gladly see mid-
winter racing very materially cur-
tailed, or even entirely abolished.
That the higher interests of the Turf
would be served by an inter-
regnum of two clear months, such
as is provided in France, there
can be no question. Of the rac-
ing that has taken place during
December and January, not one
day can be recalled that would
have been missed had it not taken
place, so low has sport under
N. H. Rules fallen in quality.
The signs one fancied one per-
ceived of a betterment in this
direction have not been fulfilled,
and we have been plodding on
with the same old stock company,
with the addition of a few recruits
from the lower stratum of flat-
racing equine society. Some of
the creatures that contend for the
small pecuniary rewards that fall
to the lot of steeplechasers and
hurdle racers, are dilapidated
specimens and hardly hold to-
gether for racing purposes, and
their value is not under estimated
when they are sold under the
hammer for something less than
ioo guineas. When one sees the
proud winner of a hurdle race,
victorious over a dozen or more
opponents, sold for 75 guineas or
so, it is impossible not to ask one-
self what must be the value of the
defeated ones, and how it can
pay anyone to keep such animals
in training. It is their presence
that keeps the game going at all ;
and the supply is so limited that
an owner brought out one poor
beast four times in the course of
six days, to contest a three miles'
steeplechase on each occasion.
When racing has come down to
this, is it worth while fostering?
If racing during December and
January were abolished, certain
vested interests would possibly
be interfered with. The Christ-
mas-tide gates would be lost, but
those who make the most money
on those occasions are the very
ones who can afford to put up
with the loss. Christmas-tide rac-
ing is invariably the poorest thing
possible, and apart from the
money it brings in, would not be
worth a second thought. Whether
the other meetings held in Decem-
ber and January pay their pro-
moters I am indeed not aware,
but I assume that some profit must
accrue or dates would scarcely
be applied for ; and there is un-
deniably a gambling public always
available to lend its support. It
is always the same public, travel-
ling together anywhere and every-
where for the sole purpose of
betting, and it is scarcely a public
for which the authorities should
show any consideration in taking
any line of action. The general
public, except on Bank Holiday,
one cannot expect to attract in
such uncertain weather as that
which prevails during an English
winter, for it is sure to be either
cold or wet.
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a bed of roses, for he usually has
an anxious time of it between
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see where the fun came in when
one had to go to the railway
terminus to learn whether racing
was possible. If race meetings
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were few and far between, such
eagerness would be comprehen-
sible. It is noticeable that
January has been a very slack