Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-02
ENGLISH RACING
IN WAR TIMES
NeU Market Still Presents q
Scene of Liuely Tho Sub
dued Interest.

Correspondence Of The Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 30.-The flat racing
season in England. which ended with
the first week of November, was ac-
counted quite successful notwith-
standing that it ran into the third
year Of the war There were % meet
ings in England. II at Newmarket
four at Lingfield, three at Gatwick,
three at Newbury ana TWO at Windsor
There will be jumping meets during
the winter, but as special trains are
not permitted and the supply Of petrol
for automobiles Us limited. the crowds
are not expected TO be up to the usual
STANFORD.
The king continued to lend his pat
ronage and appears in the final list
of winners with purses aggregatins
s3,6S5 to his credit. All the classic
races Of the English turf were main
tained, altho many of them did not
come up to the value of the past years.
The leading winning owner was +.
Hutton. a newspaper proprietor with
$S6.S20. The Earl of Derby, whose
time is almost wholly taken up by his
duties as under secretary OF war, kept
his racing esta bliShment intact and
was the second winner with S45, $50.
The Duke of Portland was third with
with $3l,500: j. Buchanan, fifth, With
$25,425, and Lord D'Abernon, head Of
the liquor control board during war
time. is sixth, with $23,260. The win
ming Jockey was S. Donoghue. who
had 43 mounts first passed the wire.
Headquarters of the Turf.
a days racing at Newmarket,
known as headquarters of the Eng
lish turf, retained this fail many Of
the picturesque features OF pre-war
days, with some distinctly novel az
fractions. The crowds were perhaps a
bit more subdued altho English rae
ing throngs never have quite the ex-
uborance, or the same tendency to
"ride" a winner home as one meets on
the tracks around New York, Latonia
or Louisville. The winners here take
their winnings with "A calm and some
what disdainful self-assurance, while
the losers lose with no disposition to
grouse or Crouch as ii would be
render ed in America"
Newmarket lies seventy miles north
east of London. but this is not ac-
COZ ntcd n great distance when a splen-
did Zig motor car has been success
fully requisitioned and the days pro-
gram offers card OF seven well-filled
races.
The way leads out the famous seven
SSltTS TOdu, tilTu fpplliB village anu
its royal forest which. Just few
weeks before the war sta rted, rang
and echoed with the chorused voices
of thousands of German singers The
old English inns and public houses
along the road are always "A source of
interest to visiting Americans because
Of their quaint construction and still
Quainter names There are the Flight
ing Cocks" the Bull and Horse
s's,e," the White Heart" the coach
and Horses" the Three Tuns," and
scorec of others. The English coun-
trvside is beautiful at all times OF the
year. and in the autumn months the
grass is as green in the fields as in the
spring. six Mile Bottom" is a well
come station along the way. from
there to Newmarket lies a six-mi!e
stretch Of arrow straight road which
invites a speed limited only by fear
Of the county constable.
Newmarket. somewhat slow and
sleepy by general disposition, is alive
and throbbing with excitement on rae
ing days.
Grandstands Not In Favor.
The road from town to track is
fairly clogged with all manner of We
hcles. one finds wartime racing is
bit cheaper than tho ordinary sort
and extra as 4 war tax. The stand is
not large, for England takes its racing
in the open-on the broad lawns and
IN the open air paddock. Betting goes
on las usual" with the bookmaKers