The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-28
RACING SEASON. IS
QUITE VA
TWenty-three Meetings Are.
Held duringfthe Third Year
OF the European War.

Correspondent OLA SH0GBnte ed @#J RPnHA1#@
LONDON NOV. 28-The fiat racing.
season in England, which ended with
the first week OF November, was ac-
counted quite successful notwith-.
standing that 1T ran into the third.
year OF the war. There were twenty
three meetings In England, eleven at
Newmarket, four at Lingfield. three
at Gatwlck, three ut Newbury and
two Mt Windsor. There Will be jump
ing meets during the winter. but az
special trains are not permitted and.
the supply Of petrol for automobiles
IT'S limited, the crowds are not cx-
pected to be up to the usual standard.
The king ontinued to lend his
patronage and appears In the hnal#list
.oR. winners with purses agGregating
1850 To his credit. All the classic
races Of the English turf we're main.
tanned, although many OF them did
not come up to the valued the last
years.
Leading Winning Owner.
Tho king continued to lend his
e. Hutton. Il newspaper proprietor,
with s8G,82O. The Earl or Derby.
whose time.i IL almost wholly taken up
by his duties as under secretary Of
war. kept his racing establishment
intact and was the second winner
with s45,930. The Duke OF Portland
was third with s40,025, Lord Fall
mouth was fourth with $3l.50O; u.
Buhanan. fifth with $25,425, and.
Lord D'Abernon. head OF the liquor
control board during war times, Is
sixth. with s23.260. The winning
Jockey was S.. Donoghuc. who had
forty-three mounts first past the
wire.
A days racing ~ Newmarket,
known as headquarters or the Eng
lfsh turf, retained this fall many of
the picturesque features Of pIe-war
days, with some distinctly novel at-.
fractions. The crowds were perhaps
n bit more suhdued although English
rncirg thronEs never have quite the
same cXuberance, Or the same ten
dency to ride" a winner home as
one meets on the tracks around New
York, Latonia or Louisville. The
winners here take their winnings
with Il calm#soI1ewhat disdainful self
assurance, while the losers lose with
disposition to grouse or
Crouch as IL would be rendered in.
american
Newmarket lies seventy miles
nort1eastof London but this Is not ac-.
counted a great distance when q
splendid big motor car has been sue,
ccssflIlly Erequisttioned and the days.
program offers a card of seven we'll
filled races.
Famous Road.
The way leads out the famous Sew
en- Sisters road, through Epping vii.
Iage and its royal forest which, Just
a few weeks before tile war started.
rang and echoed with the %c1lorused
voices or thousands OF German sing
.ers. The old English inns and public
houses along the road always are Al
source OF interest to visiting Ameri-.
cans because 81 their quaint con-
structfon and still quainter names.
They are the "|Fighttng Cocks the
...Rhl1 and horseshoe the White
Heart. the Coach and Horses the
sa"PThree Tuns.'' and scores OF others
The English countryside is beautiful.
at all times of the year. and in the
autumn months the grass is as green
III the fields as in the spring. SIX
Mile Bottom is a welcome station
along the way. for from there to-
Newmarket lies q six mile stretch OF
arrow straight road which Invites 2
speed limit onlyHby fear Of the coun7
tn constable.
Newmarket, somewhat SLOW and.
sleepy by general disposition, is alive
and t%hrobbing with excitement on
racing days.
the road from town to track Is
fairly clogged with MI manner Of
vehicles. One finds wartime racing p
a bit cheaper than the ordinary sort
and entrance to the grandstnnd
ifs to be had for one pound with two
Hshtllings extra as d war tax. The
stand is not large, for England takes.
It's racing iii the open--on the broad
lawns andln the open air paddock.
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8bookmakers calling their odds in q
manner calculated to#attract and per
5suade. In. return fora five pound.
note, or a one pound note, or perhaps.
your two and SIX in silver, you get
a bit Of numbered pasteboard, which