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FOREIGN TURF GOSSD AND COMMENT J Dillon who rV rVr r the past two seasons has ridden with much success in Austria has decided to rc niain in England this ycur ycurAccording According to the Johannesburg Sunday Times there arc about HOO race horses Including ponies in training on the Hand which means a keep and training bill for owners collectively of at least 0000 per annum added to which at the lowest estimate another 60000 must be put down for en ¬ tries forfeits and expenses expensesMajor Major F Douglas Pennant the owner of Rubio is a member of the wellknown Welsh family the head of which is Baron Pcnrliyn of Penrhyn Castle Carnarvonshire The major is a son of the late LieutenantColonel Archibald Douglas Pennant and is a cousin of the present Lord Penrliyn He is uncle to Mr W Cooper the owner of Mattie Mac gregor which was second Major Eustace Loder has sustained a severe loss in the death of his broodmare Gallinaria which occurred in foaling to Desmond with which she was to have been mated again Herself an Irish Derby winner Gallinaria was the dam of GalvanI which showed smart form as a twoyearold winning the Middle Park Plate and other good races as well as several events of Importance last season seasonSir Sir Archibald was sent on to Newbury April 3 and was expected to run in tlio Greenham Stakes but did not go to the post The horse was paraded in his clothes in the paddock Sir Archibald on being loolccd over did not create a very favorable Impression he being up In the air as it is termed and he does not appear to have made much Improvement fiince he retired into winter Quarters The son of Desmond docs not fill the eye as a Derby horse Sporting Life
