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SWYNFORD WINS THE DONCASTER ST. LEGER. London. Bag., Septemlier 7. Eleven horses ran in tin- st. Lager o i;..km» guineas at Oral raster today with the following results: Lssd Derby** nr. c, B*ry*/oed by John ..Gaunt — Canterbury Pilgrlai P. Wootton 1 J. a. de Botharkilds eh. -. Broosiao, by Marco Flitters i Fox i 2 Mr. failles b. e. Lemberg, bv Cvlleiie — tialicia tl». Ma her .1 The Tatters*!1 Sale Stakes, for two- year olds, at twenty sovereigns each with KNt sovereigns added, seven furlongs, was won by H. P. Whitneys chest -iiiii colt by Persimmon Dame dOr, with J. Buchanans In-own eolt. Till lilianliin . by St. PlB*l|lll* -floor-, seeon.l and W. M. O. Singers bay eolt by Desmond Bird of Much third. Seven ran. The DasMSasjtrr St. Leger is the last of the Ire gleal English races dignified Willi the name •classic." the other four being the Two Thousand Guineas, One Thousand Guineas, Epsom Derby and Epsom Onks. The result of the race is no great surprise, for ever since Swyiiford easily defeated a big band of the oesi handicap horses in England for the Liverpool July Cup tie has had a hearty and sanunine follow USg of backers in the ante |Mist betting over the St. Leger. lb- is ,-i grand eolt in appearance and of such great size that practically nothing was done with him as a I wo year-old. it being obviously the part of wisdom to allow time for his big frame to till OV/1 and mature. Neil Cow was expected to divide si. Leger favor! t bin with Less berg, but fell lame abotrl tWO weeks ago and since then Lemberg has been a stead* favorite for t In- big race. , surprising feature is that BroMdno coadrmcd the Grand Prix dr Pari* roaming bj again finishing in front of Lemberg. The distance of the St. Leger is a mile and thrcc-ipiartc is and 198 yards. The persimmon Dame dfJr eolt was bought at auction at Newmarket last rear Sjr Mr. Whitney for |13,000. His success yesterday nras his tii t. Tin- value al tin- Ta t tersall Sale stakes is usually something in excess of 840**, Last year Tl cassdj was its winner and Its net value was 84288.
