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GOSSIP OF THE TURF ABROAD Eight yearlings four colts and four fillies the property of his majesty the king have lieen sent from Saiidringhaui Stud to Egerton House New ¬ market where they will be trained by Richard Marsh They are a very level lot and look like doing credit to the royal colors colorsThe The Atlantic Stakes increased in value to 13000 to be decided at Liverpool in July 1H3 closed OH Tuesday July 2 with the line entry of 20i but these figures are placed in the shade by support ac ¬ corded the Royal Standard Stakes of 10000 in the Manchester Whitsuntide program of the same year This race closed on the same date with the fine entry of 217 217Maiden Maiden Erlegh and Hector two winners at the Liverpool July meeting Iwth bold engagements in the St Leger and are quite likely to develop into fancied candidates for the last of the classics Sol Joel was present at Liverpool to see the former win the Knowsley Dinner Stakes and must have been well pleased with the smooth style of his colts victory Like his sire Polymelus Maiden Erlegh appears to be improving with age ageDone Done in the Eye is not a nice name to give a race horse but Sir Berkeley Sheffield claims justifi ¬ cation because the twoyearold of this name be ¬ longing to him which won the Weston Selling Plate at Leicester July 22 had in his youth one of his eyes knocked out Nor is he the only horse with one eye which has won a race while within the last few years two jockeys each possessed of only one eye have ridden the winner of the Grand National London Sporting Life LifeA A curious technical point arose over the Great Foal Plate at Lingfield recently Apennine having claimed an allowance of three pounds under the conditions as being the first produce of her dam Tho fact is her dam Montem had already had a foal by Bachelors Button but the foal was dead The stewards were called upon to decide whether a dead foal could be regarded as the produce of a mare and they decided it could not and that Apennine consequently was entitled to the allow ¬ ance It made no real difference because Apennina in any case put up two pounds extra for Manors services servicesHerliert Herliert Jones had a fortunate and yet an un ¬ fortunate experience at the Haydock Park meeting He steered Demosthenes to victory in the principal race of the dav the Old Newton Cup but when riding Miunehaha in the Paddock Throe YearOld Plate the filly was badly knocked about at the bend entering the straight She was lying well behind the leaders aud striking the heels of the horse immediately in front fell and the kings jockey shot out of the saddle landed heavily Though breaking his collar bone Jones was able to walk back to the ambulance room where he received every necessary attention aud is progres ¬ sing satisfactorily satisfactorilyAt At Hanover on Sunday July 14 the Grand Prize of Hanover a gold cup and 57rO brought out a field of eight twoyearolds of which the Graduits Studs brown colt Mcissel by Galtce More Myakka by Sensation scored an easy victory in the hands of F Bullock The Messrs Von Weinbergs filly Cii tena Shurgold was second and Mr E von Davids Biro II Prebzner third The winners dam used to belong to Lord W Bedford and Mr P Loril lard and was a good winner in England Tho Graditz Stud also won the Prize of the City of Han ¬ over a cup and 250 at six furlongs with Ab wechslung F Bullock a threeyearold filly by Hannibal Alveole which defeated eight others Lord Rosebcrgs Prue a chestnut filly by his Epsom Derby winner Cicero Prune has distin ¬ guished herself of late July 20 at Sandown Park She won the richest of all English races for two yearolds when she finished first to the Radium Concertina filly Albion and ten more in the Na ¬ tional Breeders Produce Stakes of the net value of 21785 This gratifying success she followed up at Hurst Park July 20 by winning the Hurst Park Foal Plate worth 5073 to the winner defeating Light Brigade Jest aud twelve other twoyearolds Lord Rosebery has been singularly fortunate in con ¬ nection with the National Breeders Produce Stakes having previous to Pnies success won the event in their years with Chelaudry Traquair Cicero and Niel Gow GowAs As an own brother to Louvlors which will be re ¬ membered as fighting out a memorable finish for the Derby won by Minoru three years ago the advent of Louvois had been keenly anticipated at New ¬ market and the Khedive Plate being chosen for his first appearance even money was taken about his chance though he had seventeen opponents He had been well galloped at home and the confidence De ¬ posed in him was well rewarded by an easy win from the Muslin colt which had created a good imprcs Blou by readily taking the Ilurstbourne Stakes at the recent Bibury Club meeting That Louvois is a good one Is tolerably obvious and while he will doubtless account for some of his other juvenile en ¬ gagements there seems a prospect of his taking Blue Ribbon honors and so avenging the Epsom de ¬ feat of Louviers
