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ROCK SAND ON HIS WAY TO FRANCE Lexington Ky October 30 The great English tallion Rock Sand winner of the Triple Crown bought by August Belmont for 125000 and sold by iilm to a French syndicate for 150000 will leave Lexington for France at 430 oclock tomorrow morning anu he will travel in style lie lias entirely to himself one end of a modern steel baggage car and that cud has been padded with straw and burlap and decorated with red white aiiil blue bunting and the Hags of three nations England from whence tho great horse came the United States which has been his home for six years and France which is to claim him probably until the eud of his span of time of which he has passed nearly thirteen years Rock yearsRock Sand will be led in from August Bchnonts Nursery Stud at two oclock tomorrow morning and will be turned over by SuiMTintenileiit Ed Kane to tharles F Hill when hu reaches the loading plat ¬ form in the Louisville Nashville railroad yards Rock Sand will be put into a portable stall in his end of the car uutil New York is reached on Friday morning Then the stall will be removed and he will have all the oar end as a comfortable box until time to go aboard the steamship Minnewaska for France Saturday morning In the other end of tiie car tvo of Mr Belmonts mares Topiary dam of Tracery aud Trap Rock and Golden Aiew dam of Rock View both la foal to Rock Sand will bo shipped to France to drop their foals next spring and to be again mated with the son of Sainfoin and Roquebrune RoquebruneT LillieTurner T P Hayes vearling colt by Peop oDay Lillie Turner worked a quarter in 23 this morning with 110 pounds up
