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WINKFIELD TO RIDE IN RUSSIA When racing flourished in Chicago Pat Dunnes dusky rider J Winkfield was a iKipular figure on our tracks Itccau e of his skill and frequent successes iu the saddle at Washington Park Hawthorne and Harlem In recent years he has been riding abroad with great success and concerning him a recent edition ot London Sportsman says Owners in Aus ¬ tria and Hungary are regretting that Winkfield the colored jockey wls has lieen riding in both coun ¬ tries for many rears past aud ivas the leading jockey attached to the stable of Prince L Lubomlrski should have made nn his mind to accept a very Mat ¬ tering offer made him by Mr Manticiiefl the Rus ¬ sian petroleum magnate who possesses one of the largest breeding studs and racing stables in the Russian Kmplrc A princely salary has been the temptation with most acceptable conditions as to tiding fees te Ills new owner claims his services at the eoniineneeineiit of next season mid will no doubt lie a frequent visitor to neighboring countries jsince many of tic bestbred youngsters he l ought at he Deanville sales have liabilities ill the classic events iu France The stables sheltering those who are destined to carry the idors of Mr Maulichell already nnuilicr over forty twoyearolds with a fair number of fillies among them He was n bold bid ¬ der at Deauville and paid good prices for fillies with sires such as Doricles and Rabelais Racing is rap Jdlv developing hi Russia Good prices are asked and obtained for bloodstock and an unbeaten two vrarold recently changed bauds at 0000 an un licird f price in the days when Mr Klrhy had al ¬ most the monopoly for supplying thoroughbred blood btock to Russia
