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NOTLS OF THE FOREIGN TURF. Hercules II., which carried lop weight la the I.mii "l Handicap Steeplechase .h Leicester 1 ■• bin ai i. i pi.i.ii.l the oblest bono-In training iu Ens mim i. ii,: even teen rears ••! age. He On Wt -l ii it it in Kirklands Grand National, but i- probably P. ad i.i in. m»w, and made no dkow on this i«-ca-■i. .ii lb.- favorite By alar, wluninc easil from ■■]•. fort, lb*- sec mi. I iii demand simI lis iHitshiet Tailby. Two Continental Derbj wianera have lust died .Mini . 1 mii.- piraat, which ecu red i i Auatrlaa Derby In I860 and ran I good third fof C" Cciui.iii Derby to Dalherg, i- the one. and the other is Trollhetta. The last-named horse, which belonged to Kreiberr ron Falkenbausen, was got by Kisoer out of Village Qaeeu, by King Und, and won all of his eiiiht rae - as ■ three-year-old. 1 i is neareat fol lowers in the Geraaaa Derby were DamlM and ; in ache. Aspirant was by Stroaxiaa oat of Sorcery, by WenlOCk. and be was more successful BS a Mie than Trollhetta. Mr. I.. Wiii.in-. the owner of last seasoas Cam hridgeshire winner, scored a hurdle race snec-tss with Goldbeater In the Ilkeston Handicap Hurdie Race al Derby Iebruaiy 4. The live e.ir old .jiimii- .1 a Hide slowly in the early stages of the race, but Nice, he got I" fairly going he improved, and moving up I" the leaders at the entrance of the straight he stayed on handson»eiy. He was backed from ■ to 2 down to :i light i lo 4 bailee, .lohii E. Madden gave ,606 for Goldbeater al the sale of the W. O.B. Macdoiioiigh yearlings in 1969 and resold him lo Mr. Winaiis at a big advance. This hurdle race was his iiis| success, lie is by Adam Roman Gold.
