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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM ABROAD. II. Ay liu has renewed his engagement to ride for Baron Eugene de Rothschild again over fences in Austria, and C. Trigg shortly leaves for thai coon try, be being under a retainer to the barons brother, Alphonse de Rothschild, on the Hat. Ai Oberweiden. near Viemaa, trainer Herbert Beeves has ia charge eight] one horses owned by Baron ;u-ta Springer. Forty-seven are two-year olds, ami among the sires represented am De emend, Slleve Gallion, Collar, Woolwindei and Adam. Colin Barrett and A. Tempieinaii arrived from India on Fridaj aud were al Bandown Park oa Sal uiil.iv. Februarj 8. Both did well during the ten days racing they had in India. Barrett riding a half dozen winners, including Victo, Little Slave, and i ii. while the elder Iempleuiaii steered some live w Innera. Mi. Tuofaam, the bandienpper of the Grand N i tional Steeplechase, lias ottii-iall asked the stewards of the Liverpool Meeting to Insert a clause in ibe •.•in in ion- of the :.-.:nd National ui future yean that 17". po ninls shall be the maximum weight ami that the minimum weight may be 143 pounds. Axle Pin, Lord Derbys Brand National candidate and favorite for the race, was injured while at exercise bin not, as at tirst feared, seriously. H was given walking and trotting exercise February S and apparently went sound!] enough to Justify Ibe • .pinion that h" would lie able to resume regular work shortly. "Deatseher Sport." In an article oa the Austrian Derbv, conies to the conriawlon thai on paper. liiiii-o Hohenlohe-Oehringens colt, Raphael, should win. Beaten ■ abort head whea not fancied on the occasion if his debut, Baphael subseejnentlj won his iwo other races la ■ eaatter. U- Is by Symington sire of Si-aiorilu out of i;..m of Jeddah dam of the I.in "Inshin- Handicap candidate. Monlicii. The death is annminced of the well-known sialii..i Chesterfleld. I«j Wisd Bramble, which was x- ported t" France hi 1863. IT- proved himself a su reee at the stud, and only lasj year stood at the bead of the leading winning sires of cross-country lierformers la France with a total of 161.460. Dui in hi- career on the turf ChesterneW won the Great Yorkshire Hamlicap in 1863 and the Doncastei Tut the previous year, aatuaarat other races. Mr. J. B. Pell, the owner of HJhgbridge, is the son of a banker in Philadelphia. The horse ma I • somewhat crest and coachy. but has power of loin, if -iijjhtly liht in his -ecoinl thili-. His hack i-level, and there is strength 1" be found in h- j IU formal i. 111 throughout, lor so bip a borse, be is i surprising! active galloper. Those who picked blra to pieces before the race at Bandown had nothing but praise for him after the race, lie i- aaon than a ii-efui performer over a eoaatry.
