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■ , , i . - i - 1 r - r NOTES OF THE TURF FROM ABROAD. Lord Villiers. senior steward of the Jockey Club. laid the foundation stone of the Kin;. lalwaiil VII. Memorial Hall at Newmarket last Monday. In hall i- being elected hy public subscript ton on ■ central site in High street. The site has been given h; S:i Ernest fa— el and the memorial is to cost abeajl ; 120.000. When Rhoda P.. the dam of Orby the Derby winner of 1007. of Rbodora the winner of the One Thousand Onineus in I00K, and of .limine. Rhodo dendron Alabama. Emperor Napoleon and Ckmbnrn wa- found dead iu le-i box at the Mem-aim Stul recently she had pi-t foaled to Santoi. The foal Is ■oin on all right. At Johannesburg the "Kind Daily Mail" wa- pro . scented last month for publishing the mimes and 1 weights of the runners at race meetings, on ii ground that thi- i- a contravention of the Act which forbid- the selling of race cards except on race courses. The case was to be heard on February 1 I. but n. rejmrt of the decision made lias, as yet. • arrived. Two valuable Iwoycarohls have been sent from America to England on board the Atlantic trans port steamship Minneapolis to join the stable oi I horses owned by Mr. I. 11. Winan-. and which are r under the care of Joaepfa Cannon at Newmarket. The Crown, ehesiiui coll. brother to star Charter, by siar i Shoot— Charter Queen, and Copernicus, chestnut colt. hy Star Shoot — Dingle. London i Sport -man. Treil Herbert, the yisang Canadian Jockey, who i- " well remembered for hi- work on American tracks, ■ has obtained a mount in Ihe Lincolnshire Handicap. the tirst big event of the English racing season. He will have the leg u| l.avolt. When Herbert 1 decided to try hi- Inch abroad he went to Austria. and rode both there and iu Germany, timillv finding - hi- wav to England, where he will probably remain Toronto Globe. one adventurous English writer has already und r taken to decide ihe result- of the Classics of thi-year - a- follow-. Two Thousand Guineas Craganoor. tir-i : Sanquhar, second; Lionvois, third: Epsom Derbj v Craganour. Brat: Louvofe, second; IJock Ilin. third: Doncaster St. Leger— Craganour. first. I.ou- vois, sec 1: Rock Flint, third: One Thousand I Guineas -Aida. tii-t: Prue, second: Jest, third: En -em Oaks— Waioatha, irat, Arda, seoend, Coora third. itf Australian Cup. at two mile- and a quarter, was run over lie- I leminulou track March l. and wa- won h Messrs. piiliiu"- English-bred live rear-old horse Almi-a. by Ayr-hire La Roche. bred by the imke of Portland. J. Birkes Cadonia . second and W. Browns Piastre third. The race .. averages about 2,500 to the winner and li-t year , resulted in I "had he.it between Prize fighter and ,1 saxoititc. Almi-a was at in 1 in the UMtin:: anil ,1 won by a length, wiih Cadonia tbret quarters of ■ ., length before Pinatre. The latter norse won the ,. • famous and valuable Melbourne Cup last No , vemhi r .t i.it.st advices ante-nosl betting over Ihe ■ I.inco|i|s||jic Handicap had become quite brisk, while •• business about the Liverpool Grand National was s light. At 10 to 1 Uncle Pit and Long Set were • equal favorite- for the Lincolnshire. The Irish- i- bred horse Cigar has lieeii heavily backed and i-thlrd - choice .it 100 to 8, such liets as *r,.st i to 00. »■ ,000 t.i *:i."s». ,500 to . T7." and ,500 to H» 0 la-lug among those recorded iu hi- favor March 7. Others coming in for good hacking were Tain on a Hill :•! loo to ii and Castleloii. I.c-io and Lavotl at i 20 to i. -The race will take place April I. l-..i Ihe e Grand National K ii liiiall is th iioniiii.il favorite e at S lo 1. bin no ical maiket had been established d up to March S.
