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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM ABROAD. The German government breeding establishment lias purchased the live-year-old stallion Lyeaon, by Cyllene La Vicrge, for the reported price of 0,000. N. Levene has purchased the American-bred two-year-old filly Gracious, by Yankee out of Graceful, from Arthur James and the filly has joined Jonathan Ristes team at Epsom. The Hooton Park Hurdle Race and the Great Cheshire Steeplechase, each of ,000 value, did not fill, and have been re-opened, under altered conditions and reduced to ,500 each. The stallions most numerously represented by their daughters in the newly-published volume of the English Stud Book are Gallinule 130 mares. St. Simon 90 mares. Isinglass 89, Ayrshire 87, and Persimmon 77. Bachelors Hope, 5, by Tredennis out of Lady iiiiwn, which did not reach his reserve when sent up to Newmarket for the sales, has lieen privately purchased for 5,000 by Mr. II. F. Malcomson, nnd lie Is to stand during the coming season at Pries-town, County Meath, at the moderate fee of 19 guineas. He was the wiuuer of the Kempton Park "Jubilee" and the Drayton Handicap at Goodwood in 1912, defeating Whisk Broom in the "Jubilee" with the latter trying uusuccessrully to give him 25 lHumds. The struggle between the two leading owners of jumpers in France for top place in the winning list continues. M. James Hennessy has up to December 9, CS1.400 francs to his credit, and M. A. Veil-Picard 147,403 francs a difference of 33,907 francs, and there were several valuable stakes yet to be won. White Star has been sold to go to Australia and, as a brother to the Derby winner, Sunstar, should prove a valuable acquisition to Australian breeding interests. He was himself a good race horse, having won the Woodcote Stakes, July Stakes, Mole-comb Stakes, Champagne Stakes and Dewhurst Plate when a two-year-old. At Windsor December 10, the three-year-old American-bred colt Salvation, by Salvator Victoria Cross, won the Thames Handicap Hurdle Race at two miles by a head in a hotly contested finish, with Elstead second and LImerock third. The latter was but another head back and Is also American-bred, being by Rock Sand Annot Lyle, and. a cast-off from the Belmont stable. The average age of the stallions whose deaths are recorded In the new volume of the English Stud Book, was, rouglUy, .eighteen and ouo-quarter ,years Fifty-six stallions are included iu the list, of "which the patriarchs were Melton 2S and Gallinule 2S, and the youngest, Velocity, which was only six when he died. As many as twenty-seven of the stallions, or very nearly half of them, were twenty or over. The colt foal by Bayardo Cheshire Cat, which sold for the record price of 3.100 guineas at the recent Newmarket December sale, was bought bill. K. Morris and not, as was reported, by M. Manta-seheir. Mr. Morris is engaged in business at Shanghai, China, and "will come back to have a look at him iu about two years." Iu the meatimc the colt is to be broken and trained by Sam Darling at Buckhainpton. M. Mautascheff has leased Comte de Clermont-Tounerres racing establishment at Maisous Latlitte. His trainer, Rousse, will arrive from Russia shortly with several French-bred horses. M. Mantascheff during the first three days of the Newmarket sales purchased four foals for 3,930 guineas, a two-year-old for 2,900 guineas, and 23 broodmares for 44,000 guineas. The total amount of his purchases was 51,520 guineas, equivalent to 07,904. It is officially stated that the Ascot Race Authority are taking a step which will add to the convenience of those resident in Ascot and neighborhood. Some years since a fund used to be privately subscribed to light the streets and roads of Ascot, but owing to a decrease in support the fund has become moribund, and the lightless standards alone remain as witnesses of the brightness they formerly dis-lHmsed during the winter mouths. This Improvement will take effect as soon as the Gas Company can get the standards fitted aud the necessary connections made. The whole cost will be defrayed by the Race Authority out of the Race Fund.
