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NOTES OF THE TURF IN OTHER LANDS. SiHitley is the name given to his majestys colt by .Santry Sweet Alison. II. Gill, the jockey, who has passed the winter at Ohantilly, will shortly return to Russia, where M. L. Mantascheff lias first call on his services. The New York Bar, in Paris, which was the property of Milton Henry, the jockey, lias been bought by Tod Sloan, and will in future be known as Tod Sloans Bar. It is situated in the Rue Daunou. M. A. Auinont has entered Saint Pe for the Grand Prix International and the Prix du Cenenaire de Borodino, to Ik; decided at Moscow in September. This is th.- only French entry for these two valuable stakes. The three-year-old colt by Broomstick Rose of Dawn has been sold to Tom Hill, the Belgian trainer, who has also acquired from Gwllts stable at I.ambouni the aged gelding Washington, by Kinley Mac Systematic. Count Geza Andrassy has engaged "Dannv" Maher to ride Hadd Lassuk in the Austrian Derby. .Maher has already ridden thrice in that event. He was second on Aveline in 1909r third on Lord Firebrand in 1910 and second last year with Mosci Ksiaze. Sam Heapy, the nephew of Sam Loates, is now thoroughly established as a trainer in Belgium. lie has over sixty horses under his care at Wavre. twenty of them being two-year-olds. Heapy can still go to scale at 12:: jioinids, anil will ride occasionally in important races. The death occurred Friday, March 0, after a short illness of Baron Alfred dAymer.y, who in his day was one of the most prominent gentlemen riders on the French turf. His chief successes were attained at I-a Croix-de-Bernay, where he rode Baron FInots representatives. News recently reached England that the good stallion Bridge of Canny has died at the Haras Chacabuea in the Argentine. This is a serious loss indeed for his owner, who bought him through Mr. I. Mann a year or two back. As the sire of Cantilever, Bridge of Canny will gain still further posthumous fame, but his place in South America will be ditbcult to fill. On the first day of the National Hunt meeting at Cheltenham, England. March 11, the Cheltenham Grand Annual Steeplechase of the net value of ,500 was won by "Mr. Stokes " five-year-old brown mare Meadowsweet, by Yankee Cainpo. She carried 150 ixmiuls and won easily from the favorite Tcnbury, which carried 154. Of her last six races, Meadowsweet has won four and been second in the other two.
