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i ■ i i . • i — NOTES OF THE TURF IN OTHER LANDS. Lord Besebery became sixty seven years of age. May .. and was extensively congratulated. The Held of twenty for the Qreal Jubilee Handicap at Kempton Park, May ! . was the largest since George Bdwardea annexed tin- spoils in 1901 with Santo, which beat twenty one opponents. To win the Two Thousand Guineas, the Chester en- and the Jubilee in the course of a fortnight is a performance of which even the famous Hantoo trainer. Alec Taylor, can justly be proud. What Is more. ]R. quite expects to win the Derby witn Kennymore. Among horses sold at auction at Kempton Park. May 9, was the American bred Bunnymede which passed int.. the possession of Emil Hera for 12,750. Bunnymede is by Voter— Banning stream and when a three-year obi won good races in England for the late James It. Keene. An ex sergeant major of the Twelfth Lancers m England, named Harold Pen, won SI.TO.OOO in the Calcutta Sweepstakes in 1910. and retired from the army. He lived on his investments for two and a half years, and he then dabbled in bu-itu--Inihil. and is now bankrupt. With Maker and WoottoU out of riding the Irish joeke.v. Stephen Donogliue. is one of the most -ought after jockeys of the day in Lngland. Up to May ! he was the leader in Hat race racing, with eighteen winning mounts to his credit, C. l-oy then being second with seventeen. The stallion Collar was destroyed May S at the Cobham Stud. England, where In- had been standing for -o years. Collar, which was by St. Sii l out of Ornament, and was thus three parts brother to Sceptic, boasted a remarkable record. being the sin- of winners in no fewer than thirteen countries. In this countr.v. a few years back, his son Frank COM was one of the best horses in out-racing.
