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EMINENT HUNGARIAN TURFMAN DIES. fl The death of Ilerr Alexander Baltazzl, is notified iH in Deutscher Si.ort" of December 3, as havingH taken place iu Vienna on November 24 as a result or an operation for appendicitis. He did not lungH survive his younger brother. Ilerr Aristide Baltuzzi, whose death occurred less than a month previously. It was in the name and colors of Ilerr Alexauder lialtazzi that the Hungarian-bred colt, Kisber, car-H ried off the Epsom Derby in 1876 and also the Grautjil Prix de Paris. B Kisber was owned iu partnership by the II-rH Alexander and Hector italtazzi. and a.s it iWB year-old, when known as the colt bv Buccaneer KitM of Mineral, he run three times unsuccessfully beforeH gaining an easy victory over Springfield, Uleudale, .Madeira and others in the Dewhurst Plate. ThcH next year his first appearance Was in the Derby. H for which, starting second favorite at 4 to i tcH Petrarch which was a 2 to 1 chance, he gallopedM liome an easy winner, scoring by five lengths in tbeB hands of the still living Charles Muiduient from Mr.tS Robert Pecks pair, Forerunner and Julius Caesar.H the respective mounts of Fred Webb and Tom CaiiH nan, of which Forerunner beat the other by thrccH lengths for second place. An objection to the winnei-H was lodged on the ground of an informal certificate of Ins pedigree, but that was dismissed as frivolousM With Maidment again iu the saddle, Kisber theiiH went on to Paris, and scored another five-lengthsH victory in the Grand Prix, his nearest attendant being M. A. Lupins Engnerrande, which had previ ously rim a dead heat in the Epsom Oaks with CouuiH de Lagranges Camella. In the St. Leger Kisber.H with odds of 2 to 1 on him, was beaten out of :fl place by Petrarch, Wild Tommy and Julius Oaesar.1 Ilerr Alexander Baltazzi became a member of thc-H Austrian Jockey Club as long ago as 1860, and in thtfl dual monarchy he continued owning race horses iintliH quite recently, and in the seasons 1010 to 3032 his-H horses won stakes of the value of over 0,000.
