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RUSSIAS GREATEST TURFMAN IS DEAD mostprominent by death the most prominent owner and breeder of race horses in that country in the person of M At Laiareff For over twenty years by means of lavish ex ¬ penditure on the best blood that money could buy in ICugland and France the judiciouslyman ¬ aged breeding stud of M Lazaret produced for him a series of winners of practically all the good things of the Uussian turf nt Warsaw Moscow and other meetings of importance Scarce ¬ ly a year passed without his figuring high tip hi the list of winning owners generally at the top and it stands on record that in the period of eleven years from 10 to JSI13 he wcnr the Uus sian Derby which is rnn at Moscow no fewer than seven times Likely enough he may have added another victory to his total last season but this Knssian Hlue Hihand being generally run about the middle of July no record was kept by me if I saw the result announced during the anxious days which preceded the outbreak of the greatest war of modern times At any rate in the course of the previous eleven seasons IM Lazaroff won the Moscow Derby in quick succession with Irish Lad Ciilloden Count Galop Floreal Mninonr and De mosthene The last named was by Darley Dale the lclipse stakes winner out of Mosipiee a mare acquired from M Fdmond Hlanc and kept by M Laxareff at his stud in France Dcmosthcne was sent to Russia in his foalhood as were year by year the produce of the other choice mares at the Haras Val dKnfer which M Lazar eff annually sent to the best stallions in Franco and Kngland Of his previous Derby winners Irish Lad and Galop were by Galtee More which was liuglit by the Russian Government in lSJIS for 21000 sovereigns ami after live highly suc ¬ cessful seasons was resold by the Moscow Jockey Club to the Germans for 14000 sovereigns Irish Lad won the big threeyearold race in 1 Culloden the winner ill 104 was by the Isonomy horse Ruler which himself had won the Russian Derby in 1SS7 Csint was by the German Derby winner of IS2 ICspoir which was by Harealdiuo and another winner of the big Russian prize in Mamour was by the Austrian bred Fall by Matchbox The remaining one of M Lazaroffs Russian Derby winners Floreal was by Florizel II Last year M Lazareff who never raced out ¬ side the Russian dominions headed the winning list for the last time with says Dentscher Srort a total of 45000 sovereigns It is under ¬ stood that bv the terms of the deceased si orts mans will his widow is to carry on his breeding studs Vigalant iu London Sportsman
