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] i I , k NOTES OF THE TURF FROM OTHER LANDS. Lord Coventry has accepted the i« sition of first president of tiie Owners. Bnreaatfl and Trainers Association. F.. Tanner has privately disposed of his useful three year -old Kushfoid to R. Wootton, who proposes -coding the colt to Australia. Mr. .1. Mumfiird. who recently purchased Knights Key for India, has added to his purchases by acquiring Mac from Lady Torrlngton. fhe Hoiiora colt, by William the Third, winner of the Two-x . ar Old Sale Stakes at Newmarket will in future race under the name id The Hague. The I*. and o. steam, r lb-nalla. reported on fire off the coast of South Africa, had on board the tv race tiors.s. Waff lam and Lady lariinan. which were being shipped to Australia by Mr. K. Wootton. Willbrook. by Grebe — Nora Oough. which did so well last year in races over a long distance of ground, when he won. among other events, the Brighton and Doucaster Cups, has finished his racing career. Th,. death is announced of Ool. Hall Walkers Go I On. dam of Polar Star and other useful horses. Go On a few years ago was sold to O. A. Prentice for 0,800, but was a year or two afterwards bought back by CoL Hall Walker far $:i.500. Lord Derbys eldest son. Lord Stanley, has registered hi- racing colors and won his first race at Newmarket July 27. concerning which Loudon Siiort ing I.ile said: Novices luck" was ou.-e again demonstrated when Young Pegasus, the first hose to carry Lord Stanleys recently registered colors, proved victorious iu the Cambridgeshire Hunt Plate, lord Stanley, who is l .r.l Derbys eldest son. is a close friend Of the Prince Of Wales, and when ! scholars at Oxford they Shared rooms. Lord Stanley-was able to take a short leave from his military duties to he present yesterday." fhe victory of Ap.it hecary in the Newmarket t Cold Cup. July 27. in the colors of Mr. James de Rothschild, retailed the c.pially sensational success * of his Bomha in the Cold Can at Ascot a few years ; ago. Bouuba was the outsider of the half-dozen i starters at 2." to 1. with Santo Strato a hot favorite, though Mr. Rothschtld8 colt heal him half a length. Apothecary was this year the outsider in a held ol I eight, on offer at :;m to i. Black Jester being in 1 greater demand than Snow Marten. Black Jester r evidently does not stay, and in fact made no show at all. while the Oaks winner could only finish third behind Apothecary and Caranche. The Ascot authorities added So.iHHi to* this race. P. A. Barton sold his horses at Newmarket. July f 2!1 and retires from racing. The three year-old 1 My Ronald sold for 5,000, leading a prominent t turf newspaper of London to say: "Discussion i was rife before racing at Newmarket as to whether r My Ronald was cheap or not at the $,000 guineas s that Mr. Peter Ralll gave for him at the sales during - the in. .riling, the cou-eiisiis of opinion being that t f..|- the times A. K. Barton hail made quite a good 1 sale. Mr. Peter Ualli. the buyer of this extremely use ul three-year -old. has owned some useful horses, . including Tidal Wave, Calgary and Wolfe Land. ■ I i. lav Wave won the Cold Vase at Ascot. My r Ronald will in the future be trained at Freemason " Lodge by Allied Sadler. Jr." Borne li- rasa make freiuds with other animals s more quickly than others. At one of the best known studs in Ireland there is a pot deer that once became closely attached to a horse that was destined afterwards t.. make a great name for himself on the turf. When that horse lelt the particular stml d the deer declined t" pal up with another of the other horses on the farm, and is now to be Been n grazing in a secluded part of the paddock, whereas s she formerly would never leave the side of her old d chum. Foxhall had a cat that always slept on n his back, and Pretty lolly never went on to ,, a rae. rse without her hack. Prevoynat may j not be so great a race borae as those referred to o above: nevertheless, his friendship for his goal is is a- great. Recently, When going out for the Lan i- wades Plate, the goat was tied to the rail- ju-t beyond the winning post, and as the race showed. 1. when he won. the Belgian-bred horse was in a hurry v to get back to his little stable chum. -London ,n Sporting Life.
