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1 MORE RACE MEETINGS FOR GERMANY. _ i ! I he latest is, ii,. ,t "Deutscher Sport" contains i continuation of the statement of the vice-president i ol tie- Inion Club Berlin, that more racing at I Hi ppegarten weald be arranged for. The pcecrama have now been framed tor font dins racing in I August and two in September. These are in addi- i tlon to the Cologne Racing Societys meeting ;i 1 Honpegarten on September •. on which day some of I the liost h rses in Germaay will, it is expected, be in oppositon in the Prise of l onauet»chingen. Mr. I Haniel has expressed his intention of running lioth IVjutresiaa and - gaard the tiist Bad s md in i the German Derby. Other likoJy runners are Am- nhora winner ol the lierimin Oaks. Maafeert win- j tier of the Hamburg Grand Priae . and the Graditi I Studs filly, l.e.la II. I The top price leUhed at the sale, of yearlings 1 at Hoppegarten on July 1 was only 299 sovereigns. ■ wo youngsters were sold at that figure, the on. a brown Buy by St. Amant— Matagoa, and the other a chestnut coll by flnlllver — Alabama. Mutagen by Martagon — Lauriola, by Springfleld was Im. ught by Herr B. suekow. covered bj BoqueJanre, for 186 guineas at a sale of horses and mures trom Mr. J. Buchanans string in December, lfl2. Gulliver, the sire of the other yearling mentioned, used formerly to belong to Mr., afterwards Sir. C. !. Hose. He was one of the brilliant band of horses produced by Distant Shore. This was a really wonderful matron, and among her sons in addition to Gulliver which was by Galliard were Van Diemans Land. St. Damieu and St. Hilaire. The last-named ptOr followed GuUiver to France, where all three made a big success at the stud. Among the daughters of Distant Shore was Arcadia, which became famous as the dam of Cylleue. — londou Sportsman of August in.
