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TURF CAREER OF A POPULAR OWNER. lew aborting men are more catholic in their taste* than Mr. .1. Reid Walker, who. besides being an owner of race horses, is also keenly Interested I* | polo and hunting, while be knows mole than a little about the rartons phases of shooting. Mr. I Walkers tirst acquaintance with the turf dates back to UN. lour years later he had the dhv tinetion of ruling six consecutive winners at the , Barlon Polo lull races at l.icbliehl. tor some tine- Mr. Walker rented Chestall House. , near Kiigeley a name which recalls Palmer, the notorious poisoner -but about thirteen years ago he acquired the Joristown Stud Farm, West Heath, i where be achieved man., breeding successes. Mr. Walker has won his share of important races. though be lias yet to record his tirst classic triumph, in 1883 be won the Jubilee Handicap with Dittos Forget, a well named son of Loved Out — Barometer. Pinna Forgot was then a s:-ye-ai -old. weighted with 105 pounds, and in the hand.; of Nat Robinson defeated Bridegroom by a head, with Minstrel third, and such :ls Kttcoek. Eager, General Peace and Gomfrey among the unplaced. Lnter in Ihe year Diana Forget won the- Liverpool Summer Cup from Brayhend, which, like Bridegroom, Ice longed to "Mr. Jersey." Three years later Mather Liverpool Can found ils way Into Mr. Walkers possession through Mount Prospect, which, ridden by Maber. got the better of a keen tussle with Semper Vigilans. Mount Prospecl bad previously won the Duke of York Slakes, but was at that time the property of Mr. HOW Sin Abe Bailey. Another useful anmal owned by Mr. Walker was Dinuofnrd. a son of Pinna Forget, which carried off the Koydl Hunt Cup of 1906 from King Charles. Roseate Dawn finishing third. A nioiiih later the four-year-old recorded an ccii more notable victory in I In- Princess of Wales Slakes, which be won easily from Llangih-b . with Mr. Rothschilds Derby winner. St. Amant. third, and Polyinelus unplaced. Twee lillms In Galatla and Bella Gnllina also carried the "ana green j:n Ue-i with credit, the former winning the Park Hill Stakes at Doocaster, and Bella Gallina the- Coronation Stakes at Ascot. Mr. Walkers horses did little during the past sea-oii. though three of them managed to win a rac.- apb-ce-, of the total value- of just over 000 sovereigns. Belted Burl won the Manor Handicap al Haydock Park In May. Ruffs Guide- beat a big held in a long-distance event at one of the extra meetings at Newmarket, while Fan Claire won a hundred pound plate. The daughter of Torpoint subsequently ran tecond In the Quart witch. Son in Law beatJnj: her by a half length. Mr lie-id Walker, who was born at Liverpool, is the- second son of the late sir A. P. Walker, and k therefore brother to Colonel Hall Walker.
