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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM OTHER LANDS. Lieutenant Stanley Wootton, who was recently wounded in France, is home on sick leave, and is at present staying with his father at Epsom. Lieutenant William Griggs, the well-known jockey, who is attached to the Armored Motor Section, and who so greatly distinguished himself in Egypt in the dash for the relief of the survivors of H.M.S. Tara, was present at the Newmarket Second July meeting, having been granted three weeks leave. The English "triple crown" winner, Diamond Jubilee, the champion sire of last year in the Argentine, has again a commanding lead this year, his stock having won thirty-nine races of the value of nearly 215,000 pesos. Second is Old Man, with 23 races worth 148,725 pesos, and third is another English-bred sire in Greenan 23 races of the value of 100, 175 pesos. The French horse Jardy comes fourth, St. Wolf English fifth,- Le Samaritain French sixth and Cyllcne English seventh. It would be difficult to convey the feeling of owners of race horses, trainers and breeders of Newmarket when it became known there were to , be no more race meetings in England, this season , than those already advertised. The official "Racing Calendar" virtually says tills killing of racing is by : command of "the government." The owners and breeders of thoroughbred stock are an influential 1 section of the British public, and what they want to know is which department of the government is 1 responsible. Loudon Sportsman. So big was the attendance at the Berlin-Gruene-wald meeting on the day of the Grand Prize, says i "Deutscher Sport," that the over and underground 1 railways were terribly crowded and the trains fairly taken by storm. Equally great was the press at the ! totalisator windows, and countless people who wanted to bet were unable to get near the machine, while others did not even try. realizing the futility of the attempt. "Deutscher Sport" points out that the facilities for reaching the courses in Berlin are 1 vastly inferior to those of Vienna.
