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MARCELLlNUS RETIRED FROM RACING. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.. August 12. Marcellinns has Ihmu permanently retired from racing. Three years ago, this horse, rated as one of the top-notehers of steeplechasing in England, was purchased by Mrs. Payne AVhitney for a big price, 0,000 being the figure generally mentioned. Shortly after the horse put to training in this country he developed a tendency to bleed, both in work and in his races, which means he really never showed his best form. This spring it was thought tin? trouble had been mastered, but a couple of days ago after being schooled, he bled more severely than ever. Mrs. AVhitney then decided to abandon all hone of training him, and he will be retired to the hunting field where he should prove most formidable, as the easy work of preparation for a cross-country rjm is not apt to cause a return of his ailment. He will be out witli the Meadow-, brook Hounds this fall. The "sweets of victory" come the way of equine heroes in these days of sentiment in racing. Yesterday by parcel post there--arrived at G. R. Tompkins stable a neat package addressed to "AAeld-ship," in Mr. Tompkins care. Investigation showed the contents to be a couple of dozen lumps of sugar, and with them the card of Johnny Kermath, n steeplechase rider who played a prominent part in the education of the horse as a jumper, and who rode him in all of his races up to and including 1914. Illness forced Kermath to give up active riding and he has been under the care of friends and physicians making a struggle to regain liis health which will mean a cliance to" again pilot the son of Sea Horse II. arid Moon-Daisy. The really great performances of the horse last year and this means solace sweet to Kermath and each time he wins brings a longing for the day when the two old frierds, man and horse, can rgain be seen under colors, together. jBryee Wing, well known everywhere as a devotee of the hunting field, has decided to take part in the movement under way to enhance cross-country racing. His tribute will pome in the form of a new race which is sure to rate with the most important fixtures of steeplechasing. At a recent conference with J. E. Davis and Frank J. Bryan, president and secretary of the Piping Rock Racing Association, he tendered a new race which will be run for .the first time at the Locust Aalley track next spring. His donation will be a challenge cup of gold, by far the most valuable of any. trophy offered in this country, if not in ,the world. To the winner each year he will present a replica of the cup, also in gold, and in addition will, add ,000 to the value to the race which will be named the Stuart Wing Memorial Steeplechase, in memory of his father, who while never active in racing, was .a sportsman of the best sort, a lover of the thoroughbred, keen for the cry of the hounds, the thrills of a run behind them, and the blast of the horn that told of the end of the chase. Down in Airginia this week, at Berryville, amateur racing is to make its bow. Several events, both on the flat and across country, will be run in connection with the. .annual horse show. Capt. P. M. Walker, Henry J. Morris and Herman P. Conkling have volunteered to aid the management in looking after the details. ,
