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NOTES OF THE TURF FROM OTHER LANDS. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt lias leased his stallion Oversight to M. Watthme. The king of Spain lias entered Antivari and Inker-man for the coining selection trials at Moulins, France. Sunfire, formerly the property of Mr. J. B. Joel, and purchased by Mr. Clarence Hailey for Mr. G. Golculass, was a recent winner in India. Englands leading rider, S.. Donoghue, having obtained total exemption, leaves on November 15 for South Africa, where lie will ride for Mr. Sol Joel. Capt. Selwood Tanner, son of Capt. Ernest Tanner, the well-known Newmarket owner and breeder, lias been wounded at the front, and is at present in a hospital in France. The report that Baron Maurice de Rothschild has sold his stallion Arc de Triomphe for abroad is incorrect. Arc de Triomphe lias been leased to Mr. J. D. Colin, and will be located at the Haras de Chamant. Mr. Dopledge, a wealthy English sportsman, has decided to race on an extensive scale in Ireland, and he is sending over from England several horses which will be trained by R. Fetherstonhaugh, J. Burns and J. A. B. Trench. If. Leader has recently bought for abroad the following horses Louvre, Fleullen. Queens Highway filly. Princess Sonia filly. East Green filly, and Pique Dame filly, and with the exception of Fluellen, all have been sent to Spain. The Dunedin New Zealand Jockey Clubs total revenue from gate money and privileges during the past season was about 7,000, and yet, after paying the government 1,700 in taxation, it was able to distribute over 4,700 in prize money. Lord George Dundas, the younger son of the Marquis of Zetland, trained a few horses at Newmarket before the war, but he then took up flying. From an observer he became a flying officer, and now he has been promoted to the rank of flight-commander. Word has been received that the cross-country jockey, Leslie Cartledge, who was engaged in the stables of the Fleniington Australia trainers, II. Harrison and E. Finn, for some years, and who was a member of the Expeditionary Force, lias died from wounds received at the front. Mr. Martin Maddock, the bloodstock exporter, purchased some time ago from Mr. J. J. Parkinson the crack Irish two-year-old of last season, Offaly. He has just received information that the horse has won the Grand Prize of Brazil, beating the best Argentine representatives. The Irish St. Leger was first rim for last year, when La Poloma, trained by James Dunne, was successful, and this year the veteran trainer supplied the winner in Captive Princess, which also secured the Irish Oaks. Dunne is the oldest practicing trainer in Ireland, and had his first mount as long ago as 1S53. The super-Premium stallion, Wisemac, and St. Neots by Isinglass St. Neophyte were shipped from England recently, but the vessel was detained in port for several days. She got away in due course, and on September 2 a wire was received announcing her arrival at a Rusiau port, with the horses in good condition. Mr. Jack Joel was not present at Newmarket to see North Star win the big nursery. While recognizing the colt had a chance, he did not desert Austin Friars for Newmarket. It cartainly is remarkable that Mr. Joel should have had to wait so long for a victory after enjoying so many years of good fortune, on several occasions heading the list of successful owners. London Sporting Life. The Earl of Essex, one of the stewards of the English Jockey Club, died of heart failure September 25. He was a popular turfman in flat racing and steeplechasing alike. The late Earl, who was born in 1857, and succeeded to the title on the death of his grandfather in 1S92, served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, and was a colonel in the Herts Imperial Yeomanry. He was twice married and is succeeded by his son, Viscount Maiden. Not content with having run first and second for the Grand Prix de San Sebastian on the opening day of that meeting on July 2, Mr. J. D. Colin, after winning many races in the interim, has now run first, second and third for the St. Leger of ,000. Teddy, with which he also carried off the more valuable Grand Prix, was the winner Sunday, September 17, followed home by his stable companions, Rabanito and Bobino. On the same day Mr. Cohns trainer, R. Deunian, saddled two other winners in Renard Bleu and Crow Prince. Mr. James Buchanan was not present to see Hurry On win the September Stakes, being in Scotland. Hurry On was bred by Mr. AV. Mur-land, one of the stewards of the National Hunt, and as a yearling cost 500 guineas. It is said to be a fact that Mr. Buchanan has never seen the colt. Aarious friends, who were present, having regard to Mr. Buchanans long and costly pursuit of classic honors, sent him telegrams of congratulation. It will make no difference to this excellent sportsman that the September Stakes fails to obtain recognition from the Doncaster people as a substitute for their own race, the St. Leger.
