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NOTES OF THE TURF IN OTHER LANDS. M. J. Prat, the well-known French owner of thoroughbreds, has purchased M. Luis dAguiars property at Chantilly. Mr. O. de Lucovich, who has purchased several well-bred yearlings, for which numerous engagements have been marie in Ireland next year, has placed the youngsters in charge of P. Bchan, the Curragh trainer. Exceptionally good entries have been secured for the two-year-old races at the Curragh next year, these being 250 in excess of the number received for the corresponding events this year, and many English owners are represented. A truly game horse was Mr. Fairies Aleppo, whose Chester Cup victory will be remembered for long, as it was one of the most daring pieces of race riding on the part of Foy seen for years. Aleppo was a great stayer, and a game horse in the bargain, and these qualities are possessed by his half-brother Telephus, which upset all public form when defeating Athdara and North Star for the Dewhurst Plate. Ilerr J. von Jankovich-Besan, the well-known Hungarian breeder and owner of thoroughbreds, died recently. He was the founder and president of the Gentlemen Riders Union. It has been decided that in future the Great Alag Steeplechase is to be called the Julius von Jankovich-Besan Memorial. The great racing stable and breeding stud of the deceased, says "Deutscher Sport." will be carried on by his nephew, Herr Andreas von Jankovich. All the sires of the first three horses in the Cambridgeshire are standing in Ireland, though more money would have gone to the "distressful country" had Ballaghtobin proved successful. Visitors from the Emerald Isle were present in large numbers to see Lord Decies colt run, and there was no disguising the confidence of his party. Baron Edouard de Rothschilds Agathoclee and Creme de Riz have finished their racing careers, and have left Watsons establishments at Chantilly for the Haras de Meautry. One of the most pleasing features of the latter part of the past flat-race season is the discovery that Sir Hedworth Meux owns a smart and staying two-year-old in Dansellon. The son of Chaucer would not have beaten either Coq dOr or Vallance had he not inherited the pluck of his dapper sire, and as it was it was left to the last few strides before he could lay claim to any superiority. As his trainer subsequently remarked, "so many heads have gone against me this season that it was about time that one went in my favor." London Sporting Life.
