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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF. It is a. remarkable fact that in the long history of tin* Epsom Derby the race lias beau won only once by a black colt. This was Smolensko, by Sorcerer — Wovski. the property of Sir tharles Bun -bury, whose horse. Diomed, won the first Derby. Smolenskos Derby was run in 1S13. a Just before the outbreak of the war the Mel- V lwurne Cup stake was again well on the way to lie worth 0. MR, but last year it was cut down from 0,000 to 5,000 and this year there will be a further reduction to 0,000, this, principally, because the Victoria Racing Club is giving all its 1 profits during war time to patriotic funds. Mr. Belmonts Tracery, which won the English St. Leger, Eclipse Stakes, Champion stakes, and St. James Palace Stakes, is standing as a sire ! ut the Southconrt Stud, Leighton Buzzard. Eng. His fee is ,050 and his list for 1917 is full. The American horses Sir Martin and Dalmatian i are now in stud service at Lordship, Newmarket, England. Sir Martins fee is 5 and Dalmatians i Is 0.
