view raw text
NOTES OF THE TURF FROM OTHER LANDS. The Grand Prize of Hamburg, run June 3, was won by Meridian, 4, by Nuage Menippe, the Graditz Studs three-year-old Prolog being second. The value of the race was 100,000 marks and the distance about one and three-eighth miles. D. Erasers Rhodora foaled a chestnut colt by White Magic on April 30. Tlie mare, which won tlie One Thousand Guineas and nearly 0,000 in stakes, is a half-sister to Orby. Although she has been at the stud for some years, this is her first living foal. By a recent French Ministerial decree, owners are authorized to run their horses iii .Spain, on the flat or in jumping, at the following meetings. Arau-jnez. Barcelona, Bilbao, Granada, Santander and Seville, on the same conditions as those existing for San Sebastien. At the Curragh June 27, the "Kirwan Stakes resulted in a dead-boat between Kings Fare and I See, but the first-named was objected to on the ground that his rider dismounted at the wrong place. The objection was sustained and tlie race awarded to I See. The Hamburg meeting opened on Sunday, June 10, when eight races of the collective value of 0,025 were decided. Not bad for a bankrupt country. The attendances were such that all the enclosures were uncomfortably crowded and the course itself was packed with people. Lilium, by Simonian Lavande, belonging to H. 11. the Rajah of Pudukota, broke his leg while running in the Prix du Maine at Chantilly, France and had to be destroyed. He won the Grand Hurdle race at Auteuil In 1914 and was successful in several other events, both over hurdles and on the flat. The Irish Derby of 19l9 will be of the value of 0,000, of which 7,000 goes to tlie winner, ,000 to the breeder of the Winner, ,000 to the second, 00 to tlie breeder of the second and 00 to the third. The Irish Oaks and Irish St. Leger of that year will each be of the value of 0,000, bonuses in .each case being proviUed for the owners of the placed liorses.
