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J * ; ! GAINSBOROUGH IS A DERBY ELIGIBLE Gainsborough, winner of the Two Thousand J Guiaeas at Newmarket. Kngland. on May 1. is eligible to start in the New Derby on June 4, when he mav meet both Somme Kiss and Maj. W. W. Astors , Blink, the other colts that were placed i„ tin-first big race of the English flat racing season. He ran three ra es in his two-year-old form last year, J finishing fourth to Giant Killer in the Tlnirlow 31. third to Violinist in the Plate 011 July Ram so v J Plate 011 August 2* and first in the Autumn Stakes in winch he beat r on Seitteiiiber tt, Violinist, which was giving hini twelve pounds. Gainsborough, which is said to be a magnificent specimen of race horse, was bred and is owned bv I-idv James Douglas. His sire. Bayardo, won the ] St. Leger and ten other races in succession in 1909, and he is the sire of Jay Crusader, winner last vear of the Two Thousand Guineas. New Derby, * Sep- ! tember Stakes and seven straight races. 1 _ a 1
