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RACING NOW FLOURISHING IN EGYPT1 nK Hii pm ress in Egypt and the conditions there are well suited by the Totali sator At a comparatively recent Egyptian meeting 2000 pounds was cleared after all expenses paid from the totalisator percentage alone But of course the conditions differ widely from those iii this country The khedive as i some time ago wrote has taken to racing and I may add that I ill my small way have been the means of shipping no fewer than twentyfive racehorses to Egypt since last winter and I have eleven more to ship This is some slight Indication of how bloodstock is being cleared out of the country I hear that Golden Grass one of the early ones sent to Egypt last winter has given such satisfaction that 11X10 guineas lias Inen refused for him though his price here under the hammer was only sixty guineas The latter sum however seemed at the time ridic ¬ ulous for a colt which as a twoyearold was handi ¬ capped nine ixnimis almve Qiiirryinaii and was sound and right in every way Indeed he may well prove somewhat too good for his present business tlioii li It is quite likely some of the now twoyearolds that are going out may prove equally smart With racing so severely restricted little is as yet known of any of these youngsters except that they are sound and look like racing W Allison in London Sportsman
