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TURF NOTES FROM LANDS ABROAD James Cunniugton formerly trainer to the Vi comte dHarcourt has just died at Vichy Franco Cunuingtop had charge of the vieomtes horses for some twenty years during which he won for hi patron many of the chief races in the French Calendar He retired in 1910 owing to HlThcalth HlThcalthOwing Owing to the popular upheavals in IIumlmrKv the big summer race meeting has had to be transferred to Grunewald near Berlin Racing in Germany seems to be in a flourishing condition if one may judge from the amount of the prize money given at the meeting in middle July It reached u total of 31 750 750Admiral Admiral Sir Hedworth Mcux has sold Duusclloii to J C Galstauu of Calcutta India and being an ironlimbed horse he may do well in India Bred by the admiral and foaled on February 10 1014 Dansellon is a homely brown son of Chaucer Tor tor by the Derby winner Volodyovski La Mor tola a sister to that smart horse Champs de Mars MarsRecently Recently it was reported that an exporter who desired permission to send a pedigree colt to South Africa was asked by the war trade department whether the pedigree colt was a shorthorn steer Sir A Geddes admitted the tale was true The war trade department he added gravely secured the expert advice of the board of agriculture on the matter Laughter London Sportsman