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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF T. Burns, the fair Irish jockey, has been engaged to ride the horses of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Croker next year. Lady Droglieda, an Jrisli peeress, has registered her racing colors, "black, silver lace," and is gathering horses for a thoroughbred stable. A new Irish race course to cater to the big south Ireland city of Cork, and within a few miles of it, is nearly finished and will be in operation next spring. The Australian jockey, R. Lewis, who was on Artilleryman in the Melbourne Cup, has ridden three Melbourne Cup winners, tin? first being The Victor" i:i 1902, tlie next Patrobas in 1913. Preston liurch will sail from New York for France on December 27. He will be abroad about six weeks, during which time he will inspect John Sanfords breeding establishments in France and England. Grand Parade, the Epsom Derby winner of 1919, has been retiretl to the stud. -He is described as a "dapper looking horse." Tht? best of the fine mares Lord Glanely has recently bought are to be bred to him next year. A great race meeting is being planned for Deau-villt. northern France, next August. The added money for the Deauville Grand Prize is to be 0,-000, as formerly, and five new stakes, open to the word and of SI. 000 each, opened. The meeting is to be endowed with .00,000 for prizes. Lord Charles limes Ker died November 20 in London. Lord Charlas was a well-known figure in he racing and sporting world generally in the latter part of the last century. lit? was one of tlie founders of tlie Sundown Iurk Club anil was a successful gentleman rider as a youth forty years ago.
