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I ■ 1 . V I- s ,l - I , . * •v II 1 g I I It Ii ,. TRACERYS BRILLIANT RACING CAREER I Great Son of Rock Sand and Topiary Reported to Have Been Sold tor a Huge Sum. If the -tateinint from I.oiiuon that Tracery ha- - bi-iii sold te gee to A rgeii t i ua is tin, it roprosinis a . -hinge- of in i ii I on tin- part of Major I.clm lit. beeraase i: has been pablishepd ami never i-ontra- dieted that Laedy .lames Douglas- una vailiugly if feted -lo.iMNi |H.um|s for him a few years hack. So. if now in this era of high prices fear thoreeugh- i i. .I- ic baa been allowed to go for a h-sse.r -ran, . ii i- something to excite wonder. Tracery was strie-tly a high -elans race horse. winner "f -i of hi- nine races, and only once nnplared. Hi- first -tart waa in the- ffpaiiss Derby of IM2, in which he ran third to Tagalic and 1 Jaeger When not keyed up to perfect racing .e.neli tlOO. The n he ween ill -llee.s-ieen the St. .lallle- Palace siake- ai Ascot. Bassex stake- at Goodwood am! the Deetieaster St. I.eger. in which Tagalio ran unplaced, then went into winter quarters with the reputation of being the be-; three -y-ar -old in :1 EngUnd. I he next year he tie-an with winning the nl and a half linrw-ll Plate at Newmarket, for which ■ Ste-dfa-t wax a 4 tee 5 favorite His nevt -tut wa- in tie- reasons Ascot Gold Cup. Ii urns in tela race he wa- aaadaced. A lunatic ran oat into the track and grabbed Traeory"s bridle, causing him to fall Thou lie- ween the s.eO.ixiii Eclipse Slake- al San.le.wn Part, but was quite uncxpee-toelly beaten " b Cantilever in tin- eqaatty valuable- Jockey Club Stake- ai Vw market, carrying 117 peeunds to 11:1 , em the- winner. Then be coacladed his racing B career bj defeatteg Lang s*t in the- champion " Stakes at Newmarkel ami catered -lad life- in 1P11. The- price i- -aid to have been 58,000 peellllll-. On " a pre-war basis that waald be neeniinalU SjCYonn. • which would be the highest price e-o-| paid tor * a horse-. Hut in view of the pre-e-nt fluctuating rate of exchange it sroald take a treasary expert ice say what it really amounts to now in gixid ,1 American dollars. 1 I
