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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF i ne lironx Maines var nod after four straiglit victories to his credit at Tijuana met defeat last Sunday in the San Diego Pusiness Mens Handicap his heavy impost of IS5 pounds encompassing his downfall Jack Reeves with S pounds up oii ace acePercy Percy Hoybourii an English owner who favors obstacle racing last fall gave 10000 for Tres ¬ passer an ordinary flat racing twoyearold colt by Kildare II Intrusive and was spoofed about it He trained the colt for hurdling and at Man ¬ chester last month won the Two Thousand 1000 Hurdle nice with him The young horse ran and junijied so impressively that he is regarded as a coming champion championJ J E Griffiths chalilpion jumper The Prook is training well for Henry Rites in Maryland and will get into action early this season The Tronthock Hattie gelding won five of his eight races and 07 0 last season and was unplaced but once The Hroolc gets better with age and steeplechasing sharp consider that he would be a fine tool to use in nn English invasion with the Liverpool Grand National as a special object objectThe The Creek sportsman X K Ainbatielos who invested some 400000 in made horses for French racing last fall is out of luck He paid something like 40000 each for Rivershoro and Sundari and 12000 for Huis CIos the French jumper River shore fell at exercise broke a leg and was destroyed and Sundari has done nothing and is laid by iso ceutly Mr Ainbatielos started Huis Clos in the Prix Finot at the Ailteuil Parisian jumping course and bet tremendously on him only to have Dragon dii Roi a shifty juniper beat him at even weights So far it is estimated that over one million is the cost of tiie Grecians turf venture
