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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Insurance John A Payne General Agent Cin ¬ cinnati Ohio Adv AdvWilliam William Ievill a keen character in English rac ¬ ing circles died recently at Uydford aged eighty three He rode three horses in Grand Nationals and had had two mounts in the Kpsom Derby during his life lifeTroytown Troytown the Grand National winner is going to Franco for the French Grand National A clause in the conditions of the race allows second entries and lie has been nominated Poothlyn and he will meet in it in all probability probabilityKnight Knight of Ilyth a good English fouryearold by Feather Ied Accurate split a pastern so badly that he had to be shot lie wis a good twoyear old and won the Dewhurst Plate in 11I1S and the North Yorkshire Handicap this year yearOne One of the minor tragedies of the Russian debacle is the mysterious disappearance of the gold chal ¬ lenge cup presented by the late King Edward for competition at the International Horse Show at Olympia The cup valued at 2r 00 was won by Itussia in 1M and removed to that country only i few days before war was declared since when nil trace of it has been lost London Sportsman SportsmanThe The Jockey Club has just acquired the Cheveley Park estate bought some years auo by the Into Colonel Harry McCalmont from the Duke of Rut ¬ land1 This purchase makes the Jockey Club free ¬ holders of the whole of the exercise grounds on the Ilnry side of Newmarket with the exception of The Limekilns which is part of the Thorpe estate If the Cheveley Iark estate had fallen into the hands of speculators the consequences might in Virious ways have been embarrassing London Sportsman
