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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF Iiord Astor now has won the S,audown, England, Belirse Stakes three times in succession, with I.u-ehan in 1010 and 1020, and Craig an Eran in 1021. The American rider George . Archibald is more than holding his own among the French and English jockeys at the important Ostend, Delgium. meeting. At St. Cloud. France. July Hi, the American rider M. MacGee rode three stake winners in succession, all from Maisons Lafitte stables and from other stables than his employers, Daron de Dothsehild. Dnllocks brilliant riding at Sandown recalls tlie fact that Archer twice rode six winners in one afternoon, and Higgs, in 1007, rode a last winner at Lingfield and the first five winners on the following day at Newbury. London Sportsman. Word lias reached this country from Paris of the sudden death of Frank Diggs, a veteran member of the French Jockey Club. Mr. Diggs fought with tlie French army during the war of 1870. He was associated witli General Ouosticr in tlie great racing stable of the Southwest.
