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• . : . GRAND NATIONAL NEWS AND ODDS S LONDON. England. March 7.— Dnettistes odds ls touched 12 to 1 February 22 in London. That day ••" iie was third choice. Now the price is ."»0 to 1. h or more if more is sought. Escotl still insists that t Dnctise is well, but he is uot working except for • short health canters. Some one hacked him heavily v after the Brook Steeplechase at Gatwick. All the ■ racing critics express surprise at the horses backing and insist that his style is not Aintree style or ,r Grand National style. There is a great National tip nowadays for The ie Turk II.. who-e price has gone down from thirty v to fifteen 1o one. He is in the National at l.il il pounds, is owned by T. A. Sutton and is a veteran n and Grand National kind, twelve years old. a a brown gelding, by Turks Cap— Ethels Darling g and is Irish-bred. The Turk II. did not go in the m 1!21 Liverpool race, was second to Troy town in n 1920, and fell in the 1919 race, won by Poethlyn. l. Tlie Irish horse is in keen hands. Aubrey Hastings ;s rata* him at Wrougiiton and he is working well. The present National odds on the ten which have ■e been backed are about this way: Horse. Odds. Horse. Odds. B, Shaun Spadah 9-1 Garryvoe tS-1 .j Wave Tree 12-1 Norton 18-1 . The Turk II 15-1 All White 20-1 _l Clashing Arms L" -1 Neuronic 22-1 .1 Aidonagh 15-1 Ravale SM I A few days ago S. B. Joel lost his mare Gourouli. ■ the dam of Pondoland. She died after foaling :1 a good colt by Gay Crusader. The colt is still alive P and they are putting him on a foster mother. ■ Gourouli was a sister to the mare Genny, which raced in tie Fnited States and was a bay sixteen u years old by St. Damien — Glave. by Minting. _
