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Here and There on the Turf Spains Coming Rich Race. Kircubbin a Notable Entry. Even in these days of big prizes on the turf the Grand Prize of King Alfonzo XIIL, which is to be run at San Sebastain, Spain, September 10, stands out. French sporting papers hail it as, possibry, the most richly endowed stake race ever run and, so far as records at hand show, it may be just that. The race will carry an added value of nominally 5100,000. The owner of the winning horse will receive 0,000 and a gold cup, and the second, third and fourth will receive , 512,000, 56,000 and ,000, respectively. The race is for three-year-olds and over of all countries, at a mile and a half. The entries closed December 31, 1921, with eighty-three nominations and, with three declaration dates past, thirty horses still remain eligible to start. In addition to these others may be added before the day of the race by a payment of a ,000 fee. The race will have a more truly international flavor, in all probability, than any stake race thus far contested anywhere. Sixteen of the eligibles to the race are now in training in France, nine in Spain, three in Belgium and one each in England and Italy.- Of those being prepared for the big race in France, the most notable is the Marquis de Sari Miguels Kircubbin, a four-year-old son of Captivation and Avon Hack. He was bred , in Ireland and won the Irish St. Leger last year as a three-year-old. He was purchased during the winter by the Spanish marquis and turned over to the French trainer, Henri Count, to be prepared for the big fall race. Kircubbins preparation for the grand prize has included participation in a number of hard races of the French campaign. Incidentally this preparation resulted in bringing him honors on the French turf which had already been conceded to Madame Edmond Blancs Ksar. He defeated the Blanc crack at equal weights in the rich Grand Prix du Presidente de la Republique at the St. Cloud course near Paris during the spring racing season. By so doing he picked up heavy penalties for the big Spanish race and will have to carry 131 pounds. The approach of the day of this great stake race brings a steadily increasing interest in European turf circles. At the sporting elubs of London, the cafes of" Paris and Brussels, in Rome, Madrid and other capitals and sporting centers, the Grand Prize is a subject for discussion and the chances of the various candidates are warmly argued. The Spanish Grand Prize is to be an annual race and it is to uc hoped that several patriotic American owners will name horses for next years running. Not only will this help to establish another really representative international turf event, such as the Grand Prix de Paris, but it may do something to overcome the prejudice which has been created abroad by the exclusion of the American thoroughbred from the English stud book.
