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RIGHT OFF THE WIRE The Irish trainer W OBrien who was with the American owner T P Thorne in French racing recently died in Paris ParisPhil Phil Chinn bought in England at private pale the yearling colt by the Argentine champion Grey Fox from Mary Queen of Scots for 2500 The colt Is now in Ken ¬ tucky tuckyGene Gene Leigh was among those present at the Newmarket December sales in England and picked up some thirty brood mares all for less than 5000 for his own modest stud near MaSsonsLaffltte MaSsonsLaffltteFoxhall Foxhall Keenes American gelding Mas ¬ terful finished last in the Pegasus Steeple ¬ chase at Gatwlck England December 16 He was at 10 to 1 in the post betting and rather well backed at the price priceAn An interesting feature in the Liverpool spring program around the Grand National will be a steeplechase for fox hunters over the full Grand National course for six yearolds and upward with 5000 added addedC C R Norvell the veteran owner of the sprinter Joe Blair who died at Tijuana Thursday was an eccentric turfman of the far West who generally curried large sums of money in gold in a belt specially made for the purpose
