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STEVE DONOGHUE IN FORM Rides Six Winners This Week Including Victors in Two Important Stakes. SPECIAL CABLEGRAM LONDON, England, April 21.— The veteran rider Steve Donohue, the "Eurl Sande of the English turf," ta riding in great form this year. When he piloted the Maharaja of Rajpiplas Embargo to victory in the City and Suburban Handicap at Hj :;om I owns yesterday, it was his sixth winner of the current week. The previous day he rode Eric Piatts Kinnaird to an easy score in the Creat Metropolitan at the same course. It was upon Donoghues advice that the Maharaja of Rajpipla purchased Embargo in 1925. The four-year-old son of Argosy-Elland. which last year won the Irish Derby and Irish Two Thousand Guineas was an easy victor in the City and Suburban. There were twenty-two starters, the largest field in the stake in thirty-five years. Embargo led all the way and finished four lengths in advance of lifted, which took the place from Autocrat by six lengths. Other starters included First Magic, Frank Bare, Priory Park. Sparus, Bulger, Arcade, Banstar, Panterra and the Herman horse, Weissdorn. Embargo was the 9 to 2 favorite. Embargo carried 125 pounds over the mile and a quarter distance of the City and Suburban in 2:05*6. lifted had eighty-eight pounds in the saddle, while Autocrat was also one of the lightweights with eighty-six pounds up. First Magic carried equal weights with the winner. Autocrat is a son of Stefan the Creat.
