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i i L - • " ? • r 3 a 1 - i, a a. f t OWNER OF BUCKFAST DEAD « LONDON. England. Rex D. Cohen, owner of Buckfast, which finished fourth in last years Derby, died suddenly from heart failure at Cannes. Mr. Cohen was practically a newcomer to racing, having registered his colors — black and gold stripes, hooded cap — as recently as 1925, but he took to the sport keenly and had started his own horse breeding estab- lishment at Pitchford Hall, near Shrewsbury, where he had, by judicious purchase, made a good beginning. He was a substantial buyer at last years bloodstock sales. Buckfast was certainly his best horse as, in addition to finishing fourth in the Derby, he won the King Edward VII. Stakes at Ascot, and the Union Jack Stakes at Liverpool. His two-year-old colt Silway showed winning form last year and dead-heated with Troubadour for the Ditch Mile Nursery at the Newmarket second October meeting, and won the Old Nursery Stakes at the New-1 market Houghton meeting. Mr. Cohen had nominated Pitchford, Faster and Tetrill for this years Derby, but the nominations now become void, as do those of Buckfast in the Newbury Spring Cup. Coronation Cup at Epsom, Manchester Cup and Ascot Gold Cup. His horses were in R. Days stable, where Mrs. Cohen also has one or two in her name. She has been winning races under National Hunt rules with the horses that Captain Powell trains for her at Aldbourne.
