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NEXT IS REIGH COUNTS LAST He Will Not Race Again After His Ascot Gold Cup; Childs, as Rider, Doubtful. SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. LONDON, England, June 12.— Reign Count, the American colt which won the Coronation Cup at Epsom last week, is none the worse for the sensational and gruelling race. He was returned to his quarters at Newmarket immediately after he had redeemed himself for his three previous failures, and he is thriving. He is coming up to his next and last start in the Ascot Gold Cup. on June 20, in a manner that is highly satisfactory to trainer B. S. Michell. It is still an open question who will ride the American colt in the Gold Cup. Joe Childs, the kings jockey, who piloted him to victory in the Coronation Cup, has again been sought, but he is claimed for Lord Las-celles to ride St. Jerome in the great two and a half miles classic. Win or lose, Reigh Counts last appearance in competition will be the Ascot Gold Cup. It will be the end of his racing career. He will be shipped to the United States in the S. S. Minnetonka, sailing from this port on July 6. Trainer Michell will return in the same vessel. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hertz will not tarry long here after the Ascot Gold Cup. They have booked passage on the Isl-i de France, sailing on June 22. Mrs. John D. Hertz English purchase, Gypsy King, will carry her colors in the Newbury Summer Cup on Thursday. Gypsy King is a five-year-old horse by Son in Law — Gypsy Queen. The Newbury Summer Cup is contested over the mile and a half distance. «
