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BRITAIN MOURNS RUTHERFORD Special Correspondence. LONDON, England. English racing recently lost a stanch supporter in the passing on of Sir John Rutherford. The deceased, who had reached the ripe age of seventy-eight years and who was elected a member of the exclusive Jockey Club eight years ago, had long been intimately associated with racing under both Jockey Club and National Hunt and Steeplechase rules. He will, however, be chiefly remembered as the owner of Solario, which horse, after running fourth in the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby of 1925, won the St. Leger Stakes. Solario did equally well the following year when he carried off both the Coronation Cup at Epsom and Ascot Gold Cup. Sir John was immensely proud of Solario, Irish-bred son of Gainsborough and Sun Worship, for which he declined an offer of 00,000 from the Aga Khan. It was solely on his own judgment that he purchased Solario at auction as a yearling from the stud farm of the late Earl of Dunraven. Solario won almost 50,000 and has proved successful at the stud, his progeny having won about 500,000.
