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MORSTONE REGAINING FORM Victor Emanuel Star Showing Signal of Becoming Acclimated in England Runs Second. Special Correspondence. LONDON, England. That horses sent from America to the old world and vice versa require time to acclimate has again been proven by the showing of Victor Emanuels Am-rican-bred Morstone in his most recent race at the York fall meeting. Mor-stone did not finish in front in this Northern fixture, but there was merit in his close second to the speedy Greenore in the five furlong Nunthorpe Stakes, which attracted some of the speediest horses in training. Morstone, with 124 pounds in the saddle, carried level imposts with Lemnarchus and gave from three to eight pounds to his other rivals. The latter concession was given the smart three-year-old Greenore, which recently set a new track record for this distance when winning the Princess High Weight Handicap at Kempton Park in :58. Though it took Greenore a full second longer to win the Nunthorpe Stakes, it was still a smart performance. Greenore, brown unsexed three-year-old son of the Derby winner Grand Parade and Tuscar Rock, by Sunstar, came from back of the fast pace set by Morstone, to beat the American invader in the last hundred yards and win by half a length. Morstone had two lengths the best of the speedy Clus-tine for the place, the last named horse having carried his American owner, A. K. Macombers silks to victory in his previous outing in the King Georges Stakes at Goodwood. Before that he was runner-up in four of his five races. The speedy Lemnarchus winner of the King Stand Stakes at Ascot, finished fourth, with the well-played Dock-an-Doris last of the field of six starters. Morstone, without a quotation in the betting, came very close to victory for hia owner and his trainer George Duller and now that the four-year-old son of Morvich and Mornaw has found his true form once more, he should carry the blue and white polka dot silks to victory. He previously sported silks for times this season in England, each time in handicaps, but never even finished close to the money horses. None forget what a smart horse the son of Morvich was in his native land last year before being shipped to England.
