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COLOMBOS NINTH STRAIGHT Lord Glanelys Colt Adds Two Thou ¬ sand Guineas to His Great List of Victories Special Cablegram CablegramNEWMARKET NEWMARKET England May 2 Colombo continued his unbeaten sequence when he won for his owner Lord Glanely his first success in the century old classic The Two Thousand Guineas It was Colombos ninth straight success seven of which were gained as a juvenile last year yearColombo Colombo is now entitled to rank with the great horses of the present century and to his position of first choice in the antepost betting for the Epsom Derby to be run June 6 His earnings now total well over 120000 and at a cost of less than 5000 he is with ¬ out doubt one of the bargain buys of the present century centuryIt It is worthy of mention that Manna sire of Colombo followed up his 1925 Two Thousand Guineas victory by later carrying off the Derby Colombo was bred by Sir Alec JSlack at the Compton Stud New ¬ market He is a bay from Lady Naire by Chaucer His dam is now also the prop ¬ erty of Lord Glanely who has a yearling half brother to Colombo ColomboEaston Easton the French invader which carried the American owned Ralph Beaver Strass burgers silks into sec Jnd place is also an eligible for the Derby A like remark ap ¬ plies to Bad Runnin which raced coupled with thnidwar as the Aga Khans entry in todays classic classicNo No more popular victory could be imag ¬ ined than that of Lord Glanetfs horse a success that has now given him a victory in all the classics but The One Thousand Guineas Lord Glanely is Englands leading ownerbreeder and has upwards of seventy horses under trainer Tommy Hoggs care at his private training establishment The Grange Newmarket
