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AGA KHANS TURF SUCCESS His Felicitation Adds Famous Ascot Gold Cup to His Many Triumphs of Last Twelve Years. Specitil Cablegram. NEWMARKET, England, July 14.— The Aga Khan, who since he became a patron of the British turf some twelve years ago, achieved such extraordinary success with his horses, won his first Ascot Gold Cup at the recent Ascot meeting, when his stouthearted four-year-old, Felicitation, galloped away from his rivals. Winner at the same meeting of the two miles Churchill Stakes, Felicitation proved himself the champion distant racer when he scored over the foreign invaders and the best of the home stayers in the two miles and a half Cup. He finally justified the high opinion held of him. As a three-year-old, when his best effort was to finish second to Lord Derbys Hyperion in the St. Leger, on which horse he completely turned the tables to administer a decisive defeat. Bred by his owner at his Sheeshoon Stud, County Kildare, Ireland, Felicitation, foaled in 1930, is a bay son of the defunct Colorado winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and Eclipse Stakes, from Felicita, by Cantilever, from Best Wishes, by the Two Thousand Guineas hero, Neil Gow, from Si-monath, by unbeaten St. Simon, from Philomath, by Philammon, from Chrysalis. On his dams side Felicitation hails from the same family as Papyrus, winner of the 1923 Derby. Felicitation was one of the six horses that carried the Aga Khans chocolate and green hoop silks to victory at Royal Ascot, where his first money winnings totaled 1,750. Of this sum 1,400 was won by Felicitation. Another subscriber was the unbeaten two-year-old, Hairan, winner of the five furlongs Coventry Stakes of 0,550. This colt is a half brother by the St. Leger winner, Fairway, to Royal Minstrel, now holding court at John Hay Whitneys stock farm in Kentucky. Shahale, winner of the two-year-old Chesham Stakes, earned ,900. He was a chestnut son of the 1924 Derby winner, San-sovino, and Theresina. The two-year-old, Theft, a son of Tetratema, winner of the five furlongs Windsor Castle Stakes, earned ,750. To these must be added the victories of the three-year-olds, Alishah and Badrudden. The first named colt, son of Tetratema and Teresina, won the seven furlongs and 155 yards Rous Memorial Stakes, valued at 5,400, and Badrudden, grey son of Blanford and Namtaz Nahal, daughter of Tetrarch, won the one mile Waterford Stakes, valued at 1,250. With the exception of Hairan, which was bred by the- Irish breeder, James Maher, and sold for 2,000 as a yearling at the Doncaeier eelee to the Aga Khan, these horses were bred by their owner at his Irish stud. Badrudden was foaled and reared in France, where hie dam was mated with a sire in that country. With Felicitations victory in the Ascot Gold Cup. the Aga Khan has now won all of the most important English classics with the notable exception of the One Thousand Guineas for three-year-old fillies. He twice sent out the runner-up in this stake Cos 1923 and Namtaz Nahal 1924, and was third with Firouz Nahal in 1925. The Aga Khans Classic victories to date include the Two Thousand Guineas, Diophon 1924; th« Derby, Blenheim 1930 ; Oaks, Udaipeit 1932; the St. Leger, Salmon Trout 1924, and Firdaussi 1932 and the Irish Derby, Zionist 1925, and Dastur 1932.
