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1 FOREIGN TURF NOTES $ i Bala Hissar rules favorite for the Epsom Derby to be run Wednesday, May 27, being quoted at 9 to 1 against, Abjer a close second choice at 10 to 1 against. One of the best known veterinary surgeons ! passed away when Major David Robert C. Tennant died April 17, at the age of 77 years. He officiated at Windsor, Ascot, Hawthorn Hills and other meetings. The winner of the Grand Prix de Paris I this year will receive approximately 6,665 not including entry fees. The race will be run at Longchamps, Sunday, June 8. The above mentioned sum is an increase of about 5,000 over the value of the race last year. It is made possible by a share in the great sweepstakes of 0,000,000 organi-I zed on the race by the Official National Lottery Administration. The Great Metropolitan Handicap, one of the big spring fixtures at Epsom Downs, was run on April 21 and resulted in a spectacular finish in which Quashed and Jack Tar ran a dead heat three lengths in front of Corona-Corona. The City and Suburban Handicap, another noted spring fixture, was run at Epsom Downs, April 22, with His Reverence the winner over Guinea Cap, Rippon Tor and fifteen others. Rippon Tor is owned by an American, Mrs. Washington Singer. Lord Derby won the important Queens Prize at Kempton Park on April 13, with Guiscarda, a bay gelding by Crosader — Selene. J. H. Whitneys Night Owl was among the unplaced. On the same day and card Feola was the first winner for King Edward on the flat, the horse carrying the colors of Lord Derby, under whose silks the kings horses are racing during the mourning period. George R. C. Foster, an English owner of prominence, died April 9 at the age of 67. He owned a number of useful horses in partnership with Basil Briscoe. They included Commander III., which won the Cambridgeshire last year. Togo Johnstone, the former Australian rider, heads the French jockeys for the present season with nineteen victories to his credit up to April 24. Johnstone was the leading rider in France last year.
