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Show PRINCE FOLLOWS THE TURF Xing Edward Baa Instilled Racing - Loro In Head of Hli Son. SvV-wi'Iiy:er of Turf. London. -TneVPrlnce ot Wales la to follow in his fatrKT8 footsteps and ho-come ho-come a racing rrianvErniany ycftra ; storlos hnvo been clrculail'K.liJii'! prlnco of Wales was about to makf? dobut In racing, of which his. fatSY, the king, Is such an enthusiast Mm theso stories havo turned out to uejpue-less. uejpue-less. Now It Is understood thartbo prlnco Is actually getting togcthV n racing stud nnd that his coloiyrfcxt year may be seen on tho turf. More than ono purchase was made for the prlnco at the Doncaster sale, and It is belfevqd that when Lord Marcus BeresfordNtmrchased Cynnaure, a colt by Cyllcne-Nen&qioosha, an own brother broth-er to Cyanean, for $W,Q00, aftor keon bidding, bid-ding, ho was acting for the future king ot England. j-, It has been traditional with tluJdng of England since racing was Introuucecr to the patrons of tho turf. For this reason rea-son .alono It Is thought that tho prince will mako his entry simply to keep up tho tradition. Ho Is known not to take any particular Interest In tba sport, and ts generally regarded aa a ' JouV person per-son Dut latterly he has awakened to the fact that It Is politic to he popular. His father Is a past niaitr of this art, and has been trying to Instill some of his knowledge and experience Into hla son, but without very great succcsss. Tho papers speak of tho "popular prlnco of Wales," but they know as a matter of fact that bo is not. |