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MAINTEN0N WINS THE PRESIDENTS PRIZE. In a magnificent finish with Punta Gorda, W. K. Vanderbilts Maintenon won the race for the Prize of the President of the Republic, at Malsons-Lafitte in France, Sunday. The winner was ridden hf J; Ranch. The race was worth to the winner 0,000 and a gold cup. Mr. Vanderbllt having bred the winner, secured an additional 00. The distance of the race was one mile and nine-sixteenths and the time was 2:3S. There were eleven starters, the favorite being Moullue la Marchc, which finished unplaced. Mr. Vanderbllt is now securely at the head of the list of winning owners.
