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SANS SOUCI II. WINS GRAND PRIZE. Baron Edmund de Rothschilds Sans Souel II., a chestnut colt by Accapareur Sidouie, ridden by Milton Henry, won the Grand Prix de Paris Sunday. The race was run before one of the largest crowds ever assembled at the Paris course. The cablegrams say that there were. 17,000 people in the twentv-franc Inclosure and that over 200,000 were packed in the one-franc inclosure, while as many more gathered in the vicinity of the course without contributing anything to the portion of the receipts going to the racing society, which are given as nearly 0,000. It is stated that close to 75,000 was wagered in the mutuels on the big race and that close to ,000,000 was wagered during the day. Sans Souci II. had previously won the Prix Lupin and the Prix Daru, Henry riding him in both. Mordant, winner of the French Derby, was second to Sans Souci II.
