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FEATURES OF RACING IN FRANCE, h he n Big Governmental Income from Betting j! Three-Year-Olds Expected to Shine. s g Writing from Paris at the close of October, the I correspondent of London Sportsman, in a review p of racing and its adjuncts in France, says: n "Strenuous exertions are being made by the r. minister of agriculture to defend the system of fi gambling on the turf invented by M. Oiler, who c brought financial ruin on himself by endeavoring p lo obtain the assent of the republic to the scheme e which since theu has enabled the government to d hold enormous sums of money in hand for electoral t purposes. Xo public recognition of the services s rendered to the republic has been made as far as a M. Oiler was concerned, although M. Ruau has not c been chary of the red ribbon which graces the lapel of the coat of more than one of his supporters. Paragraphs savoring strongly of official communications have gone the round of the Parisian journals proclaiming the enormous advantages io be derived from the race lottery which some " said would before long be adopted in the home of sport, England. The ringing down of the curtain at Loiigchamps has enabled M. Ruau to publish the astounding information that during the year now drawing to a close, the gate receipts Loiigchamps. notwithstanding the very disastrous K weather which has prevailed, have exceeded by some if 10,000 those of 1!00 and that the turnover at the mutuels has produced a surplus of 1,200,- 000. "Some financial success is attributed to the fact that the back-end meetings have been transferred . from Chantilly to Paris. It is an undeniable fac j that those who bet on horse racing with the same keenness as that which marked the followers of the , old lotteries are close calculators and will not nibble at their racing capital by any outlay . for travelling, and will take tram or tube to get to Loiigchamps for a few pence when they will not pay even a third class fare to Chantilly. Re- j eeipls fell oil considerably last year owing to the . riots at Loiigehanips and the enforced return of , the Jockey Club to its former seat of operations at Chantilly, so that there is not very much in the ; vaunted progress made by Kitty and Co. "Flat racing continues within the Paris district until the thirteenth of next month. It will not, however, throw much light on future events. We know that the three-year-olds of 1003 will be better than those we have seen running during the yea? now on the wane, and that in all probability the fillies will have the preference over the colts. Siinge Pourpree is no doubt at the head of her generation, notwithstanding her recent defeat by Valda in the Prix de la Foret. She was not herself on that occasion. Good judges place the daughter of Lo Siigitaire and Quilda at the head of the list of laureates for next year, and then come Valda, Ilalima and Princess Margaret. The classification will be somewhat more difficult with the colts. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt has a good stable, probably, with Schuyler, North East and Gambaiscuil, out the liicnnial Stakes at Maisons Laliite showed that the miles were the best. Lamaneurs sensational performances caused a good round sum to be offered for liim by.Kdmond Blanc through the blood of Gouvernal, which lie bred, but his more recent attempts to get the ten furlongs in Paris in the Prix de Conde, where he ran unplaced, silenced all regret at. the refusal of the offer made to Baron Foy "One of the best among the colts Is undoubtedly the own brother to Retz, bred by M. Camille l?lanc . at the .Toyenval Stud. Conquistador gave promise , at Deanville, but, like his brother, the winner of tho Chantilly Derby in 1902, he wanted time, and he has only recently revealed himself. He has i good speed and is a stayer, and the fact that he , ; has beaten Talo Biribil, which wou the Prix de Conde in excellent style, speaks volumes in his favor. He has numerous engagements for next year, and I should he winter well there is every prospect of his following in the footsteps of his illustrious brother. He bears looking at, and if among the numerous youngsters which have made their debut there is one from which he may liave something to fear it may be from Quintette, who belongs to M. Deschamps, and is the apple of the eye of W. Sweeper, whose long experience in England, in the United States and in Germany will be affirmed by the son of Gardcfeu and Dinette. Quintette should have been under the care of R. Count, who has quitted Chantilly to reside at Gouvieux. Count was handicapped for room In his stables, and as an excellent comrade gave his surplus over to Sweeper and thus afforded liim an excellent chance of distinguishing himself. "The Prix de Sain-Firmin on Sunday showed nothing of any importance as the winner. It is destined for two-year-olds who are out in public for the first time. It served to reveal the excellent qualities of Ajax in 1903, and though the winner came from the same stable at La Fouilleuse there is no hope of his rivaling the. excellence of his forerunner. Coran Is by Masque, out of Scholastica. Ho has many points in common with his sire, which was a real good horse. He shows more blood, but that h he n j! s g I p n r. fi c p e d t s a c gets no doubt from his dam, who is a Hampton mare out of Satchel, and was bought by M. Edmoud Blanc as a two-year-old from the Duke of Portland. Scholastica lias not been very lucky at the stud. She has been paired witli more than one good sire, but the result was far from satisfactory. Though she is well bred enough for anything, her produce have not warranted any classic engagements being made in their name, and though Coran ran in a pleasing manner and won from a good field, his success may be mainly due to the excellent condition in which lie was delivered at the post by Robert Denman. M. Edmond Blanc, however, knows how to wait, and the patience he has displayed since lie saw his most legitimate aspirations defeated by an epidemic which ravaged a j stable under the most careful management, as far as sanitary conditions are concerned, may yet receive its reward."
