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RACING IN FRANCE FULL OF HEALTH Racing as a national industry Is admirably dis ¬ played in France While the outlay of owners has been reduced to a minimum and the added money is derived from gate receipts and the percentage from the mutiiel betting a further boon is conferred bv the reduction accorded by different railway com ¬ panies on horses traveling to and from race meet ¬ ings as well as on mares sent to and from the studs The Totkey Club and other racing societies distribute a ctrtaln amount of money as prizes to winners at those provincial nuetiugs whitIt have been instituted in localities where interest has been evinced 111 breeding The Field t