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GERMAN CROWN PRINCE A SPORTSMAN. There will be an enormous amount of interest bound an this vear with the Baden-Baden gathering in which the French stables iutend to participate largely. The latter have sent in thirty -three l.ouii-natlona for the Baden Foundation Prize, run on the scend dav of the gathering at IITeziioini. against rwentv three sent from the home stables, although the Reach may complain of some waut of reciprocity, as German Ins St a are rarely seen on this side of the frontier. Grill Room and Borax will meet the l cst from the stable of Messrs. von Weinberg, whose st ml and racing stable have recently been honored bv a visit from the crown prince of Germany, who is a good judge of a horse and an cxivil.nl sportsman Particular attention was pail to Pels and I.-stino. now in the sires stable. The i:.ree-vear-olds were brought out into the riding sch.M.l. and the crown prince shook Ihe trainer. Walker, warmly bv the band and complin. ented him on the appearance of his charges. He seemed rather amused at the verv pronounced American seat of tin new jockey. Natter, as the lot cantered around. Inamor and Faust, with Horizont. took the eye of the visitor, ami the interest taken by him in the model establishment of Waldfrioil is a guarantee that in the future he will become a staunch patron of the turf and demolish those barriers which have hitherto prevented racing from being a pastime of the ixmrt.
