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PLEASED WITH RACING IN FRANCE. New York, July 8. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., did not have the opportunity while he was in France of seeing his good steeplechaser. Stokes, race, but he heard nothing but praise of the horse from persons who had seen him run and jump. VThe horse was in fine condition when Sir. Hitchcock inspected him at Fred Burlews stable. Burlew. who trained Stokes brother, Bclmcre, for his triumphs in the Buffalo and Brooklyn Derbys, is delighted with the Ogden four-year-old. He told Mr. Hitchcock that Stokes was steadily improving and prophesied that next year few French horses would beat him. Mr. nitchcock was pleased with what he saw of French racing during his eighteen days stay at Paris. He did a lot of running about, and the general character of the French horse made a strong impression upon him. There are no bigger or better boned horses in the world than those that race in France he says. The French cavalry, Mr. nitchcock says, are the best mounted cavalry In the world, the cab horses of Paris and other cities of the great republic are muscular, shapely, fast, tough and docile,, and the, average country gentlemans mount is a picture of grace and beauty, all of which Is due to the grafting under governmental encouragement of thoroughbreds upon native stock. Mr. Hitchcock was verv much benefited by his sea trip and his outing in France. He regained the flesh he lost while ill with remittent fever early in the spring, and he feels as well as he ever did. Mr. Hitchcock has resumed the active work of training his chasers. It was he who put the finishing touches on the preparation of California King for the Independence.
