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WIDENER TO CONTINUE RACING ABROAD. Paris. September 15. J. E. WIdcncrs trainer, Howard I.ewls. says that there is no truth in the report that Mr. Widener intends to abandon racing in France. His welcome here and the treatment he has received from the leading men in the racing world as well as from handicappcrs and other officials and the social attention that has come to him through racing, all this, in addition to his admiration for the way racing Is carried on In France, has determined him to remain. He Is satisfied with the success he has met with to date, although Lewis admits that the ten American horses he bronght to France were not of first-rate quality. Five hnvo been sold and replaced by French horses. Widener does not want to dissociate himself from American racing and will keep hones in training for America. He Is always ready to do his share toward the fcupport of raclug there, he says.
