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EARLY SPRING RACING IN FRANCE. Under the date of April 3 the Paris correspondent of London Sportsman has the following to say of French horses and of impressions based on such Hat racing as has already taken place over the tracks near Paris: Sportsmen will understand how thegcneral public have looked forward to the opening of the classic course at Longchaiups. where the Guineas next month bring out the competitors for. the Oaks and Derby, and give a more definite idea as to the qualifications of those who have been selected to defend the interests of their respective owners. We are told that the French Two Thousand Guineas will serve for the debut as a three-year-old of Lord Burgoyno, who has hitherto proved unbeaten. He was placed at the top of the Optional Handicap, and as a son of Persimmon was thought highly of at home, lie bore an exceptionally good character from Stem, his jockey. He had profited by the winters rest, and those who saw him at the commencement of the year found that he had changed to advantage since lie ran at Baden, where he won, although under a disadvantage, for he was heard to cough in the paddock before the race, and was afterwards withdrawn from active training. He is one of the best in a good stable where the owner knows how to wait. Robert Deumau has, however, more than one string to his bow. Those who have visited the stable at La Fouilleuso will no doubt have remarked the promise held out by a son of Zin-fandel out of Shellduek, Shetland, which received a nomination for tlie Epsom Derby among the many home liabilities undertaken in his name by his breeder. Shetland is one of the most imposing cults I have seen since Val dOr, and will assuredly, by his performance do justice to the judgment of the buyer of his dam. a Gallinule mare. "JI. Caillault is nominally at the head of winning owners since the commencement of tlie fiat racing season. Tor W. Flatinaii sent him out Olivier II.. which with 121 pounds 011 his back as a four-year-old, proved an easy winner. Baron de Rothschild is second on the list, but he has an exceptional stable, and Faueheiu-. to which Lord Burgoync was set to concede four pounds in the Optional Handicap, has proved that he was fully entitled to the consideration In which he was held by the otlieial who apportioned the weights. He has won the Prix de Saint-Cloud, and confirmed his quality as a son of Perth by taking a second bracket in the Prix Delatre at Jlaisons-Lallitte 011 Friday last. His runner-up 011 this Decision was a stable companion. Ladior. a son of Dorioles, whose many engagements in the home classical events indicate that he made a good Impression 011 owner and trainer. At all events, though the public who saw the finish of the race may have some doubt as to which will prove he best of the pair, it seems certain that the son of Perth, run ning at even weights, would have the advantage, although he could hardly concede the twenty two pounds he was asked to give his stable companion in the Optional Handicap. Ladior beat the lot of second-rate three-year-olds he met on Sunday in the Prix do Ferrleres, and though bis success was endangered by being shut in when coming up the straight he managed to get through, and coming from the half-distance, won his race with a length and a half to spare. "AA K. Vanderbilts stable may be said to maintain an expectant attitude. The public have waited in vain for the reappearance of Manfred, which was said early In February to have improved so greatly that he would1 be sent out early to meet his spring liabilities. I am told that his trainer lias had some trouble with him owing to an affection of the joint. He. Is a son of Alainfenon, which was the lirst to bring good luck to the Franco-American stable. The only defeat sustained by him last season was when he was lioaten by Lord Burgoyne In the T. Y. O. Omnium at Jlaisons-Lallitte. A very short head divided the two. It would have been interesting to see the two opponents once more before they meet in such a classic event as the Derby at Chantilly. Duke, who sprung a surprise on many who thought "Negorol on the shelf for the Blue Riband of 1909, may yet show that he can bring Manfred up in due time for his Chantilly engagement. There are plenty of middle-class three-year-olds, but very few of those which can be considered first class. This is only speaking from tlie form shown up to the present. DOckhuysen. the Jlaisons-Laffitte trainer, has been very successful for Baron Maurice de Rothschild with Ossian, bought from Count de Pourtales when he withdrew his colors from the turf and elected to confine his efforts to breeding at tlie Martinvast Stud for the yearling market. Ossian beat the unlucky Jiarsa," whose temper had become soured, and, however much she may please in the home gallops, she has shown no remarkable form in public. "The form Ossian showed at Jlaisons-Laffitte on the Tuesday found a large following for him at Paris yesterday, although 410 was meeting Ronde de Nuit, Jioulins la JIarche. and Ncgofol. Moulin la JIarche did his usual amount of clowning at the post, where- he remained after the signal had been given, losing ground he could never hope to make up. It seems curious that the son of Fourire should be retained in training on the off chance of being discovered in one of those happy moments when he carried everything before him. His reputation as a sire at the stud must be impaired by waywardness and the possibility of communicating his temper to his offspring. Ronde de Nuit has never shown the same form as he did- in those races she won prior to the Chantilly Oaks, where her past performance caused her to be made a strong favorite. Her trainer, Richard Count, has done his very best for her, and though she was carefully ridden by Jlilton Henry on Sunday she lacked that something at the finish which gave Ossian the victory with a head In his favor. Negofol proved that he was all out of form. Although lie was among those who cut out the pace he was well beaten three furlongs from home, and was easily overhauled by I talus, which, though remarkably well and sent out in prime condition by Charles Bartholomew, did not respond to the confidence placed in him by the general public, wh.o sought to find In Viscount dHarcourts horse a dangerous opponent to Ossian."
