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WINNERS OF THE YEAR IN FRANCE. The full statistics of the French fiat-race season have now been published, and they disclose a very prosperous state of affairs. Two three-year-olds are at the head of the winning horses, As dAtout having placed the sum of i93,923 to the credit of his owner, the Marquis dc Ganay, aud Alcantara II., belonging to Baron do Rothschild, has won ,C15. Basse Pointe, the winner of the Prix du Conseil Municipal, comes third on the list with a sum of SG2.S70. Of the two-year-olds, Mr. W. K. Vanderbllts Montrose II. has done best, winning 1.!S0. Other horses that have won over 5,000 during the .season are Badajoz. Combourg. Faucheur, Ossian, La Francaise, Dor, Tripolette, aud Sablonnet; while there are about 120 that have won over ,000. The following is a list of the principal winning owners, which will enable a comparison to be made in a few days with the leading English owners: Amt Owner. Won. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt 35,805 M. Edmond Blanc 125,005 Marquis do Ganay 110,000 Barou Maurice de Uotschild 00,115 Baron de Rothschild 0::.0S0 Mr. Frank Jay Gould 77.0S0 M. Michael Lazard 72.100 M. J. de Breuiond 0S.275 M. E. de St. Alary 04,000 M. J. Prat 04,145 M. A. Aumont.. 03,020 M. Michael Ephrussi 00,100 M. .1. Lieux 50,500 Baron Gourgaud 52,180 M. Olry Roedcrcr 40,7S5 Eight other owners have each won over .5,000 aud ninety have won over ,000. English owners have done badlv in France this year, Mr. Sol Joel heading them with a total of .S,S05. The Princess Duleep-Singli has won 5,105: T. Baring. ,000, and Mr. Manslield Clarke. ,200. Substantial amounts have been distributed among breeders as premiums for successful horses, the Marquis de Ganay having received ,000, the Baron de Rothschild ,350, M. Edmond Blanc $::.050. M. E. Veil Picard ,050, M. A. Aumont and M. E. de St. -Alary each ,500. The following is the position of the winning jockeys list: .Toekov. Mounts. Wins. F. ONeill 700 103 J. KeilT 57S 115 G. Stern 30S 07 J. Jennings 402 SI M. Barat i 300 02 Sharpe 4:0 55 C. Childs 4S3 54 t liobbs 300 4; Garnet 200 4;: G. Bartholomew 270 40 Robonson ISO 30 A. Woodland 335 2S Sumter 300 24 N. Turner 137 2:; Milton Henry 202 23 P. Salaniagnou 133 21 G. Clout 222 20 The winning mounts of other jockeys this year on the Hat have" been Doumen IS; Jordan 17; Rovella 10; Lassus. 14: Paris, 14; Haes, 14; G. Morcau, 11; J. Barn. 11: F. Williams, 10; F. Lane. 0; Rodriguez, S; OConnor. S; Langford. 7; Kennedy, 1; Beaume. 0; Lancaster, 0; R. .Mitchell, 5. Claude Halsey lias only ridden two" winners this year. The steeplechase jockey, R. Sauval. has ridden two winners on the tint and A. V. Chapman one. B. Johnson has done best among the provincial jockeys, having ridden forty-six winners, but mauy of these were at very small meetings. Cbancelien conies next with a score of ill, while Duforez has ridden 25 winners at country meetings, Floch, 24, and L. Robert 21. M. II. de Royer and M. Cros-souard divide honors among gentlemen riders with cine wins each. M. II. de Gaste is next with eight successful mounts and the Marquis de Fraguier follows on with six. The stallion list is particularly interesting, Perth, by the aid of Alcantara II.. being at the head thereof with a total of 5S,i!45. lie is closely pressed by Maedonald II.. the sire of As dAtout, with 55,835. Other stallions whose produce have won over 5,000 during the current season, are Siinon-ian, Rabelais, Bay Ronald, Le Sagittaire. Elf, Gost. Maintenon, Ex Voto, Gardefeu, Son o Mine, Maximum, Ajax, William the Third, Codoman, Madcap. Fourire, Childwick. Cliambertin, Delaunay. Several of these horses had distinguished careers on the turf in England. Last year Simouian was at the head of the stallion list with 0,000 more to bis credit than that standing against the name of Perth this season, but the general totals were less.
