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W. X. VANDERBILTS WONDERFUL RECORD. It is the exception to find any English owner win more in a season than the leading owner in France, but Lord Derby, with 13,005, and J. B. Joel, with 72.S70. will Iioth receive more this year than either W. K. Vandcrbilt or Edmoiid Blanc. Still, what English owner can rake in year in and year out such remarkable sums as those two prominent supporters of the French turf? During the past seven seasons and including the 30,000 he has won this year Mr. Vandcrbilt has actually received ,231,100 fancy, nearly a million and a quarter in seven years. And this Is the American owner who could do nothing right when he first founded a racing stable and stud in his new country. If. too, you take M. Blancs winnings for the last eight years, you will discover a larger aggregate than his great American rival can boast of in a season loss. Including his 30,000 this year, M. Blancs "tally" is ,329,050. Mr. Vanderbilts most profitable year was 190S. when he won over 00,000. Ho exceeded 50,000 in 1900. and had received over 30,000 and over 00,000 in 1909 and 1910 respectively. Lack, however, of a classic winner told its tale this past season, for his crack youngster, Montrose II. with 2.500 has lieen "the chief money-getter for the stable. This is a splendid sum easily a Toeord for the country for a two-year-old to win, for the season for horses of that ago does not begin there until August. No French owner has yet equalled the Duke of Portlands winnings in 1SS9, when he received 09,-290, but it is quite possible that a French patron of the turf will do so one fine day. And it is certain that 50,000 won in France means a much greater profit out of the sport than it would if the sum happened to have been won In England. When you only have to pay Tcmarkably small entry fees for valuable stakes, and can get horses to the course In a motor van on the morning of the race, it is a different proposition from the substantial fees and long and expensive traveling which "tie up" the average owner over here. Of course, the competition is not so extensive in France, and the reason why one owner usually stands out by himself is because a good three-year-old can go on picking up stakes in Hornets Beauty fashion. The three-year-old is the cultivated horse in France where handicaps are only a mild feature of their racing. Loudon Express. v
