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| , . THE ROTHSCHILDS AS TURFMEN. Racing institutions in France are gnaliy I.i debted to the Bothschilds, whose colors have boeu carried prominently in all the important events since Kilt won the French Derby in 1876. There arc alto gether six Bothschilds who have registered variu-li us of blue and yellow as their racing colors. The head ofthe family. Baron Rothschild himself, is en titled here to the plain blue jacket with the yellow cap; Baron Edooard de Rothschild has adopted blue and yellow hoops. Baron Maurice de Rothschild his a blue jaekei with yellow braid and yellow sleeves. .Mr. James A. de Rothschild takes blue and yellow chevrons, and Baron Robert de Rothschild has blue and yellow stripes. Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, whose colors in England are the original blue jacket with the yellow cap. has regisiered in France yellow and blue hoops. The Baroness Henri de Rothschild, who interests herself i:i bleeding, and owns the mare S.ipho i lust. Damien — Sagesse by Wisdom, his no racehorses in training. Baron de Rothschild and Baron Edooard are jointly interested in the Haras de Meaiitr.v at Touques. near Trouville in Normandy. 1 remember this maguincent stud farm from the days when it was under the direction of old Balchin, a Devonshire man. who was as proud of his cider an I his apple jack as he was of his colts and tilli s. Frerl Lynhain then used to train for the Rothschilds at Chantilly. Now B. Poussin is the stud groom and 1. C. Watson is the private trainer. Baron de Rothschild has two staUlons at, Me-intry, these being ie Roi s.iieii, by Heaume. and Exorde, by Fryx. The former won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1898. Baron Edooard has four stallions. Sly Fox, by Flying Fox: Sans Souci 11.. by I,e R..i Soldi; Lemon Squash, by Codoman, ami St. Just, by St. 1riisipfm. There are no fewer than seventy broodmares .it Meaiitr.v. the best ,.r them being Field Money, by Winkfield, imported in 1903; St. Veronica, by Si. Simon, imported in 1902; Sanctimony, by St. Serf, Imported in 1902; Amhrisette. bj Bona Vista -Poll Harden, imported in 1902; Messenger Girl, bj I.i veno. imported in Ion.",: Saime Adresse, by Si. Simon: Fiunde, by Victor Wild: Ambrosine. hj Ayrshire: Cream, by Lactantius, imported in 1908; Malatesta. by Isinglass, imported in 1909; R .elusion. by St. Florian, Imported in ions: Heather Fire, b Ayrshire. Imported in loot-,: Bachelors Fancy, by Winkfield, imported in 1906; Guigne, by Cherry Trie, imported in 1906; Fiance, by St. Frusquln, Imported in 1906; Lady Toddington, by Melton, In; p.uted ill 1906; Field Mouse, by Berrill, imported in 1908; Orange Queen, by Martagon, imported in 1909; Peroraisoa, by Tarporley; Perola, by Persimmon, itn period in 1010: and Spring Night, by Chesterfield, imported this year. . Baron de Rothschild has I wenty-four liors s i: training with Watson, and Baron Edooard own* over forty, which are under I he care of A. Woodland. at Chantilly. The Barons two-year-oJda number a dozen. Put little is yet known about their men;-.. There is a very nice colt by I.e Rot Soi.il Messenger Girl, named Wireless; and a e .it by Rabelais -Purity, named Puritan, is highly spoken of. Among the elder h uses Alcantara III. a four-yeai old by Perth— Toisou dOr, is the best. Barou Edooard has twenty-six two-year-olds, all of ids own breeding, with Woodland, who also trains a couple of horses for Baron Robert. Ihe three-year-olds of the stable an- not a very great lot. the b. st h. in. Bigarreau, by Collar— Guigne. Kildare II.. ;i five year-old l.y Le Samaritaia— Royal Request, is the best of the older horses, and •night to prove a trustworthy stable clock. Some people s.,i,i when Baron Maariee .ie Rothschild married that I.e was likely to relax his inter, si in racing, bat the young member of the Rothschild family has since Increased, rather than lessened, his sporting i "ii Meci ions. He does not train at Chautllly with his relations, bul employ* J. dOkboysen, nt Maisona-Laflltte, as his private trainer, who during the coming se:,s.,n will have more than sixty hones under his care, al out hail ..f them being two-year-olds. lhes,. are a very promising lot. and Include :i filly by Dorlcles out of st. Astra named Aanarella.; a call named Cam-bridsreshire, by Childwlck ..nt of Ayrshire Beanty; a tillv named Forget Me Not. by Duma Forget out of Orpah; a colt named Gorgonaola, by Gorgos ..nt ..f Lady Britta; n colt named I.e Temeralre, by Maedonald II.. out ot liih Flyer; LOisean Lyre, by Gallinnle out of Silver Thread; ■■ colt named Panta gruel, to Baltelals out of Miss Maxim: a i .;t name t II" Fleuri. by Flnasseur out of Bilcnroc; a colt named Triomphatenr, by I.e Sagittaire on of Vi. torious; a til 1 v named Flvina. lo Isinglass out of Verdiana, ami a .■• I: named Winkelrie l bj Wink flelds Prid. on! ,,i Qneen ■■: tbe Rand. Most of these were bred by Baron Maurice himself; he has two stud farms, one at i ban moot en Vexln, end the other at Champagne-Saint Hllaire. The direct these establishments i M. ;. Cadilbon. and the stud gr . in M. Drummer. His stallions ar Fer dun, tbe Grand Prix winner ,.f 1909, by Baltelais: An de Triomphe. by Gslllnnle, and Ossian, by i-Saglttalre. He has stori than 6ftj broodmares, many of them havlug been bought in England. The host known are Mis* Maxim, Dalntv Orpah, Foui ragere the dam of Faucheur. l.nily Britta. Ayr- shire Beauty, Sacha. Brilliancy and Comparae. Baron Maurice de Rothschild h:is ah. iiv won many of the richest prizes in the French turf, and hi* good fortune is proverbial. Backed up as il is by enterprise, good counsel and sound Judgment, ii is llkelj to coutinae. Paris Letter to London Sports
