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! I : I i FRANK J. GOULDS SUCCESS IN RACING. Nothing has been more surprisingly rapid than the growth of Frank .lay Goulds racing stable in France In 191ii he owned only one- horse, Amphyction. and his colors were rarely in front. In the spring of 1910 he purchased from Mons. Veil-Picard aeveateen two yeur-olds. and of this number six were winners. and ope. Conibonrg. won more than 990,000, and is declared by competent critics to be the best of his age. even though he lost by a length the most valuable stake in the world — tile JsO.imhi Oram! Prix. L ReihT, his rider, claimed a foul against ONeill. who rode the winner. As dAtout. and there was a chane«. to some persons minds, for Mr. Gould to be awarded the race. If he had. it would have placed tin- American a closer iccoad on the list of winning owners to Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt. As it Is, Mr. Goulds horses won in 1911 more than .*0,OOo. For the season of 1:»12 twenty -eight bones will do battle in the oraage and black jacket of the Ameri can turfman. They are trained by Percy Lynham, an Englishman, who has done well in his profession. The stable Is at Maisons I,aflitte. when their owner has purchased a training property once owned by William Rotten, a veteran English trainer, and two 1 other adjoining places have lioeu added. Here are sixty box stalls, aad the whole place is up-to-date. Motor vans convey the horses from the training grounds to the various courses.
