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OWNER OF THE GRAND PRIX WINNER WINNERM M Achille Fotild the owner of the Grand Prix winner Houli is a grandson of that Aehillc Fould whose name occurs so frequently in the story of the Third Napoleon When Louis Napoleon was elected President of the French Republic in 1S4S M Achille Fould became his Minister of Finance and served in that capacity for two years On the restoration of the Empire he again took ollice and was a power in the Imperial Government until his death iu 1S 7 The Foulds have always been siwrtsmen and M E Fould won the French Derby in 1S74 with Saltarelle and the Oaks two years later with Mondaine M Achille Fould has not been so fortunate and the only important race in which his colors have been victorious is the Prix du Conseil Municipal which he won in ISO with Libaros the sire of Houli Al ¬ though a most enthusiastic sportsman M Fould do is not breed on a large scale scaleThe The Haras Fould is situated near the Govern ¬ ment Stallion Depot at Tarbes in the Pyrenees Here he has seven broodmares all of them French bred La Neste by Reverend is eighteen years old and she has a yearling colt by Mark Time named Lccco Atibarede 1800 Is by Little Duck Clochette 1S07 by Grandmaster has foaled this year to Plum Tree Fortia 1S07 by Flavlo has a yearling foal by Libaros Louloutc 1001 by Grandmaster was covered last season by Royal Dream and the other mares here are Delphine 1001 by Le Pom ¬ pon and Lokanda 1904 by Regret The only stallion M Fould possesses is Libaros now seven ¬ teen years of age At his Chateau de Vervaiue near Alcncon in the Department of Orne he has five other marcs these being Rodogune 1S99 by Tristan or Grandmaster Riposte 1693 by Grand master Heisione 1895 by Cambyse Combraille 1905 by Jacobite and Combroude 1907 by Lauzun LauzunClochette Clochette is the dam of Clcrambault a highclass handicap horse that has won many races in France and Belgium Louloute is the dam of Lucknow a threeyearold that has been running prominently this season and won a race 1ast week Riposte is the dam of Reinette a good winner and Hesione is the dam of Houli HouliM M Achille Foulds horses are trained by Georges Cunnlngton senior at Lamorlaye near Chantilly At the present moment they number a dozen all lye ing homebred The only four year old is Forio by Regret Fortia who started the season well by win ¬ ning the Prix de la Croix du Roy at St Cloud and has run forward since The threeyearolds are Houli Lucknow Chitali Nagpour and Romagny Last season Romagny was considered to be onlv a little l ehind Moutrose II the crack twoyearold and It was on account of the promise shown by this colt that M Fould retained the services of F Wool ton for the French classic races Roraagny was badly beaten in the Biennial last April whereas IIoulI carried off the Prix Delarte at Maisons Laflittc with flying colors He then started at 34 to 1 but his performance was so good that it was resolved to make him the champion of the stable He won the colts heat of the Prix La Rochette at Paris on the last Sunday in May Woot ton then being in the saddle The horse had run on five previous occasions this year being beaton in the Prix de St Cloud by Le Cid III in the Prix Hoc quart by Zenith II and in the French Derbv by Friant II M Foulds twoyearolds under Mr Cunningtona care are Limerou by Gouvernail Louloute Lo umbwa by Alhainbra III Lokanda Nairobi by Libaros La Neste Dauni by Royal Dream Del ¬ phine Houmbi by Simonion Hesione and RivcraLi by Libaros Royale London Sporting Life
