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FEATURES OF FRENCH RACING the Paris corro iondent of London Sporting Life said The fea iiiiv of the racing at Caen has been the successful Idiiig of ONeill who won four rsvces on Sunday ind two on Monday These victories place him at atIe Ie head of the winning jockeys list although i 1 was fur in front of him when the thetaken taken at the end of July ONeills ore is now i7 against the others 7 There is a long gap between them and the third on the list ljirpe with a total of IS G Srern comes next n I followed by fiarner with if successful rides Stern has ridden live winners in foreign oimrries and ONeill four while KcilT Sharpe A odland and 5 Clout have each ridden one Of Inning owners M Achille Fould comes first with i total of iSO while Huron Gourgaud is second v ilh SlSto to his credit W K Vamlerhilt and andVugusl Vugusl Bclmonf have both won over ijUMOOO ijUMOOOThere There is quite a iiltle storm in the sporting Ilcss here over an interview with August Bclmont tlit owner of Tracery Ainourenx III Quelle est Belle II and other horses that have been running priiiiinently this season It will be remembered that when Ainourenx III won the Prix Eugene Adam recently I explained how he was engaged on thai day at Maisons Lallilte in two races the minor of which was quite at his mercy but II after Jr the trainer decided in Mr liolinonts absence to take a good sporting chance and run the oi e for the richer prize which he won This did not please certain people probably for personal rea jiiis and Mr Belmonts action through his trainer ame in for somewhat severe criticism My own view was one of gratification at seeing Carters pluck rewarded He is a t miner who does not bet at all but lie would naturally prefer to win for his wner a prize of 80000 francs than one of only iOOO francs Some of the uncomplimentary remarks made were cabled to Mr Belmont who was in New York and he was naturally indignant To an in ¬ terviewer of the New York Herald he 1ms expressed himself very warmly on the subject He says that lie never interferes with Carter in the management of bis horses and has absolute confidence in him Some people here say that Mr Belmont has threat filed to withdraw his horses from the French turf and send them to be trained in England but I do not think there is any truth in this report reportSiorting Siorting gossip is plentiful at the hotels and I hear that the International meeting at Maisons La Ilitte in September is likely to receive good sup ¬ port from both England and Belgium G A Pren ¬ tice has engaged Early Girl a lilly by Karla Mor out of Kilnew in the Critcrinm a race that does not as a rule attract foreign entries Hiiion Maurice de Rothschilds horses arc a iindrr the charge of DOkhiiysen whoso health is iv established Sam Hildreth has taken fresh stables for C Kohlers horses several of which are to be sent to run in Kngland KnglandVichy Vichy has just terminated a very successful meeting the Grand Prix worth 200 having been won by Itaron de Rothschilds threeyearold Predicaleur by Le Hoi Soleil out of Peroraison by Tarporley Grignouse a twoyearold that won at Goodwood fa expected to run in the Prix Morny at Deauville She was bred in France FranceThe The Comte Ie Marois yearlings will not be offered for sale at Deauville The count lias de ¬ cided to keep and race them himself himselfSol Sol Joel will run several horses at Deauville He has arrived in his yacht
