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H B DURYEA RETURNS FROM ABROAD New York October 25 H B Duryea who o S wper II winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and favorite for the last lipsom Dorby in which be ran unplaced has returned to this country from France Sweeper II WHS retired from racing home weeks ago on account of a bowed tendon and is now in Frjiwe but will Mr Duryea hoj es be in condi ¬ tion to b raced again next season in England The stable tf horses owned by Mr Duryea won this year in Franco mon than 90000 which places Mr Duryea liigh up n the list of winning owners Added to this Sweeper IIs oamings in English racrfi makes Mr Duryea tlie winner of more than 125Htl iu 1912 in the two countries The French tuhl is under the care of Thomas Murphy Mr Duryeas Iiest colt on the French turf this year wan Shannon by Irish Lad Census by Ethelbcrt An ttlivr highclass thrtoyoarold was Bugler which won a valuable stake about two weeks ago AH tho wollkniiwii American hor emeu iu France are doing well Mr Duryca says saysOn On tho subject of speculation on the races in France he said that plunging cannot flourish be aus A heavy bet on a horse cuts down the odds There is none of the heavy betting there that goes oil in England and which wo had once on the American tnrf by a few individuals Mr Durvca 3ld Speaking of the recent action of tUo French stewards on the question of doping Mr Duryea said that it will undoubtedly have a good effect because If doping liad ever been done before it was a certainty now that suspected porsons would no longer continue its practice But continued Mr Duryea neither in France nor In England Iti there anything like the amount of talk about doping which formerly was common
