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MANY AMERICAN TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS PROSPERING IN FRANCE Lexington Ky October 25 T H Cooke who sHiled from New York today on the Mluuchaha with the five thoroughbred mares recently purchased by George Jay Gould from James R Keene for 50000 as additions to his stud in France talked entertain ¬ ingly of the Americans iu France while here on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week weekThe The majority f American turf folk iu France are dolug exceptionally well said he Frankic ONeill aud Johnny ReilY are the two best riders in the country They wore last year and when tho season of racing on the fiat closes November 15 It is hard to tell which will be at the top of the list Xash Tumor one of the topnotch riders fell and hurt his knee and has been laid up but he will ride again Guy Garner is ridlug well Martie McGce is with th Duryea stable aud is riding iu great form He landed in France without a contract and has worked his way up Fred Williams who rides for Sam Hildreth looks as if he will be the fore ¬ most steeplechase rider over there In a short while whileFred Fred Burlew who is training for Clarence Moc kay lias the grandest lot of yearlings by Meddler that any mau over laid eyes upon They look like tw yearolds Meddler and the Mackay mares tKat were transferred from Kingston Farm near Lexing ¬ ton to France are in charge of Joe Kelly and are iu excellent condition Johnny Campbell the veteran American trainer who was one of the first to leave the United States for France is going to Germany to train a his stable He will turn over the Pfizer horses to I Reiff a brother Of Johnny Reiff ReiffWilliam William Snydcr whose last berth in the United States was us manager of John F Madden B Ham burg Place is looking after the Hitchcock horses in France He has Yankee and about twenty mares iu the stud and a string of horses iu training one of which is Stokes He is driving him to cart or was shortly before 1 left the other side sideGalen Galen Brown who had Libertine In this country is doiug well as trainer for Jean Stem Count H E Ponrtales and the Epbrussi stable He has private training grounds and his place is beautifully kept It is very homelike that is Americanhome like with an abundance of turkeys ducks and other fowl about aboutHarry Harry Shields who trains about thirtyfive horses for M Lazar has been unite ill Preston Burch has In his stable about thirtyfour horses the property ot Messrs Chanler and La Moutagne Hampton Court Dinna Ken and Alfred Noble are in the string He is doing fairly well Enoch Wishard is training fifteen horses this year and bus won a lot of races Petit Due proj ably the best hurdle horse in France Is in his string Vincent Powers is riding for Wishard aud he has developed quite an aptitude for riding hurdlers Wallace Davis has a string of the best jumpers in the country They belong to VellPicard and I believe Davis is the most competent trainer of jump ¬ ing horses in the world right now nowGene Gene Leigh has over 100 horses In his training establishment On bis island he lias a beautiful place and there he is still Farmer Leigh as Jie was when here in Kentucky at La Belle He raises hogs chickens ducks turkeys geese In fact everything in the catalogue He is coming to America during the winter he says saysArchie Archie Mclntyre once a good rider In this coun ¬ try Is training about twentyfive horses over there and is doing well He is a good horseman Tom Welsh is training for J E WIdener and was a big buyer of yearlings His horses are all young but promising He has won some races He has a lovely home and stables at Prince Mnrats place He trains at Chantilly Murphy who trained for David Gideou on this side is training for Herman B Duryea aud has been extremely successful He Is most attentive to business and wins many races He has MauldeyWilliam his training grounds at La Mauldey William Duke trainer for the famous William K Vamlcrbilt establishment lias many horses but this year they seem to be lacking in quality He has won many minor races with them but he has not had bis customary success in the big events this season seasonSam Sam Hildreth who is training for Charles Koli ler has purchased a line place and has arranged a trot for bis horses all the way around the lawns When he gets it completed it will be one of the best appointed training grounds in all France Hildreth is getting lucky again He claimed a two yearold called Itaniadau a sliort while before I left for about 1000 Up to the time of my de ¬ parture he had won three races with him succes ¬ sively and his winnings were approximately 4000 to say nothing of what IHldreth took out of the ms tuels in bets There Is no doubt that Novelty is the l est mature horse In France His winning at one mile and a half with 142 pounds up stamps him a mighty good race horse Hildrcth won a jumping race with Cliff Creek Williams up at odds of M to I In the inutuel pools Zeus was amiss in his feet for a while but is rounding to toJohnny Johnny Hyland who trains for Baron Oppen heimer and R Hanel Is at the head of the list in Germany He is rapidly learning to speak the language of the country Fred Taral whose name Is indelibly written into the annals of American racing as one of the best riders who ever mounted a horse is training for Weiiiberg Brothers and Is second on the list If he had George Archibald who is riding for Baron Oppenheiiner instead of Fox ho would l le e at the head of the list Archibald is the best rider in Germany He has to do much reducing however Ted Rico is in Germany and is riding for the Hanel stable Boots Dumell is at Bukharest Rouraanla training for M Gilleman one of the wealthiest and most influential men of the nation He has an ex ¬ tensive breeding establishment and Is a vast prop ¬ erty owner Duruell has lioth jumping and Hat horses aud for his chief jockey he has a boy named Wilson who rode in America Ditrnell started four horses In the Derby over there this year and they ran onetwothreefonr onetwothreefonrLucien Lucien Lyne Is the premier rider in Belgium and he Is meeting with good success On off days in Belgium he frequently accepts mounts in France and Germany He is planning to make a visit to his parents and sisters in Kentucky the coming winter Eddie Ross is in Belgium training for Mr Myers and is successful Frank Van Ness has quit training and is prac ¬ ticing Veterinary dentistry in France Ho and Doc Leigh Gene Leighs brother do practically all of the work that is done ou the race tracks of that country and the latter also has much practice in Germany GermanyWhile While we Americans arc thrifty on the turf abroad there are none of ns who would not prefer to be on this side of tho Atlantic and w are all hoping that some day there will be a reestablish ¬ ment of the sport that will permit our r turu
