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I i "Mr. * son. oii old at ,lt of of no not La Laal hli eh he he "J J*J be " the and to to m i,:1 has aa coll l t ha an and " " and . „ £ „ j.;l ,jj 1 the 1 j Fi Fra 1 M el jn ol • ■ -• M s[ ,, s t, ,„ t, „ on f, i f ,[ p f a li el r _t £ , l . v j , ; , , , ] ■ , | : . 1 RACING IN FRANCE AND GERMANY. In a chattv letter under date M April 28 ll Paris crrcspondeiit of Loudon Sporting Life said: II. 15. Daryea looks like having a pood sea and he certainly has a useful three. vear in Durbar, the colt which carried off the Bienual Lougchamps on Sunday, He is by Rabelais out Armenia, a mare by Meddler, and is evidently far from being the best three-year old in France. vear he was considered to be -l pounds behind La Farina, but he now beat Baron de Rothschilds colt at even weights, anil three weeks ago liuislied in front of i.e Grand Iressignv at Lug hie-ii. He lias been beaten by Sardanapale. to which, perhaps, the honor e f first place must now given. Durbar is entered as Durbar II. in Two Thousand Guineas and the English Derby, I should not lie surprised to see him sent over run at Epsom. He is a well-grown e-olt. and barnacle- great improvement since last year, and be already won three races this season. The runner-up on Sunday was Kiiuiniel. a happily-named by Ob out of Vodka: lie is also in the English Derby, and is the property of M. Eplirussi. whose horses are running at the present time iu tie- Mint colors of M. E. Kami, iu consequence of family mourning. Kuntmel bad previously won this season, lie is a good stayer: but it is a little early to speak definitely about our throe year-olds until the Ponies dKssai have been derided on May 17. "La Coupe, which is a work of art valued at ,000, to whie-li is added ,000 in money, is the prize for a weight-forage contest which always brings out sonic good horses. The distance of tue race is one mile and seven furlongs, and it is therefore a test for stamina. It has been won in past by Gladiateur 1S00. Trocadero ISOOi. Diavolo 1885, Latin KSJI4 ami 1885. Elf W87 and 18B8, Rataplan 1806, Hainan 19001. Moulins La Man-he il!07i. Cliulo 1910, Amaelou 1813, while the victor this year is Tortika. which just beat Fidelio a head. Tortika is a three year-old filly by Passaro that had a light weight to carry, not having incurred penalties by past victories. She is tile sort of filly that in peat years would have been kept for a coup in the- Vsarowiteh. Last year she was only successful on one occasion, and a fortnight ago she carried off a minor prise at Enghieii. The, Other races al Longc bamps were not of such gnat Interest, but Mr. A. Belmont showed that his stable is still in form by winning the Prix de la Seine witli Bavard III., which started a hot favorite. It was feared that the elections might seriously affect the attendance., but there was no falling off. aud the return from the races through the Bois was as animated as a Sunday in lull summer." "Paris lias not ycl settled down after the royal festiviti-s. and the spirit of gaiety still prevails. The. tact that a race meeting was made one of tire features of Hie entertainment provided for the king and queen of England will have a long en-during Influence for good on the French turf and on .-i.il Die sporting institutions of the country. Ihe public is always eager to follow where rank and fashion lead, and the enemies of racing luckily we have not so many in France as you have in England have been effectually silenced by the great demonstration at Auteail. The gate money at the royal meeting totalled up to over 5,000, while , the- turn-over at the pari-niutuel exceeded 00.0o: . The best performer among the English horses was undoubtedly Castletoiu but the distance was just a bit too far for Mr. Kennedy Jones horse. Had he run in the weight forage race, the Prix lie San-ihingliani. I think be would have won. foe the cli , t-ince was six furlongs shorter and the opposition ■ decidedly weaker. In my notes last week I wrote: The chiel danger to English horses in tin Prix de , Windsor Castle may come from the top weight. Zenith II.": for M. Veil-PIcards champion is of superior class; on the Hat he won many good rates, including the Biennial, ami he is mm e f the best Jumpers in Cue country. I also predicted the success of Goadovar in the Prix de Saudringham. so that English visitors who followed these selections should have been able to get something towards their expenses. Castle ton jumped well and made ill Hie running until the last turn, which he took wide, aud lost ground, it is to In- hoped he- will be sent over to take his part in tin- big bardie race iu .lime: it was no disgrace to be beaten by a glial I burs,, like Zenith II. In tin- selling race which , opened the progress, two homes that were brought j from England to France by Mr. Cualiffe a few years I ago finished lirst and second; these wen Pane, by Ainphioii. and Oilskin, by .Mackintosh. They are not I now of much account, and Pane- was claimed after i his victory for 82,000. Three other horses from l your side of the channel also ran in this race, lb , beung Farinaceous, Diana Ken ami Sunplant. "The Derby tin Midi was nm at BordeaUS e.i Sunday, tin- winner being ianieau ll.. belong iiiK to M. Miller. II,. js a cult by Ardecr. by Ayrshire. out of Fiac. by Lo V.ir out of Ilavie. This i-- the race in which Bonbon Rose firsl revealed bis merit. T-roiu Germany I learn that the German Derby will be run al Hamburg on Sunday. .Line Ls. In the meantime the principal races in that country will be the- Heiicke! KenniU at Berlin on May 10. the Inion Heiincn. worth 1. 500. ou Thursday, .lime 4. and the Grand Prize of Hamburg, worth ".. in."; on Sunday. June 7. The Spring Handicap al Hamburg was won on Sunday last by Colleonl, a horse by Water boy out of Rone Carlo. ViSltot t.. Dusseldorf this summer will lind the race course there generally Improved; a new pavilion Ml been built, aud aebiit iouai boxca added in tin paddock, ready for the meeting in June." j
