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AMERICAN SUCCESSES IN FRANCE. II. B. Duryea occupied the enviable position of leading money-winning owner of the French turf when the statistics for the season up to June 1, Were made up. His hoi-o-. which have been remarkably successful in Important stakes, had won fourteen ra.-cs and 103,798 from the opening of the Bait lacing season up to the date mentioned, as against sixteen racea and 8,436 to the credit of Baron L. Rothschild, who stands second. Y. K. Vanderbiit ecinies tilth with a record of twenty-lour races and f??.S?? won. August r.cluiout is credited with seven raeea and t.Ts! and .1. L. Widener with four raeea and ,517. The record of the live leading jockeys up to the same date follows: Joekev. Mts. 1st. Jockev Mts. 1st. r. ONeill 247 61 Sharpc 1S7 27 -M. IfeOee 151 66 J. Beiff 157 21 G. Qaraer 177 2s. II. B. Dttryeas Durbar figured as the chief money-winning borne with a record of 664,880. La Farina was second. .Nimbus third and Sardanapale fourth. At Maisons-LafiUte, May 28, 1 rank ONeill won two 61,060 races for V. K. Vaaderbttt with ChlbertI and Francisca. Matt McOee won a race the BBSM day. At Bois de Boulogne. May 31, ONeill piloted four of the six winners, three of the fotlr being from the stable of Baron F. Botlischild. Gay Garner was up on one of the remaining winners. oNciu was also in good form the- following day at Saint loud, when he piloted two winners for W. K. Vanderbiit. Garner and Johnny Rett each rode a winner the same day. Fred Williams piloted the steeplechaser Kariry to victory at Saint Ouun. June 2. At Le Trembbiv. .lane :;. ONeill won a race for W. K. Vanderbiit with Koscle.it. and .1. Lottos piloted I. L. Wideuer.s 1." Adorable to victory the same day. ONeill was again in good form at Bois de Boulogne June 4. when lie won three races, one being for w. k. Vanderbill and two for Baron t: .Rothschild. Garner won ■ 61,260 handicap the same day.
