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FRENCH STAKES FOR NEXT TEAR. A dispatch of yesterday from Paris says that tlie racing committee of the Society d F n con rage -ment. the governing turf body f flat racing in Franee. has fixed conditions of many of the principal events of the French turf from 1915 to 1919. in the hope that racing can be resumed over the principal French tracks next year. It is said that the conditions of various events have been considerably modi lied in various ways. In resiHct to values, il is stated the Grand Prix de Paris is cut to 200..MM1 francs, or 0,000. guaranteed, a reduction of 0.iMHl. The Prix du Jockey Club I French Derby 1 is kept at its former value of 1011.000 francs or 0,000 added, but the Prix de Hiflne French Oaks is reduced from 5,000 to 2,000. Of other races of importance, the Prix du Ca.lran and the Prix Roval Oak had their values placed at *15.«kio and 0,000 re-s] ectively. while the Prix Reiset and Prix des Acacias, each with ,000 added, were dropped from the list of fixtures. Several events for three-year-olds, which before the war began were scheduled fof an increase, remain at the old figures. Xo change has lieen made in entry fees or forfeits.
