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ROTHSCHILDS HORSES IN FRENCH RACING. The third rare meeting arranged by the amalgamated Race Societies, under the direct patronage of the French government, starts today at Mont-de-Marsan. As an illustration of the "entente" existing among turf authorities it is noticeable that, although all the contests will be decided upon the flat under Jockey Club Rules, a large proportion of the prize money is provided by the Steeplechase Society of France, and several of the races are exclusively for horses bred in the southern provinces. We get, therefore, on the program the names of several fresh owners, and we shall see a new class of horses. There are races for pure Arabians and for Anglo-Arabians, also several events in which apprentice jockeys only are permitted to ride. There will be six days racing at Mont-de-Marsan, and nearly a thousand horses are entered for the various events. The richest prize will be the Prix de 1Elevage of 800 pounds, for three-year-olds and upward, to be run on Tuesday, October 31, distance one and a half miles. This has obtained forty entries, all the leading stables being represented. The Prix de lHorloge, next Monday, and the Prix de Grenade, on Saturday, October 28, are GOO-pound races, and there are several to which 400 pounds is added. The Moulins meeting wound up successfully, and Mr. J. I. Cohn, thanks in a great measure to his three-year-old Teddy, topped the winning owners list with 3,990 pounds. Baron Edouard de Rothschild, who won close upon 5,000 pounds at Caen, was second at Moulins with 2,517 pounds. It is gratifying to see this old-established stable holding its own after so many sacrifices have been made. Baron Edouard is bravely carrying on tlie Rothschild traditions on the French turf. He is tlie son of Rnron Alphonse de Rothschild, who was the head of the Rothschild family in France, and with his brother, Gustave, founded the stable many years ago. On the death of the Baron Gustave, Edouard, whose colors had been registered as "blue and yellow hoops, succeeded by right to the more famous "blue jacket with yellow cap," which has been carried with so much distinction both in France and England. The Rothschild stable won its first French Derby with Kilt in 1870, Tom Cannon being the jockey on that occasion. The famous English horseman had already scored twice in the Grand Prix de Paris, on the Duke of Beauforts Ceylon in 1SS0, and Mr. Marshalls Trent in 1874. He became quite a popular hero in France, and in addition to riding for the Rothschilds, he won the Grand Prix for Prince Soltykoff on Tlmrio in 1S7S, and scored twice in the same race for the Due de Castries on Frontin and Little Duck. Archer rode Frontin in the French Derby, but Cannon was tlie jockey when Little Duck won the nice at Chantilly. The Rothschilds also won the French Derby with Heaume in 1890. and with Alcantara II. in 1911; they won the French Oaks Prix de Diane with Criniere in 18S9, and with Brisk in 1S94. Le Roi Soleil Avon the Grand Prix de Paris in 1S98, and tlie victors son. San Souci II.. won it for P.firnn Edouard In 1907. Baron Maurice de Rothschilds Yerdun was the Grand Prix winner in 1909. The Rothschild stud farm at Meautry, in Normandy, has always been maintained tip to a high standard, and Baron Edouards recent winners were bred there. lie employs two trainers, J. C. Watson and Clement Duval, who removed some tlliie back from Mnlsons-LalTltte to Chantilly, where he leased the Villa des Aigles from George Par-frement, the jockey. Watson has trained for over twenty years for the Rothschilds, having succeeded Fred Lynham, whose sons now train for Prince Murat and Mr. Frank Jay Gould. Watson is a son of James Watson, who trained, years ago, in Yorkshire for Lord Zetland. Clement Duval was a well-known and successful gentleman rider before undertaking the duties of trainer, and his early successes were achieved witli jumpers. I regret to hear that his eldest son who was in the fighting ranks at Verdun has been severely wounded. The winners at Caen and Moulins. have been very evenly divided between the two trainers. Paris Letter to London Sporting Life of October 20.
