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TRIBUTE TO LATE S. L. PARSONS French Jockey Club Expresses Sorrow Over Death of Prominent American Turfman. In England and in France, as well as America, deep loss has been felt in the death of the late Schuyler L. Parsons, who was one of Americas most widely and favorably-known turfmen. Uoth the British and French papers express the deep regret that was felt in those countries over the loss of one who had not an enemy among all his acquaintances and who was the best friend that the poorer owner and trainer had iii this country. In the latest issue of Le Jockey, the official organ of the French Jockey Club, to reach this country, tribute was paid the late Mr. Parsons, of which the following is a translation: "It is with great sorrow that we hear by cable from New York of the sudden death of Schuyler L. Parsons. "Mr. Parsons had been to the races at Baltimore and had come home in good health. In the night he died of heart trouble at the age of seventy-seven. His death is a severe shock to us, as it lias been to his many friends in the United States. "As a great sportsman and lover of horses, Mr. Parsons had one of the foremost places in the American racing world. He was for many yenrs president of the Coney Island Jockey Club and a member in Paris of the Sporting Club and Travelers Club. Like the Vanderbilts aud the Hitchcocks, with whom he was closely associated, Mr. Parsons had been always a friend of our country and one of the promoters of those cordial relations cemented now on the battlefield. INTERESTED IN FRENCH RACING. "He used to be much interested in racing over here and made friends with many, among whom were A. lu Bos, Maurice de Ghest and Maurice Caillault, who had been one of his guests on a trip to America. "An adniirer of France, such as he was, could not fail to lie interested in everything pertaining to the war. even before the United States entered it. Since the beginning of hostilities, Mr. Parsons had been much interested in all that could be done to help over here the victims of war. Later, he was prevented by his age to take an active part in service, but was especially interested to do everything in the United States lie could to further our cause. In this he was following his familys traditions. As we said in this paper some time ago, one of his ancestors had been at the head of the first regiment formed in the state of New York in the eighteenth century. His brother is now colonel of an American regiment at the front and his son, Schuyler L. Parsons, Jr., not being able, on account of his eyesight, to take his place in the army, is now one of our most devoted and active co-operators in the American Red Cross over here. He served for a while at the front in the American Red Cross Ambulance. "We beg Mr. Parsons, Jr., to find in these few words the expression of the grateful sympathy that we all have for the memory of his father."
