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AMENITIES OF THE TURF AND WAR Graceful Tribute to American Co-operation and Aid from a High French Turf Official. In response to an official communication, secretary Algernon Daingerfield of the Jockey Club received the following felicitously expressed reply: Paris, December 17, 191S. Dear Sir: I have just received your letter of November 20. in which, after acknowledging conditions of the "Prix du Cadran," you are kind enough to express your joy over the great victory achieved by France and lid- allies. I have been all the more touched by your delicate attention that I have leeii myself in the army from August 2, 1914, as a lieutenant of infantry, and that I have had the honor to be. up to August 2, 1915, in the ranks of that French army which had to fulfill the heavy task of which you know. All of those who have survived the battle of Charleroi, after going through superhuman fatigues and the moral agony of the retreat of the Marne, know how to fully appreciate the incomparable merits of the glorious victory in which the wonderful soldiers of the United States have so mag-hificieiitly taken part. "Lafayette, here we are!" These simple words pronounced in front of the tomb of Pit-pus Cemetery by General Pershing, as soon as he arrived in France, went right to our hearts and they will stay engraved there. Honor to your country! The French will never forget what they owe to its precious co-operation, and they will always be happy to seize the opportunity to prove to the Americans their sincere feelings of freindship and gratitude. Sincerely yours, Signed MAURICE ROMAN ET, General secretary Soclete dEiicouragement pour lAmelloratiou des Rates de Chavaux en France.
