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FRENCH DERBY WON BY AN AMERICAN The Prix du Jockey Club French Derby was run at Paris Sunday afternoon over the I ngchamps track witli a great crowd present to witness its first renewal since Sardanapale won it in 1914 W K Vanderbilt furnished the favorite in his entry of Tchad and McKinley and at the end of its mile and a half Tchad was first with K Lazards Hallchardicr second and M Ekimyans Master Good third A declaration to win with Tchad had been made McKinley finished fourth fourthThe The race was run for the first time at the Longchamps course the Cliantilly track where it was formerly contested being still under requisition by the army armyThe The pedigree of the winner is as follows WeIllnBtonia WeIllnBtoniaPoetess Poetess PoetessHebert X Ncli fHoche Hebert th the Devil I rouse S Hermita Hermitao o iNebuleuse Manuel ManuelJ J Navarre 3 T i fMirabeau Saxifrage f Marianne i ieur I Rajnonde st jxmis o Venus VenusH H I Royal Hamilton I HamiltonI Halle J Hampton Princess PrincessI I Hal Gal Adventurer Cantiniere