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COMRADES GREAT TRIUMPH AT PARIS Eiciting Finish of the Grand Prix do Paris in Which Two Derby Winners Ran Unplaced This years Grand Irix de Paris netted the win ¬ ner the comfortable sum of 60065 Uncommon interest surrounded the race the English and French horses running representing the classic form of their respective countries Spion Kop the Ep ¬ som Derby winner was accompanied to the post by his stable companion Comrade and in the field were also Charlebelle the Epsom Oaks win ¬ ner and Sourbier which won the French Derby All received confident support from their connec ¬ tions and the English were sanguine of success Tliis they achieved with Comrade after one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the race for M E de St Alarys colt only beat Embry by a head and the same narrow margin divided the second and third Blue Dun being fourth a couple of lengths away The course was in good condition and for the beaten horses no excuses could be made on the score of the going The weather was fine There was an enormous attendance among the company being the Queen of Koumania who was received by Marshal Foch and occupied a seat in the official stand English visitors made a brave show and the president of the republic and representatives of the government were also present The Jockey Club stand was crowded and some pretty dresses were worn by the ladies in the private stand A field of fifteen came out for the big race and some delay was caused by the long parade The summary summaryM M E de St Alarys blk c Comrade by Bache Bachelors lors Double Sourabaya 128 F Bullock 1 1M M O Wattinnes ch c Kmbry by Opott Eybens 128 Bellhouse 2 2M M James Hennessys br c Sourbier by Gorgos Sapienta 128 J Childs 3 3M M F Strakers Blue Dun 125 Spear 4 4M M Auguste Iellerins Ie Dansk 128 C Childs 0 0M M Henry Ternyneks Odol 128 Sharpe 0 0M M W K Vanderbilts Battersea 128 ONeill 0 0M M G Wattinnes Saint Pol 128 H Marsh 0 0M M A K Macombers 1endennis 128 Garner 0 0M M A Eknayans Plcjirs 128 Carslake 0 0Sir Sir Abe Baileys Southern 128 Fox 0 0M M N E Ambatielos Brother to Kos 128 G GBartholomew Bartholomew 0 0Capt Capt Giles Loders Spion Kop 128 Donoghue 0 Baron E de Rothschilds Flowershop 125 Mc McGee Gee 0 0M M A P Cunliffes Cliarlebelle 125 Whalley 0 0Pleurs Pleurs was first to show in front from Charle ¬ belle Flowershop Odol and Spion Kop After pass ¬ ing the stands Pleurs and Charlebelle took the lead and on the far side by the bushes Flowershop and Saint Pol were in front Turning down the hill Sourbier came witli a rush to the quarters of Em ¬ bry Approaching the distance Embry looked like winning but Comrade answering the call of Bul lotk came to the front and after a determined finish won by a short head a head between second and third pud two lengths between third and fourth the latter position being filled by Blue Dun Time by Bensons chronograph 3K 75 Pari mutuels returns lOf Comrade 9950 Places lOf Embry 44 lOf Sourbier 1850 1850Commenting Commenting on the result yVigilant said in London Sportsman When Spearmint which was bought as a yearling for only 300 guineas carried off the Derby and Grand Prix de Paris the com ¬ ment was made that he was the cheapest horse ever sold at public auction His trainer P P Gilpin has now gone one better having won the Grand Prix with Comrade for which he gave the mere trifle of 25 guineas in his yearling days at a sale of young stock bred by Mr L Neumann Before his great triumph of yes ¬ terday Comrade which is by Bachelors Double Sourabaya a daughter of Spearmint Si renia hud won all his five races which were worth 13300 It was prior to his victory in the Trial Stakes at Ascot that Mr Gilpin disposed of a half share in Comrade for it was said 12000 guineas to the wellknown French sportsman M El de St Alary That gentleman has now seen his colors carried to victory a third time in the biggest nice of the French turf he having won it in 1902 with his famous mare Kizil Kourgan and again in 1013 by aid of Bruleur Seldom has there been a more representative field for a Grand Irix than with the English nail French Derby win ¬ ners and also the heroines o the English anil French Oaks in the lists As far as the Frencli horses were concerned the Irix du Jockey Club form was turned upside down Embry had been beaten by six lengths by Sourbier in the Derby and now the latter finished beliiml M Wattinnes colt Evidently the latter is the better stayer albeit it was a most exciting finish it being a case of heads only among the first three with Blue Dun a good fourth of fifteen Like Spion Kop which had run up light since the Derby Odol failed to run up to his Prix du Jockey Club form and the two Oaks winners Charlebelle and Flower shop showed their inferiority to the colts F Bullock the rider of Comrade is to be congratu ¬ lated on his first success in a race of the first importance in France Before the war in the days when Iteginald Day trained for the Hoyal Graditz Stud Bullock rode many big winners in Germany as he has in this country
