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GREAT RACING IN FRANCE Versatile Souviens Toi Crack Flat and Jump ¬ ing Racer Another American Invasion PARIS Franco April 23 Mine Edinond Blancs Ksar the brilliant winner of the Prix Ilocqnart by defeating TJaron Rothschilds Tacite A K Macombers Black Larry and the rest stamped himself as the fastest threeyearold colt seen out in France so far this year Tacite which accord ¬ ing to present intentions will represent Baron E de Rothschild in the Epsom Derby had beaten a lot of good threeyearolds the previous Sunday in easy style and his defeat by Ksar was a surprise to the stable Ksar is by Bruleiir Kizil Kourgun and will no doubt play a prominent part in the French classics During the afternoon M Bous sacn colors were seen to great advantage His filly Durban by Durbar Banshee defeated Ad r lor him II Sainte Barbe and Patissiere for the Prix Vanteaux and his colt Grazing outraced Stick to It which had recently created a sensation by beating Petsik at MaisonsLaffitte MaisonsLaffitteAt At MaisonsLafitte last Friday French classic racing form was turned topsyturvy by Souviens Toi a fouryearold son of Santoi which has been entirely devoted to hurdle racing for nearly a year and gained now a sensational victory in the Prix Boiard of 12500 over a mile and a quarter on the straight The event was open to interna ¬ tional competition and the field included Sourbier which had finished two heads behind Comrade i last years Grand Prix de Paris and several colts of repute Over hurdles Scuviens Toi has up to th present proved invincible having won all the eight races he has taken part in without once being ap ¬ proached Few expected him however to be equal to the dashing performance he accomplished in such aristocratic company last Friday and his future will be followed witli greater interest than ever everSOUVEENS SOUVEENS TOI AND THE BOHEMIAN BOHEMIANSouviens Souviens Toi was one of three horses sold in England for 5000 the lot last year yearThe The Due Decazes plans for the future are that Souviens Toi shall be specially prepared for the Grand Hurdle Race at Auteuil in June and after ¬ ward be reserved for the Prix de 1Arc de Tri omphe a mile and a half weigh tforage race on the flat at Longchamps in October Both races are open to all comers and horses from England will meet at least one opponent that will have to be seriously reckoned with withReference Reference to the second in the Prix Boiard may interest American readers Mr Macombers Ameri ¬ canbred threeyearold The Bohemian by Jim Gaffney Kittenish by finishing in front of Meddle ¬ some Maid Sourbier Zagrcns and others at once stamped himself as a really good colt The Bohe ¬ mian is engaged in the Epsom Derby and it is intended according to present arrangements that he shall run The colt will of course be ridden by ONeill ONeillThe The Bohemian is now 20 to 1 backed from 100 to 1 by stable and American money here in the future betting on the English Blue Riband RibandThere There will by the way be quite an invasion of American jockeys to take part in the Derby With MacGee on Tacite ONeill on The Bohemian Bell house on Monarch and Sharpe on the representative of Sir E Hulton most of the best French riding talent will be seen on the famous Epsom Downs DownsThe The Bohemian will probably run in the Grand Prix du Printemps at St Cloud before being sent to Epsom EpsomThe The Flench papers declare that The Bohemian won four or five races in the United States last year This is an error The colt won two races of seven starts the first a maiden race at Jamaica on June 14 value 1180 and the other at Aqueduct September 21 value 700 Both races were at fiveeighths of a mile and he carried 115 pounds each time The Bohemian was unplaced in his five other races racesBaron Baron Edouard de Rothschilds Taeite is by Sans Souci II Taormina and won the Prix de Beubeval of 1000 distance threequarters mile from a field of ten in August last this being his only success in four appearances Three weeks ago he won the Prix de Mars over a mile and a quar ¬ ter in Paris
