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DUETTISTE IS IN ENGLAND Mr. Wideners Jumping Champion to Be Pointed for 1922 Grand National. SARATOGA SPRINGS, X. Y., August 4. -Having becu barred for all times from starting in France because of a technicality arising from the old French "blue laws" of turfdom, Duettiste, Mr. J. K. Wideners high-class steeplechaser, is destined for a campaign in England, according to his owner, who returned last week from a trip abroad. The horse was recently shipped to Great Britain and will be trained by Escott. one of the foremost horsemen of that country and who has saddled two Grand National winners. It was with the intention of seeing Duettiste race in the Grand Hurdle Race at Autcuil, that Mr. Widvner, who is serving as a steward at the local meeting, made his French journey. To his surprise lie found that the horse was under the ban due to the fact that he had shipped him out of that country during the wartime period without complying with all of, the formalities required in such cases. When Duettiste left France with three of his stableiuates, racing was practically suspended, and lie procured the necessary papers from the minister of agriculture to conform witli the legal regulations. The law in question, however, requires that the departure of a horse which has never started in that country must be advertised three days in advance of its leaving, and of this rule Ik; was ignorant. Somebody invoked the rule on him when the horse was returned then;, and upon discovering that it still was valid, he immediately sent his good jumper to England. Duettiste is now in Escotts Stable at I.ewes, Knglaud, and will probably be entered and start in some races under National rules this late autumn and wnter. Duettiste will he a real American candidate in the Grand National and is just the horse to win that race, being of the right age and capacity, skillful at the fences, and fast on the Hat.
