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i j l I I i I 1 I ; ; • I ■ [ I I I ICOQ GAULOIS FRENCH BEST Due Decazes Champion Still Winning— Par-frements License Restored. SPECIAL CORRERPOXDRNCE. PARIS. Prance, January 13.— The big Mar*, ill. * steeplechase af 53.033 fraaes was run ami won by Dm- Deeases Caq Saaleie, wiih hi* old pilot. Wil he Head, in the saddle What a sma*aer he really i*! Always about in third position, he indulged Pocharde with Ih" lead to the last jump, when it was seea that Head wa* moving on him. iii elaaesl no lime he wa* ■losjgside, and fresa there on iii the ■tretCh the is*ue wa* never in doubt. The handi-capper is now steadying htm with 17» ponuds. As gaad a hor*e a* HerSS XII. is. we have never been able to class him a* great a* thi* wonderful gray. in the state* fear people probably know the breed- ing of Cesj tJauloi* *ire. Boyal Dream. He i* a No. 4 horse, by Iei *iminon Kousseans Dream, by Saraband — Hetaise, b Hermit. He was bred by •lack Joel in 19o:, won only the modest sum af ,855 on the Fnglish flat, and was bought by the National Haras of Prance in IMS for til. .".00 francs. At present he is standing in the Pyrenees at the Tarbes Haras, and his fee is the usual one for all the National Haras stallions a modest 103 francs. The Nice races commenced on Thursday, and the Deeaaes stable accounted for the one race with which they opened the ball. Ye*terday the Prix de Monaco, of .YOOt francs, was run. a steeple chase of 4.000 meters, and again tiie Decazes entiy won. This time with a smart six-year-old steeplechaser. Courey. by Macdonald. As the stable also won the hurdle race with Crafty Boy. it is proving to be as basj a* everybody expected it would be on the Riviera. I he ■teepieehaea sewards restored Oeorge Par- fiements license with the incoming year. He promptly landed his first winning mount at Nice yesterday. It was certainly a terrible mistake he made last June in the Orand Steeplechase of Paris; buL we will never believe it was anything more *criou* than an error of judgment. Watchiug the Italian mare too closely, while feeling his own horse, a top-heavy favorite, beaten under him in all probability, was his mistake. There was no otoer Hlternative for the eommissaires to take than to revoke his riding license for the year. The weather is mild, and since the severe cold snap in November the winter has been open. The jumpers at Maisons-laffitte and at Chantilly are beginning to go along freely in view of Auteuil. only five weeks off. a
