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SAM BUSHS GLORIOUS DAY American Colored Rider -Trainer Wins Two Races at Auteuil. a Despote, a Tlircc-Ycar-Old, Trained by Him, Jnmps Into Prominence as Result of Unexpected Victory in Prix Magne. Sam Bush, the American colored steeplechase rider and trainer, is enjoying a successful season in Franco, where he is handling several good jumpers for the stable of the Russian owner. L. Mantacheff. Despote. a three-year-old jumper, by Sardanapalc and Dragee dOr, which Bush developed, was recently sold by Mantachcff to the sensational plunger, Heliopoulos, for a reputed price of ?20,000. The last Sunday in November at Auteuil was Bushs real day of triumph. He won the Prix Magne with Despote and the rich Prix Richard Ilennessy with Boy Prince. Both of these horses were outsiders and their victories were the occasion of considerable surprise. "Le Sport Universal," a French sporting journal, describes the events of the day as follows : "This was the second Sunday in a row that the results of the steeplechases at Auteuil marked a complete rout for the form players. Auteuil is usually our most formful course, where the results are more often logical than not, but we live evidently in a time when we must be surprised at nothing and even the staid Auteuil is invaded by the universal madness. HIS FIRST START AT AUTEUIL. "It used to be an axiom that a horse never won the first time he started at Auteuil, especially when he was making his bow in a field that was familiar with the course. Accordingly in the Prix Magne all the support went to Adrastus, Tribord and Come Again, all three of which were recent winners over the course. In spite of his light weight assignment, his good showing at Enghien and his record on the fiat, the public would have none of Despote, which was making the first Auteuil start of his career. "But Despote has made such progress since his debut at Enghien behind Rosy Cheeks that his ignorance of the course never figured, and he cantered across the finish literally pulled up in front of Tribord, Adrastus and Come Again. From Tribord and Come Again he had received a weight concession of nine pounds, and from Adrastus he was receiving twice that amount. From the manner of his winning it is a question whether he could not have beaten them just as easily at equal weights. It was certainly a sensational debut. "Tribord, Adrastus and Come Again arc by no means negligible quantities. In beating them as he did Despote immediately took first place among jumpers of his age a truly amazing ascension of the ladder with no attention to the intermediate rungs. Over the obstacles as well as on the fiat the Man-tacheff jockeys are showing their colors in front with great regularity. "Scarcely recovered from this shock, we were subjected to a still more startling upset in the Prix Richard Ilennessy. Remembering, no doubt, that before he was sold to G. Tixier he was a stable companion of Despote, Boy Prince took his example from the Mantacheff horse and went on his way to an unexpected victory. "Of course, he had a victory to his credit in his last previous start, but when it is considered that the horse he beat in that race was Altimeter, which finished a thoroughly beaten fourth in the claiming race which started the afternoons sport, that was not much of a recommendation. From such company to a victory over such horses as Bassan, Bandit II. and Corot is a far cry, especially when it is remembered that Boy Prince had a hard time beating this same Altimeter. Continued on twelfth pace. SAM BUSHS GLORIOUS DAY Continued from Crst page. Profound mystery of the horse mind ! "On the occasion of this important stake i Boy Prince showed himself to be a horse that we had never known and at least fifteen to 1 twenty pounds better than anybody had suspected. Certainly we should be surprised at nothing and, as far as that is concerned, in : view of the remarkable progress that this horse has made in so short a time, we can i bo justified in hoping, or even expecting, that soon Ave will see some of our thoroughbreds developing into giants of the turf, whose prowess has never before been approached. "It is only just to add in respect to Boy Prince that every element in the race seemed to shape itself toward his ends. It was almost immediately evident that Corot had not recovered from the severe demands made upon him in the Prix Montgomery and the strenuous demands of the Prix Richard Hen-nessy caught him unprepared. Bandit II., . for his part, showed remarkable speed for the first third of the distance, but he weakened after that and certainly was not in his s best form. Orion fell at the "riviere des tribunes." Bassan and Barker alone ran i their races. At that Bassan favored his right t leg to such an extent that he used up most u of his energy early and had little speed left - for the finish, and if Boy Prince did wear him down rather easily in the final run on i the flat it was not because he was running ; so fast, but rather because Bassan was slowing - up considerably. "As for Barker, he had a bad fall in his last previous race, and he jumped throughout t the contest as a horse will after such an experience - with extreme caution. Besides 3 that he made a serious blunder at the eighth i fence. All these things tended to prevent his J being up among the leaders when the final drive began, but he made such an excellent t showing in the last few yards that it is to be 5 expected that he will turn the tables on Boy r Prince at their next meeting."
