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SAD DEATH OF PARFREMENT ■ — • — i Plunges French Turf World Into v Deep Mourning for Jockey. • ! Three-Yrar-Olds Beating Kach Otber Reg- * ularlj — Jockey romp Leaves France After Unsuccessful Sojourn. ■ t SPECIAL CORRBSPONDKNCB. • PARIS. France, April 2S. — The entire racing world over here has been saddened by the s death of George ParfremenL I always con- ; sidered him in a class by himself, and prob- , ably the best rider over a country the sport | has ever produced. He had everything — hands, scat, judgment and courage. It seems he fell clear of his mount, as he I usually did. but was jumped on by the horse behind and two of his ribs were driven 1 through his liver and lung. His funeral was almost national, and the , little English church at Chantilly could not I hold one-quarter of the owners and rep- resentatives of the racing world who had , come to pay their last respects to this great rider. He had not an enemy in the world, I and the number of less fortunate jockeys and lads whom he helped will never be known, for he was, with his charming personalty, a silent man. The last time I saw him was at I.e Trem-blay a couple of days before he was killed. He told me be believed Libretto would within | a few years, if be did not go wrong, render i a good account of himself in a Grand National, lie asked me if Tom Welsh was coming over this summer, for he would like to see him once again. I am sure that the many Americans who knew George felt badly at his terrible end. I.IVKD WITH SISTERS. He was unmarried; in fact, he was never a ladys man, but lived at home with his two sisters, to whom he was devoted. The stewards of the Steeplechase Society are to hang a painting of Parfrement in i j the colors of Veil-Picard. for whom he won three Grand Steeplechases of Paris, in the main room of the clubhouse at Auteuil. This painting will be presented by the jockeys of France who ride over the jumps. Nobody else is to be allowed to subscribe. Jefferson Davis Conn scratched all his horses after the accident, until the funeral was over, as a mark of respect to Parfrement. who was riding one of his when he felL This action was favorably commented upon, for a big race was at the mercy of the stables Anna Bolenn. The weather since about a week has been unseasonable : quite showery and cold. It is rather bard luck on "Gene" Leigh to have had Kpinard go wrong, but he seems to think that rest will bring him around. The Blanc crack Mackenzie has also cracked. The three-year-old racing is interesting. They keep beating one another right along: a bad sign, but they are furnishing racing with plenty of thrills. MLRPHY WINS FIRST RACE. Murphy won his first race of the year with Arrowhead. It was a claiming affair, and I rather think Murphy was glad his horse was taken. Keogh won a clever race on Lady Klinor for the Cohn stable the other day. Jennings has been riding in wonderful good luck lately. He has won twenty races so far this season, ONeill being second with nineteen. The crowd at the races has been most satisfactory. Paris is full of Americans and they have turned out in great numbers. The spring influx has begun earlier than usual. Every ship arriving at Cherbourg and Havre unloads most of its passengers for Paris, and the result is that rooms are at a premium at all the hotels. The loss by fire of so many of the Sinclair mares was freely commented on owr here, and much sympathy was expressed for Sam , Hildn-th, who is well remembered by many. I understand the Marquis de St. Sauveur promptly cabled offering the entire Jefferson 1 Davis Colin racing and breeding part of this ; plant, but received the reply "Many thanks, not interested." It would no doubt run into some money, but at the same time the racing stable is J today the strongest over here. Teddy is proving a producing stallion, and the marts i are choice. SIR i.VLI.AIUDS FIXE SHOWING. From now on the big three-year-o.d I "ponies" will be on regularly and some line , on the generation will be possible. Nothing, • ; yet stands out. except the one performance! j of the Colin crack Sir Gallahad. He won I easily at 2.000 metre-:, but I would like to see him stretch out a bit farther. Dcnman, , his trainer, does not hesitate to say that he • is a horse of great merit, and be ought to , know, for he has trained many a good one. The two-year-olds ate now beginning to be talked about, although it is yet two 1 months to their debut. Murphy is reported 1 to have some runners at Poissy, and the i tales from Maisons-Laffitte speak of Duke J being well supplied. His Highness the Aga Khan, arrives here today from India and will be a regular from 1 now on: an intelligent, interesting man with » the eastern faculty of asking questions and 1 finding out what you know, but a charming j gentleman. From the breeding farms reports show plenty of foals, but great difficulty in handling the mares owing to the cold weather r in Normandy. We are well in advance of f that part of the country this year. I was s there day before yesterday and it was like winter. Among other foals I saw a Sardanapale colt from a mare whose manddam was Fairy Gold. This youngster is a full brother in 1 blood to Zariba, the Boussac filly. He is a 1 fine foal in every way. Sa rdanapal • seldoii i gels them chestnut, but the colt is of this I color. Crump has returned to America. The boy - never seemed to catch on here for some unknown reason. He was attentive and will-! " big. but perhaps conditions did not suit bis S | I style of riding, for he was well stMjken of by f visiting American horsemen. A rider must learn to wait here. My v. observation is that the races are won rc.i-erally " in the last hundred yards, and it la 1 a question of waiting either in front or in a 1 i good position, and be a judge of pace.
