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. A FRENCH CLASSIC WINNER j Rebia, Winner of Filly Stake, Related to Enfilade — Half Sister to Star in Sale. The French classic Poule dEssai des Pou-liches, . the equivalent of the English One Thousand Guineas, was raced for recently in 1 France and was won by Rebia, a daughter • of Durbar and La Rille, by Macdonald II. Iiebia defeated a field of eighteen, Joseph E. ■ Widcners crack filly Carnation, by Rabelais—Nature, • the dam of Naturalist, finish-I . ing second to her. There is a lot to interest American horsemen in this victory of Rebia. Her sire, Durbar, won the English Derby for the American 1 sportsman H. K Duryea, while her dam, • La Rille, produced the mare Enfilade, which 1 raced successfully in this country, winning sixteen races including the Rosedale stakes, Kenner stakes, Knickerbocker and Beldame ! handicaps. In the consignment of R. B. Strassburger, , to be sold at Belmont Park today, is a two-year-old ■ filly by Sweeper from La Rille, and 1 therefore a half-sister to Rebia and Enfilade. . «
