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1 ! I i Iteliable rumor saith that AltaAVOod soon will journey to France. Sorry to lose y6u, Altawood. But you may do more for the institution of racing by Avin-ning one stake in France and England than by Avinning all the cup race in America, Canada and Mexico. When you reach France, you might get in touch Avith Sir Conan Doyle and hae him put you in communication w.ith the spirit of Foxhall, then, standing on the quarterstretcn of Liongchamps, just murmur reverently, "Foxhall, 1 am here." AVe dont know Avhat particular French classics are open to you, Altawood. If Ave have been informed correctly, you may be eligible to entry in both the Prix de Conseil Municipal and" the Prix du President de la Ite-publique, each Avorth from ten to fifteen grand to the Avinner, at the present rate of exchange. Those arc races of upwards of a mile and a half and youd have to tote somewhere from 125 to 140 pounds. If you Avere to Avin either of them and then step into an airplane and be Avhisked across the English Channel and to Ascot, and there take down the Gold Cup, youd find yourself esteemed in your home country as Foxhall Avas in 1881 and 82. The former, 1SS1, is known in foreign turf history as the "American Year." Pierre Lorillards Iroquois, son of our own Maggie B. B., that year carried off the Epsom Derby, the Prince of Wales Stakes and the St. Beger, while James It. Keenes Foxhall Avon the Grand Prix at Bongchamps and the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire at Newmarket, the latter race under 12G though but a three-year-old from 31 of the best handi-jcap horses England, France and Ireland could muster. Foxhall, that day at Newmarket, did Avhat Englishmen did not belieAe a three-year-old could do. Americans didnt believe it, either, for the matter o that. They merely knew our country was being represented by a real race horse, "one that we know now, must haA-e been the superior of Eninard, and they hoped hed manage to get home in front. Ask any Englishman Avhat sort of horse was Bend Or. then a four-year-old. Then remember that Foxhall, carrying 126 to Bend Ors 131, Avas first, with Bend Or fifth. And back Avith the latter Avere Tristan, Peter, Pe-tronel and Prestonpans the latter the sire of Proper, the horse that Avas second to Bel-: dame in the Suburban. Also, accepting for fact the adage that "no ordinary horse ever wins the Epsom Derby." consider that Bend Or had but ten days previously given Iroquois, the Derby Avinner, fourteen pounds and a ten-Lengths beating. Yet Bend Or failed to conceue Foxhall eight pounds. And the next season Foxhall was winner of the Gold Cup at Ascot, the only American-bred horse ever to annex that race. So, Altawood, just approach Foxhalls record and youll make Mr. Widener and all American lovers of the sport of racing supremely happy. Youll even spur Tierre .AVertheimer to attempt a Sir Thomas Upton, and try again to lift the International Racing Cup.
