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GRAND PRIX DE PARIS WINNER Admiral Drake With Donoghue Up UpBeats Beats Crack Band Foulaubin FoulaubinSecond Second Easton Third Special Cablegram CablegramPARIS PARIS France June 26 Leon Volterra the theatrical magnate scored his greatest triumph when his horse Admiral Drake led home a crack band of rivals in the Grd Prix de Paris over the Bois de Boulogne Longchamps course courseAdmiral Admiral Drake which finished out of the money in the English Derby but finished third to his stablemate Duplex in the French equivalent the Prix du Jockey Club with the veteran English jockey Steve Don ¬ oghue in the saddle scored cleverly over H Randons Foulaubin Lord Woolaving tons Easton which formerly was owned by the American sportsman Ralph Beaver Strassburger whose colors he carried into second place behind Colombo in the English Two Thousand Guineas and later carried the black and white silks of Woolavington into second place behind Windsor Lad in the Derby finished a close up third Easton which cost Lord Woolavington 75000 after finishing second in the Guineas was ridden by the premier English jockey Gordon Richards RichardsVolterra Volterra one of the most prominent of French owners today has been enjoying wonderful success this season with his horses having already won three of six French classic races His silks were also carried to victory by Duplex in the Prix du Jockey Club French Derby and by Mary Tudor in the Poule dEssai des Poulains the French One Thousand Guineas this mare also being runnerup to Adargatisfor the Prix de Diane the French Oaks OaksBred Bred by Captain Jefferson D Cohn Ad ¬ miral Drake is a brown halfbrother to the good race horse and excellent sire Sir Gal lahad III which now does stud duty in Kentucky by the 1921 Two Thousand Guineas winner and Derby runnerup Craig anEran sire of the 1931 Derby hero April the First from Plucky Leige dam of Sir Gallahad III and Bull Dog both at stud in America by the 1906 Derby and Grand Prix de Paris winner Spearmint SpearmintAdmiral Admiral Drake a good winner in his first season was also runnerup to unbeaten Brantome in the French Two Thousand Guineas He gave Steve Donoghue his sec ¬ ond winning ride in the Grand Prix de Paris He was saddled by the successful young trainer E Charlier
