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Northern Light Triumphs In Grand Prix de Paris PARIS, France, June 29 Reuters Francois Duprcs three-year-old colt, Northern Light, who is entered for the English St. Leger, won the leading French flat race of the season, the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp, on Sunday. Northern Light, ridden by Guy Lequeux, won the race which is worth 6,000 and run over 15 furlongs, by two lengths from Baron Guy de Rothschilds filly, Flute Enchantee, ridden by P. Blanc. G. Wildensteins colt, Buisson DOr, ridden by F. Palmer, was a neck away in third place, while Charlie Smirke, the English rider, rode Aga Khans Shipampur into fourth piace, the same spot in which the colt finished in the Epsom Derby. Northern Lightr by Prince Light Stella Polaris, is trained by F. Mathet. i The colt was always prominent and ran a good race. After Northern Light had taken an early lead, Fontenoy went to the front and held on until the straightaway. Then Northern Light began to make his bid and was soon heading the field pursued by Buisson DOr. Near the finish, Enchantee came up with a strong run on the outside to edge Buisson DOr, out of second place but her effort was too late to threaten the winner. j Brass Hat, Bright Pennant, Joe Cream and j Deeside. I Moro, who is trained by Eddie Moran, should make amends for his most recent set-back, which was at six furlongs. At one ! point ol the race he led by three lengths I and appeared as a sure winner when he stopped to a walk and was lucky to get a ! check for finishing third. Going only a jhalf mile, however, the McCarthy color- bearer should be hard to beat. He will ! probably be handled by Tommy Haley. His fractions the other afternoon of :23 and :48 were very fast and the final time of the race was only a fifth of a second over the track record. Fleet Cross, owned by Marie Trusso, turned in an excellent race here last week at six furlongs. He defeated Ivy Boy by a length and one-half after leading from start to finish. Fleet Cross, a gelded son of Charing Cross, is just as adaptable to a sprint and should make things tough on Moro. When Fleet Cross turned the trick it was his first victory over the local course j in several attempts. Earlier in the season at Ascot Park the gelding won two races. Brass Hat, a gelded son of War Admiral, ran here on Saturday and after leading for five furlongs stopped badly, finishing eighth in a ten-horse field. Brass Hat, who is trained by T. O. Middleton, should go very well in the Salem and may be the horse to b.eat. The gelding has won one race this season at Ascot Park. On June 1, he defeated Rastrol by four lengths at four and one-half furlongs. Lady Wilson and Joe Cream both have a world of early speed. Deeside has had one race over the track and showed little, whereas both Russell Cave and Bright Pennant will be starting for the first time in this area.
