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France 1 Ferriol Principal Hope Wednesday GODOLPHIN-DARLEY Paris Correspondent, Daily Racing Form PARIS, France.— Prance will be represented by Ferriol in the mile and a half Derby Wednesday at Epsom. Second to the English English colt colt Darius Darius by by English English colt colt Darius Darius by by a length in the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket over one mile. Ferrol is expected to give a full account of himself at the longer distance at Epsom. The colt, owned by Comtesse de Cham-bure, is by Fastnet, a top sire by Pharos, and is out of Aisse,-by Thor. If If there there was was doubt, doubt, it it If If there there was was doubt, doubt, it it was of. his ability over a mile rather than over the Derby distance, for which he appears ideally bred. However, Ferriol is perhaps not the top colt of his age in France and therefore may prove not quite the best at Epsom. His third position in the ante-post betting is a compliment to the French generation as a whole. We had great hopes for the colt Faistaff, by Cranach, entered in the Derby, but his owner, E. Martinez de Hoz, preferred to keep him for the French Derby and so trainer Percy Carter reluctantly had to send in the forfeit to Weatherby. Faistaff will be our favorite for the French classic along: with the Agra Khans colt Beigler Bey and Thion de la Chaumes Popof. The Prix du Jockey Club, or French Derby, will be run on June 13 and, like the Prix de Diane, or French Oaks, on June 6, at Chantilly. The big week which marks the peak of the Paris season starts on June 20 at Auteuil, with the Grand Steeplechase de Paris, four miles. The stakes include the Grande Course de Haies dAuteuil, hurdles, three miles and one furlong, Prix des Drags, chase, two miles six and one-half lurlongs and Prix Malleret, for three-year-old fillies at one mile and two furlongs. The great event is. the Grand Prix de Paris, one mile seven furlongs, for 3-year-olds at Longchamp on June 27, with 5,000 added. A 4-year-old chase concludes the week on the Monday at Auteuil. These dates are to help the many American sportsmen who will be over in Europe next month. Coming: back to the English classics, several fillies from France are hopeful representatives in the Epsom Oaks on June 4. These are Marcel Boussacs Al-bana, by Arbar, and George Courtois Rabella, by Sir Fellah. The most likely to figure well is Philante, by Sayani, -who broke her maiden by 10 lengths at Longchamp. The filly is a big strong individual and will be fancied by her joint owners, Paul Duboscq and Marquis du Yivier if the going is heavy. Philante was amazingly unlucky in her first two starts. In her first outing last fall she lost her rider and this season for her comeback she was closed in on the rails and never allowed to run. However, while the Aga Khan was talking with us in the ring, he mentioned that he counted on his Bois Roussel filly to win the Oaks in the same manner as did her dam Masaka, by Nearco. The Coronation Cup run at Epsom on the Thursday between the Derby and the Oaks at a mile and a half will have one or two good four-year-olds from France in the field, though they will have a hard task against, the Queens colt Aureole and Mr. Humbles Nearula. Last Sunday the feature was the Prix Noailles, one mile, three furlongs, an "in utero" stake for 3-year-olds with 813,000 added. It drew 919 engagements from a total of 1,225 mares entered in foal. The field of nine brought the gross value to over 3,000, of which the winners share . was 6,180. Favorite was Madame L. Volterras colt Le Grand Bi, with Roger Poincelet up. In his last start this colt finished fourth after being badly left at the break in the Prix Hocquart, one mile and a half. An easy winner of that stake by five lengths was Prince Rouge, by Rouge et Noir, the second choice, slightly in front of E. Martinez de Hoz Iceberg, by Priolo, and Ernest Masurels Major, by Majano, the winner in April of the Prix Greffulhe. In the paddock, the best looking of all was Le Grand Bi and he justified both the publics confidence and his appearance. Though he scored by only a narrow margin over Lawdy L. Lawrences Le Petit Prince, by Prince Bio. Right from the break, Amou-reux led with Prince Rouge and Le Petit Prince alternating in, second and third positions, the field remaining grouped. Coming to the last turn, Prince Rouge was in front but dropped back beaten. Le Grand Bi was then in the lead and he came into the stretch ahead of Iceberg and Le Petit Prince. In the last quarter mile, Le Grand Bi went away from Iceberg while Le Petit Prince closed very gamely, gaining ground at each stride only to fail by a head. Five lengths away was Iceberg third and six lengths back came Fremillon, fourth. The winner is trained by Francois Mathet who is doing well for his new owner this season. The time for the mile and three fur- ! longs was slow 2:22.88, the going being very sticky owing to rain and late fall weather Paris is experiencing at present. Split timings read: the first eighth in : 15.24 and the remaining five quarters in : 25.10, : 25.58, : 24.88, : 25.66 and : 26.42. Le Grand Bi s a tall, strong chestnut by Goyama out of Manita n. and was not started as a two-year-old. He was bred by M. Fonlupt and was thrown in England while the dam was there for a service to Palestine. Le Grand Bi was traded as a yearling to Madame Volterra, who gave in exchange one of her broodmares. Le Petit Prince is bred and owned by Lawdy L. Lawrence and is trained by Charles H. Sem-blat, a public trainer since the start of the season. On the same card was the Prix Rainbow, now two and a half miles but formerly three miles and one furlong. The change of distance did not increase the appeal and only five horses started. The favorite was Dupres Northern Light, winner last season of the Grand Prix de . Paris. The four-year-old never gave much hope to his rivals and this promising last spin before going over to Ascot proved him a top candidate for the Gold Cup on July 17 at two and one-half miles. John D. Schapiro of Laurel Park was in Paris for 10 days. His arrival and presence at Longchamp was hailed in jtlie Paris press and particularly in the two racing dailies, Sport Complet and Paris Turf, as promoter of international racing, and the man who made present day cross-Atlantic flying a reality. A champagne cocktail party was given in the Longchamp press room with the head officials and owners and trainers attending. Schapiro offered a toast to French contestants of last year and this year in the Washington, D. C, International and thanked all concerned with the Societe dEncourgement for their spontaneous sponsorship. Comte Gaston Niel, chief official of all French racing and head of the Longchamp Association gave his toast to international racing, which he added was always deep rooted in the aims of Longchamp and which he was prepared to further to the utmost. The Aga Khan, Boussac, Strassburger, Duboscq, Dupre, Madame Volterra and others, all told Schapiro that they hoped they would have a horse good enough to send over to carry their colors at Laurel next fall. There may be no doubt of the response from France to the next running of the Washington, D. C, International. Like last year, France will have •her two best competing in that event against candidates from other countries.
