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AMERICANS GREAT TRIUMPH Ogden Mills Cri de Guerre Wins Grand Prix de Paris — Owner Member of Legion of Honor. SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. PARIS, France, June 25. — A few hours after he had been decorated with the Legion of Honor by War Minister Painleve, Ogden Mills, the American sportsman, who campaigns a pretentious stable of thoroughbreds on the French turf, won the Grand Prix de Paris. This greatest of French turf fixtures is for three-year-olds and, before the decrease in the value of the franc, the richest race in the world, is run over one mile and seven-eighths. It has a value of 750,000 francs. Cri de Guerre, a son of Martial III. — Cruilles, carried the Americans colors to victory. Sir Laurence Philipps Flamingo, which finished second to Felstead in the English Derby, ran unplaced. Second to Cri de Guerre was Baron Robert de Rothschilds Pinceau and third money went to Baron Edmond de Rothschilds Bubbles, the second choice and also an unsuccessful starter in the English Derby. Chateau de Fer was fourth, under the colors of M. de Rivaud, and Ivanhoe, which races for Martinez de Hoz, was fifth. The finish thrilled the tremendous crowd. Cri de Guerre won by three-quarters of a length and Bubbles was lapped on Finceau.
