RACING IN FRANCE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1699, 14 June 1884, Page 20

RACING IN FRANCE.

THE GRAND PRIX.

June 8. The following is the result of the race run on Sunday at Longchamps for the GRAND PRIX DB PARIS, / Of 100.000! (4000 i-ovs) in specie, given— half by tho city of i-otis, and half by the five great railway companies for threo-year-old colts and flllie3 of every description and country, added to a sweepetakes of lOuOf (40 B.ovs) each, COOf (24 boys) ft, a»d 500f (20 soys) only if de Oared by midnierht on the Wednesday p\ocoding the race, and lOOf (4 eova) only if decared by miduieht on May 1, 18^4 ; the tecind leceivei 'o,ooof '400 soys), and the third BOOOf (200 r.ova) out of tho stakes ; colts 55 hilos (about 83t 91b, fillies 53^ kilos (about Bst 61b); about 3000 metres, outer circle (about one mile and seven furlongs) ; 356 tuba. Due de Castries br c Little Duck, by Sec-Saw— Liyht Bruin .. .. .. .. 1 Mr K. C Vyuer's b c The Lambkin, by Camballo— Mint Sauce .. „ .. ..2 M. Aurnont's eh c Fra Diavolo, by Tio:adero — Orfheline .. .. .. ..3 The Duke de Castrie is one of tho youngest sportsmen in France, but ho has been very lucky during his short turf career in getting some good horsfs round him. H« has now won the Grand Prix twico iti succession, having secured il; last year with Froutin. who just defeated the English Derby winner, St. Blaise, by a head. Little Duck is by the English sire See-Saw, and his dam is a mare of Mr Taylor SShapes.r p'e s.

The colt did not run laßt year. This season, however, he has pulled off a couple of races, and when the mail left ho was a warm favourite at 2 to 1 for the French Darby (Prix dv Jockey Club) which was to be run at Chantilly a fortI night before the Grand Prix. He is desoribed as having splendid shoulders, a very good back and loins, with legs as clean and well-propor-tioned as one could wish, his only defect boing that he is rather short. He has no engagements in Eneland. The Lambkin ran twice last year,. winning the Rous Plate of 397 soys at Doncaster in a field of 10, and running unplaced in the Choaterfield Nuraery Handicap of 975 hoys. Fra Diavolo won three races out of four in France last season, including the Grand Criterium of 788 soys at Paris. This year he was strongly fancied for several Spring events ; but iv the race for the Prix de Longchamps he pulled up suddenly and could not go a yard. It was believed that he had been " got at " and would not be abla v to be got fit for the Grand Prix The Grand Prix has now bean won by seven English and 14 foreign owners, as will be seen by the following table :—: — 1868 . Tho Ranger 1874 TreDt IBGt Vermont 1876 Salvator 1865 Gladiateur 1878 K'sber 1868 Oevlon 1877 St. Ohristopl'or 18fiT Ferracque» 1878 fhnrio 1868 The Earl 1879 Nubrionne 1869 Glaneur 7880 Roiart the Devil U'O frornetto 1881 Koxhall H7l No race 1842 Binie 1872 Cremorne 1883 Fronfin 187 i Boiard 1884 Little Duok.