The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-05 00:00:00

Paris Autumn Meeting.

Delightful weather favoured the second day at Long-
champs. Of the five events on the card three brought out
largo fields, while the running for the Great Criterium—the
principal two-year-old race of the year—and the Omnium
or French Cesarewitch, rendered the day's business excep-
tionally interesting. The attendance was large and fashion-
able, the Imperial stand being occupied by the Emperor,
Prince Humbert, and the Princess of Leuchtenberg, with
their suites.

The racing commenced with a Selling Stakes, which
brought ten starters to the post; Mlle. Duchesnois and
Antinons enjoyed about equal favour, each finding suppor-
ters at 5 to 2. The selection of the two as favourites proved
correct by their coming in first and second. The winner to be
claimed for 3,000 f, was taken by M. Voisin for 5,275 f. The
two_yr_old race oame next, and proluced fourteen of the 22
coloured; Duke de Morny's Lelio, by West Australian and
Launcelot Mare, was made a warm favourite at 2 to 1 on
the strength of his running at Baden, where he came in
second to his stable companion Clermont; it was then
thought he might have easily taken first place had not his
party preferred winning with the other. As many as half a
dczen false starts were made before the lot could be got
fairly off, the cause being the anxiety of Le Bearnais' jockey
to get away in advance of the rest. When the lot did get
fairly under way, that horse was in front by a good half a
dczen lengths, and tried, as had been apparently his inten-
tion, the cutting- down system. His abject was attained,
for after keeping the lead to the stands he was only over-
taken by Lelio, whom, however, he managed to sht.ke off at
the post, and won by a short neck; those two at the finish

were alone in the race, the pace made by Le Bearnais hav-
ing made the running too hot fcr the rest, who came in
widely scattered over the course, at a respectable distance
in the rear. Edwards, who rode the winner, on returning
to scale, got a severe reprimand for causing the false starts,
and was menaced with suspension should he repeat the
offence. Le Bearnais had just arrived from England, hav-
ing run second at Newmarket on Thursday in the Trien-
nial Produce Stakes. The Prix Imperial followed, and
proved a match between Nobility and Filibustier ; the
former was favourite, two to one, and ran first
throughout, winning in a canter. The Omnium
was the next event on the card, thirteen of the
sixty-eight originally engaged presenting themselves at the
post. Eva, Ileurlys, and Barmier° engrossed almost the
whole of the betting—two, four, and five being laid against
them respectively. The race was looked upon almost as a
certainty for Eva, who was considered to be too lightly
handicapped at 921 b, as she had beaten Gentilhomme as a
two-year-old. The favourite was, however, nowhere
throughout the race, and came in last but one, the winner
being the Duke de Moray's Perle, against whom almost
any odds under 49 to 1 might have been obtained. Perle
had this year won the Express at Fontainebleau and the
Prix de la Societe at Blois, but without beating any-
thing of value—she had, however, recently met with
an accident, and was supposed to be a doubtful starter,
The business terminated with a three year-old
race—the Prix Principal—which was won by the
Duke de Moray's Bayard, who was backed at evens
against a field of three, one of the starters being M.
Lunel's Affilavit, who ran second in the French Derby,
and, it was thought, might have beaten Bois-Roussel had
he been more judiciously,ridden. This was the third event
carried off by the Duke de Morny during the day.
It was mentioned on the course that Enoch, the steeple-
chase jockey, who had a bad fall at the Brussels races a
few days back, had died in the hospital of that city.
The following are details of the day's proceedings :
The Prix Extraordinaire of 2,0001, for horses three years
old and upwards. Entry, 50f. Weight for age; the
winner liable to be claimed for 5,000 f ; if for 3,000 f, al-
lowed 7lbs; for 1,5001, 151bs. Distance about 2,400
metres (mile and a half). 10 subs.
Duke de Moray's Mille. Duchesnois, 3 yrs, 1031bs,
(A. Watkins) 1
Major Fridolin's Antinous, 3 yrs, 1051bs .... (C. Pratt) 2
M. Schickler's Leuctres, 3 yrs, 1031bs (Mortimer) 3
The following also ran—Spertarnan, Nanterre, Sccevola,
Courlis, Dernier-Baron, Rondinella, and Mai.
Betting-5 to 2 each agst Mlle. Duchesnois and Anti-
nous ; 5 to 1 agst Leuctres ; 10 to 1 Dernier-Baron.
Dernier-Baron ran in front for the greater part of the
distance, and was then beaten and went to the rear ; the
running was then taken up by Antinous and Leuctres, but
at the stands Mlle. Duchesnois came out, passed the two
leading horses, and won easily by a length.

The Grand Criterium of 4,000 f. for two-year-olds. Entry,
200 f.; the second to double his entry. Weight—colts,
1031bs; :fillies, 1061bs, Distance about 1,600 metres.

Twenty-four subs.
Count de Lagrange's c Le Bearnais (Edwards) 1
Duke de Morny's c Lelio (\. Watkins) 2
Count de Lagrange's Schaffhouse
The following also ran :—Solitaire, Schooner, Themis,
Vatour, Toison d'Or, Mignon, Tourmalet, Girouette, Anec-
dote, Tancrede, Joli Coeur.

Betting-2 to 1 agst Lelio ;4to 1 agst Lo Bearnais ; 5
:o 1 agst Anecdote; 6 to 1 agst Tancrede ; 8 to 1 agst So-
itaire.

After several false starts Le Bearnais got off with a good
lead with Schaffheuse, Tancrede, and Joli Coeur ranning in
front of the rest, half a dozen lengths behind Bearnais.
After turning to the straight Lelio, who had been working
up:from the rear where he was at starting, went forward,
and on nearing home had got alongside of Le Bearnais,
the latter, however, shook off Duke de Moray's horse at
the post and won by a neck. Schaffouse was a bad third,
and Solitaire fourth.

The Prix Imperial, of 5,000 f, for horses 4-yrs old and up-
wards. Entry 300 f. ; b.f. The second to receive half
the entries. Distance about 4,800 metres. Eight subs.
Mr J. Carter's Nobility, 4-yrs, 1251bs (W. Carter) 1
Count de Lagrange's Filibuatier, 4-yr s, 1201bs (C. Pratt) 2

Betting-2 to lon Nobility.
Nobility made the running from first to last, winning by
two lengths. _ _ _

The Oinnium Handicap of 6,000 fr for horses three years old
and upwards. Entry, 300 fr ; 200 fr forfeit, or 100 fr only
_ _ _

if declared. The second to receive I,ooofr. Distance
2,400 metres. Sixty-eight subs.
Duke da Morny's Perle, 3 yrs, 981bs ......(A. Watkins) 1
M. Teisseire's Heurlys, 5 yrs, 115Ibs
Major Fridolin s Comme Ca, 3 years, 1011bs.. (C. Pratt) 3
The following also started : —Grande Mademoiselle, Arc-
turus, Banniere, Fantasia, Constellation, Eva, Nocturne,
Baccarat, Vaillance, and Bcn-Soir.
Betting-2 to 1 sgst Eva, 4to 1 agst lleurlys, sto 1
agst Banniere, 8 to 1 agst Comme-Ca, 12 to 1 agst Constel,
lation, 15 to 1 agst Grande Mademoiselle, and 35 to 1 agst
Perle.

Boin-Soir made the running to the cascade, when
Heurlys went to the front, Bon-S3ir being also passed by
Nocturne and M. tchickler's two. After turning the last
corner Perle, Comme Ca, and Baccarat went forward, and
lay close in the rear of Heurlys. At the stands Perle parted
company with the other two, challenged lluerlys, and,
getting in front within a couple of lengths of home, beat
Teisseire's horse by a neck. Conitue Ca a bad third,
and Baccarat fourth.

The Prix P;incipal, of 3,0001, third class for horses which
have never won a first or second class prize. Entry,

_ .
200 f h f; the second to receive halt the entries. Distance
2,400 metres. Six subs.
Duke de Morny's Bayard, 1121bs (A. Watkins) 1
M. Lupin's Bartavelle, 1091bs
M. Lunel's Affidav t, 1121bs (Osborne) 3
Baron de Rothschild's BaroneLo, 1121bs --(Williams) 0

Betting--Even agst Bayard, 2 to 1 agst Aftidivit, 3 to 1
agst Bartavelle.

Affidavit ran in front to the plantation, when he was
passed by Bayard and Bartavelle, who finished the raca be-
tween them, Bayard winning by a good length. Affidavit
was a bad third.